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In the 1890s, sports then in their infancy had been praised for developing the high moral outlook called sportsmanship. In less than a hundred years, sports had lost their honor, though not their glamor...Professionals cheated for money or by taking body enhancing drugs; champions committed rape and other violent crimes...

— Jacques Barzun  

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