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There is an aura of changelessness to sport. There is the flux of competition, but it occurs within the ordering confinement of clear rules.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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Sports
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