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Our varsity head coach gathered us freshmen in the bleachers before they passed out the uniforms and equipment. Coach had a way of speaking directly to the idiots without singling them out. Much of “the talk” may have been about how to succeed, but I only remember the part about inserting your thigh pads into…

It was the summer of 1967. LBJ was president. Race riots raged across the country. Nearly half a million U.S. troops were fighting in Vietnam. Thurgood Marshall would soon be confirmed as the first Black Supreme Court Justice. Were we paying attention to that stuff? Not much. We have no idea what the females of…