Blast From The Past: 1984 ‘New Yorker’ Article About Ultimate

June 6, 2016 by in Livewire, News

Jim V., an eagle-eyed reader, sent along a great find from a 1984 edition of the New Yorker. The ‘Talk of the Town’ section included a dispatch from the Bronx Science High School ultimate practice. It may have been the first national press for youth ultimate! Read it below — it’s the second story:

New Yorker | Bronx Science HS Ultimate

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