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College athletics

College athletics means playing sports in college. Colleges have teams that compete against each other in many different sports like basketball, football, softball, and hockey. These teams of students are called athletes, and they practice and play hard to compete for the college. Colleges offer scholarships to the best athletes so they can help pay for school. College athletes sometimes go on to play professionally in the professional leagues.
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