Main Feature: "Birth of American Football: The Ivy League Sets the Rules". This article dives into the early history of the sport, tracking how elite Ivy League institutions codified the rules that transformed rugby and soccer variations into distinctively American football.

Visual Elements: The cover art highlights vintage late-19th-century football gear, including an early melon-style leather football, a primitive leather head harness/helmet, quilted padded pants, and sepia-toned team photos from the era.