double-header

Two games or contests played one right after the other, between the same two teams or two different pairs of teams.

The Yankees and the Dodgers played a double-header Sunday afternoon.

We went to a basketball double-header at Madison Square Garden and saw Seton Hall play St. John's and N.Y.U. play Notre Dame.

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