| 2000 | ... title in 1941 and made a second trip to college basketball's Final Four in | . The Badgers claimed a historic dual championship in 2006 when both the w ... |
| United States Olympic Committee | ... the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which resulted in the establishment of the | |
| Fédération Aéronautique Internationale | ... oke two of his world records and set a record for distance, ratified by the | (FAI); Speed over a closed circuit of without payload: , speed over a clos ... |
| Rugby League European Federation | ... me and compete in international rugby league with efforts being made by the | to expand the game to new areas such as Germany, Sweden, Norway and Hungar ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | Both the | and the Pittsburgh Steelers are the dominate teams of the decade. Steelers ... |
| Monday Night Football | ... the rivalry was effectively retired; the two clubs did meet in a memorable | matchup in 2009 where the Colts, despite having the ball for only fifteen ... |
| Fox Sports World Canada | ... , In televizija (Montenegro), mio TV (Singapore), Telelatino, The Score and | (Canada), Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Sports en Español (U ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... .37 ERA. His final major league appearance came on September 12 against the | ; he came into a tied game in the ninth and promptly gave up three runs wi ... |
| Mixed martial arts | ... writer Eric Bogle wrote and recorded a song titled "Plastic Paddy". British | fighter Dan Hardy has called American fighter Marcus Davis a "Plastic Padd ... |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ... player Takeo Spikes, and former NBA players Kevin Willis and Antonio Davis. | safety Jermaine Phillips was raised in Roswell. There he helped Roswell Hi ... |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ... y noses count. In a variation called Sadistic Madness, which was created by | , the opponent must be bleeding before a wrestler can legally pin them. Al ... |
| Association football | ... 20th century, peaking in the 1970s and 1980s with a host of major honours. | , on the other hand, was scarcely a claim to fame until 1967, when Coventr ... |
| Sky Sports | Disgraced former | broadcaster Richard Keys is also a Coventrian, a product of Whitley Abbey ... |
| Minnesota North Stars | ... y Dornhoefer in Game 5 turned the tide of their first round series with the | in the Flyers' favor, as the Flyers got their first playoff series win in ... |
| Super Bowl XI | ... efense. The Raiders were the first team to use the 3-4 in the Super Bowl in | against the Minnesota Vikings, although the Miami Dolphins used a version ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... w threw for 209 yards, most of them to Lynn Swann, as the Steelers beat the | , 21-17. His 64-yard touchdown pass to Swann (that travelled roughly 70 ya ... |
| Wisconsin Wolfpack | ... or football returned to Madison as the Continental Indoor Football League's | , who call the Alliant Energy Center home |
| NASCAR | Occoneechee Speedway, just outside Hillsborough, was one of the first two | tracks to open and is the only track remaining from that inaugural 1949 se ... |
| Knattleikr | ... game was introduced by the Icelandic immigrants adapting the Icelandic game | . These immigrants moved to Canada and USA after the eruption of a volcano ... |
| Buffalo Bills | He returned to the NFL in 1998 with the | , where he earned Pro Bowl and NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors. He ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... to win the first post-merger Super Bowl (Super Bowl V) defeating the NFC's | 16–13, on a Jim O'Brien field goal with 5 seconds left to play. In 1971, t ... |
| Oakland Athletics | ... e. They were a short-season single-A minor league baseball affiliate of the | who played at historic Miles Field from 1979 to 1999 before relocating to ... |
| Combat Zone Wrestling | ... such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, and | , have specialized in hardcore matches, with "standard" non-hardcore match ... |
| NCAA | ... n 1950, 1959, and 1962 and was runner-up in 1948, 1953, 1960, and 1963, and | Division I championships were also earned by the 1945 men's outdoor track ... |
| Super Bowl XLVI | ... l Four Tournaments. The stadium hosted the Super Bowl for the 2011 season ( | ) and has a potential economic impact estimated at $286,000,000. Lucas Oil ... |
| Amateur Sports Act of 1978 | ... nservation and Management Act. He was also known for his sponsorship of the | , which resulted in the establishment of the United States Olympic Committ ... |
| NCAA | ... ne is a member of Conference USA in athletics and an official member of the | Division I. The university was a charter member of the Southeastern Confer ... |
| Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | ... erest on odd-numbered years, when it is the site of a checkpoint during the | . It is situated after the checkpoint at Anvik and before Eagle Island |
| ESPN on ABC | ... ning that fall, all sports broadcasts on ABC would be presented under the " | " banner, with ESPN graphics and announcers (including both the ESPN and A ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... candal in the 1919 World Series, in which the favored White Sox lost to the | in eight games. The fixing of the 1919 World Series is the only recognized ... |
| Italian Football Federation | ... ng ground of the Italian national team, and the technical department of the | |
| Football | Calcio Storico Fiorentino ("Historic Florentine | "), sometimes called Calcio in costume, is a traditional sport, regarded a ... |
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| scuba divers | ... the blockships) has become increasingly popular as a venue for recreational | , and is regularly listed in dive magazines and internet forums among the ... |
| Arizona Cardinals | ... from 1994-1998. He then attended Wake Forest University and was drafted by | in the first round (18th overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft. He currently play ... |
| United States teams | ... valries with other Tobacco Road schools and have provided many olympians to | . The student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel has won national awards for col ... |
| NASCAR | ... e home of the very first and only black driver to win a race in what is now | 's Sprint Cup, Wendell Scott, and was the birthplace of "Battling Jim" Joh ... |
| Title IX | ... Act, funding for AIDS treatment, and equal funding for women's sports under | . To combat being in the minority, he worked long hours and devised a seri ... |
| Paralympic Games | ... h Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first international | , following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were ... |
| Hartford Blues | ... 1926, Hartford had a franchise in the National Football League known as the | . The NFL would return to Connecticut from 1973–1974 when New Haven hosted ... |
| Philadelphia Public League | ... tral Catholic out of District 11 and Communications Tech from District 12 ( | ), respectively |
| National Aeronautic Association | ... verified by tower personnel or by official observers of the United States' | (NAA). On 9 February 2006, he broke two of his world records and set a rec ... |
| Atlanta Thrashers | ... picks at the deadline. Veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik was traded to the | for prospect defenseman Braydon Coburn and disappointing off-season acquis ... |
| World Championship Wrestling | ... hardcore matches, with "standard" non-hardcore matches being the exception. | utilized the term Raven's Rules for hardcore matches involving the wrestle ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | The | go to the World Series in 1972, 1975, and 1976, led by the Big Red Machine ... |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | On 16 May 1979, the club won its first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by beating | 4–3 in Basel in a final that was watched by more than 30,000 travelling bl ... |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | ... the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and she repeated this feat at the | in Salt Lake City, Utah, giving rise to the title "the fastest woman on ic ... |
| Intramural sports | ... , ultimate, equestrian, mountain biking, crew, fencing, sailing and skiing. | include soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, volleyball and softball |
| speed skater | Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former | from Norway, considered to be one of the best in history, and current assi ... |
| Tennessee Titans | In the 2003 NFL season, Manning was named co-Most Valuable Player with | quarterback Steve McNair. The Colts won the AFC South division title over ... |
| Texas Stars | ... unty Expo Center. Since then, the Austin Ice Bats have been replaced by the | of the American Hockey League, and many other teams have come to Austin in ... |
| Lake Erie Crushers | ... ouis (Gateway Grizzlies & River City Rascals) has 2 teams while Cleveland ( | ), Cincinnati (Florence Freedom) and Pittsburgh (Washington Wild Things) e ... |
| athlete | ... nus ("Tinus") Bernardus Osendarp (May 21, 1916 – June 20, 2002) was a Dutch | , excelling in the sprint events |
| American football | ... 0,000 fans attending their football games, and the University of Oklahoma's | program ranked 12th in attendance among American colleges in 2010, with an ... |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | ... drafted by the Flyers in June with the 19th overall pick acquired from the | in exchange for R.J. Umberger, who became a victim of a salary cap crunch. ... |
| Conference USA | ... iation, and women's soccer, where it competes as an NCAA Division I team in | . CC dropped its intercollegiate athletic programs in football, softball, ... |
| Wisconsin Wolves | The | is a women's semi-pro football team based in Madison that plays in the IWF ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... within the city limits. Since 2002, Allen Park is the practice home of the | and is also the site of the team's headquarters |
| Washington Capitals | ... Redskins Park, their headquarters and training facility, in Ashburn and the | train at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston. Virginia has many professio ... |
| football | ... mas Wade "Tom" Landry (September 11, 1924February 12, 2000) was an American | player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative ... |
| United States women's national soccer team | ... retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the | and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more ... |
| ball court | ... iled on its edges, measuring . Some researchers believe it was some kind of | and others believe it was a kind of open air theater. On the hill itself i ... |
| Knattleikr | ... ng the chosen point with the least number of strokes. A similar game called | had been played for thousand years or more by the Vikings as documented in ... |
| Fox Soccer Plus | ... latino, The Score and Fox Sports World Canada (Canada), Fox Soccer Channel, | and Fox Sports en Español (United States), Digi Sport (Hungary), Sport1 (T ... |
| Canton Bulldogs | ... ne went on to win the game 16-0. On November 18, 1905, Latrobe defeated the | , which later became a founding member, and two-time champion, of the Nati ... |
| International Rutabaga Curling Championship | The | takes place annually at the Ithaca Farmers' Market on the last day of the ... |
| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | ... 44 and 1946 World Series titles. The war years also saw the founding of the | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mason Foster is currently a linebacker for the | of the National Football League |
| ASK Vorwärts Berlin | ... llowing a 2–0 win, securing a place in the quarter-finals, where they faced | |
| Atlanta Braves | ... r only five starts, one win and a 6.04 ERA, the Athletics traded him to the | for Orlando Cepeda; he went only 3–5 for Atlanta, and his overall totals f ... |
| US Open tennis coverage | ... ns due to special programming (holidays, early-round NCAA Tournament games, | , etc.) were announced over the final logo or during the credit crawl. Thi ... |
| College World Series | ... 2008, the baseball team ranked second, losing in the final game of the DIII | to Trinity College |
| Flint Metro League | ... lue Ribbon Awards. In the 2010-2011 year, Oxford High School moved from the | to the Oakland Activities Association |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... calls and reduce the size of the sleeves. Although the white jerseys of the | at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such (as ... |
| Fox Sports en Español | ... d Fox Sports World Canada (Canada), Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus and | (United States), Digi Sport (Hungary), Sport1 (The Netherlands), ESPN (Uni ... |
| weightlifter | Naim Süleymanoğlu became the first | to lose his pants |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... also flying later in the Korean War. During this period Stan Musial led the | to the 1942, 1944 and 1946 World Series titles. The war years also saw the ... |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | ... to Oklahoma City and announced that play would begin at Ford Center as the | in 2008, becoming the state's first permanent major league franchise |
| football | The most played and popular sport in Yerevan is | . Yerevan has many with five in the 2012 season of the Armenian Premier Le ... |
| Texas Rollergirls | ... sidered the birthplace of all-women's flat track roller derby. In 2003, the | formed as the first league to play modern flat-track roller derby and, in ... |
| Madison Mustangs | Madison is home to the | , a semi-pro football team that is part of the Ironman Football League. Ga ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... ity's athletics programs alumni include Donovan McNabb, quarterback for the | , Dwight Freeney, defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts, Carmelo Anthon ... |
| Minnesota North Stars | ... ssional sports record 35 straight games (25–0–10), before losing 7–1 to the | , a record that still stands to this day. In doing so, the Flyers wrapped ... |
| Oakland Oaks | ... h himself. The name also vaguely suggested the name of the old minor league | , which were alternatively called the "Acorns." New owner Walter Haas rest ... |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ... Hard 10 Tournament match (initially known as the "Dupp Cup") was created by | . It is contested on a points system, where the points are earned for the ... |
| St. Louis Blues | ... goaltender for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning in preseason games against the | and the Boston Bruins, and in 2003 Hayley Wickenheiser played with the Kir ... |
| Utah Jazz | ... rio of Steve Nash, Michael Finley, and Dirk Nowitzki, had just defeated the | despite not having home court advantage and were only starting to meld int ... |
| XVIII | (along with Tom Flores | and Mike Ditka {VI-player, XX-coach}), as well as the first African-Americ ... |
| Buffalo Bills | ... otball League, including Patrick Ramsey (New Orleans Saints), J.P. Losman ( | ), Anthony Cannon (Detroit Lions), Mewelde Moore (Pittsburgh Steelers), Ma ... |
| Ancient Olympic Games | ... ces are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the | featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of ... |
| NBC Sports | ... Handel resides in Roswell as well as former Pittsburgh Steeler and current | announcer Jerome Bettis |
| rugby | ... nfermline district pipe band. Dunfermline is home to professional football, | and cricket teams. The senior football team, Dunfermline Athletic play the ... |
| Aurora Cavalry | ... iling from the city. Aurora's first semi-professional sports franchise, the | in the International Basketball League, began play in 2006 but folded by s ... |
| Hartford Whalers | ... t's longest-tenured and only modern full-time "big four" franchise were the | of the National Hockey League, who played in Hartford from 1979 to 1997 at ... |
| Detroit Lions | Two weeks later, one day after the Cowboys' 27-17 loss to the | , a team that had come into the game tied with Kansas City, the Giants and ... |
| World's Strongest Man | The capital hosted the games of the 2004 | contest. Atlantis Paradise Island was the venue for the 2009 Miss Universe ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... rowbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the | in 2002), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern (mos ... |
| Canoeing | ... wn is home to various watersports including Evesham Rowing Club, Kayaking & | provided by the Evesham Paddlesport club, and Evesham Sailing Club |
| Minnesota Twins | ... wing his playing career with the New York Yankees, Martin had worked in the | organization, managing that team to an AL West Division title in 1969. But ... |
| NCAA | ... Their rivalry is followed statewide. Several other universities compete in | Division I, particularly in the Colonial Athletic Association. Three histo ... |
| Ancient Olympic Games | ... s of increasing stature, and many preferred to go barefoot. Athletes in the | participated barefoot – and naked. Even the Gods and heroes were primarily ... |
| football | ... oir and Dunfermline district pipe band. Dunfermline is home to professional | , rugby and cricket teams. The senior football team, Dunfermline Athletic ... |
| Boston Bruins | ... Tampa Bay Lightning in preseason games against the St. Louis Blues and the | , and in 2003 Hayley Wickenheiser played with the Kirkkonummi Salamat in t ... |
| Washington Senators | ... ll Bensawanger reportedly signed Josh Gibson to a contract in 1943, and the | were also said to be interested in his services. But those efforts (and ot ... |
| NBC Sports | ... summer due to morning coverage of Grand Slam tennis and golf tournaments by | . The program also re-airs on MSNBC Sunday afternoons at 2pm ET and early ... |
| football | ... to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for | clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has bee ... |
| Big East Conference | ... the Orange, participate in 20 intercollegiate sports. SU is a member of the | for all NCAA Division I athletics, except for women's ice hockey, and the ... |
| Super Bowl XLII | ... titos Fiesta Bowl, which opened in August 2006 in Sportsmans Park. In 2008, | was played there when the Giants faced the Patriots. Both venues are part ... |
| Western martial arts | ... and kendo (sword), bojutsu (staff), and kyudo (archery). Similarly, modern | and sports include modern fencing, stick-fighting systems like canne de co ... |
| football | ... worked nights at a steel yard) and started performing with Deacon Jones, a | player and singer |
| Oakland Athletics | ... 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history on May 9, 2010, for the | . Braden still resides in Stockton. Alex Spanos, owner of the NFL's San Di ... |
| Kentucky Derby | ... is given to the winning horse's owner. Should that horse have also won the | , speculation and excitement immediately begin to mount as to whether that ... |
| American Contract Bridge League | ... rld Bridge Federation, and by local bodies in various countries such as the | in the U.S., and the English Bridge Union in England. The rules of skat ar ... |
| Philadelphia Eagles | The | of the National Football League hold their pre-season training camp each s ... |
| Tampa Bay Rays | The Tigers acquired starter Edwin Jackson from the 2008 AL Champion | , and called up rookie and former #1 draft pick Rick Porcello. Jackson was ... |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ... a that the Frankford Yellow Jackets once held. Bell named the franchise the | , the partners paid the league entrance fee of $2,500 (presently, $) and a ... |
| San Antonio Spurs | ... an Basketball Association, which moved to San Antonio in 1973 to become the | |
| TSN | ... CFL's Top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network | . In 2007 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame |
| Most Valuable Player | ... After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | In 1920 the | held spring training in Brownsville |
| Musical Ride | ... tlets for riders). Review Order is worn by the mounted troop performing the | , an equestrian drill in which mounted members demonstrate their riding sk ... |
| Super Bowl XVIII | ... y became the famous 1984 commercial which aired during the third quarter at | |
| Ontario Reign | ... ainment Group. It is an 11,000-seat multi-purpose arena, and is home to the | , a team in the ECHL. It is the largest enclosed arena in the Inland Empir ... |
| Legia Warszawa | ... ing the first match 1–0 away, then winning 2–0 at home. In the semi-finals, | were beaten 2–0 on aggregate, earning Feijenoord their first European fina ... |
| Water polo | ... sful Greek teams are Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Aris Thessaloniki and PAOK. | and volleyball are also practiced widely in Greece while cricket and handb ... |
| his own sport | Hoover invented | to keep fit while in the White House, a combination of volleyball and tenn ... |
| Madison Mallards | ... 0) before decamping for Lincoln, Nebraska. Madison is currently home to the | , a college wood-bat summer baseball league team in the Northwoods League ... |
| Lega Calcio | ... ng for over eighty years since the 1929-30 season. It had been organized by | until 2010, but a new league, the Lega Serie A, had been created for the 2 ... |
| College World Series | ... ole of the Yankee manager in For Love of the Game. He tries to attend every | game that Cal State Fullerton plays in Omaha, Nebraska |
| speedway | The city's | team Newcastle Diamonds are based at Brough Park in Byker, a venue that is ... |
| American football | The Indianapolis Colts are a professional | team based in Indianapolis. They are members of the South Division of the ... |
| NASCAR | Oldsmobile is especially known for its competition in | . Beginning with the Rocket 88, Oldsmobile proved heavily competitive in s ... |
| athlete | ... nate Stecher (born 15 May 1950 in Süptitz) is a German (former East German) | and a triple Olympic champion |
| Short track speed skating | ... ndependent European countries debuted, as did six "warm-weather" countries. | , moguls and women's biathlon made their debut as an Olympic sport. The ga ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... re in a 24-13 victory. In the Steelers’ 16-6 Super Bowl IX victory over the | that followed, Bradshaw completed 9 of 14 passes and his fourth-quarter to ... |
| World Championship Wrestling | ... derlings before facing the heel himself, for instance) – this was common in | in the early 1990s. A participant involved in a Gauntlet match may be said ... |
| Scuba | ... eing attractions. Historic St George's is a designated World Heritage Site. | divers can explore numerous wrecks and coral reefs in relatively shallow w ... |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... k, on March 31, 1998, when the Mets opened their season against their rival | , playing the longest scoreless opening day game in the National League an ... |
| Seattle Storm | ... l born in Albury. Basketballer Lauren Jackson, who currently plays with the | of the WNBA, was also born in Albury |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling | ... match to a standard one-fall match. The Three-Way Dance was popularized in | , where it became a regular specialty of the promotion. The name Fatal Fou ... |
| Hampton Roads Piranhas | ... the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League. In Virginia Beach, the | field men's and women's professional soccer teams |
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | ... ith Wray, among others, and buy the rights to play in Philadelphia that the | once held. Bell named the franchise the Philadelphia Eagles, the partners ... |
| Motorcycle speedway | ... eam, playing in the English Premier League at the East of England Ice Rink. | is also a popular sport in Peterborough, with race meetings held at the Ea ... |
| Arizona Cardinals | ... lso in Glendale is the new University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the NFL's | and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, which opened in August 2006 in Sportsmans Pa ... |
| San Antonio Spurs | ... ference Finals, Dallas swept the Memphis Grizzlies, and beat in-state rival | in seven tense games. Phoenix won Game One 121–118 after Diaw hit a game-w ... |
| 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game | Millsaps was also home to the famous game-ending play in the | , in which Trinity University defeated Millsaps by a score of 28-24 after ... |
| National Finals Rodeo | ... 1–2000, Wrangler Jeans sponsored the Bullfighter of the Year contest at the | , The California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association designates a Bullf ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... the Super Bowl in three years by defeating the Chicago Bears, 37-7, and the | , 23-6, in the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Broncos earned their first ever tr ... |
| Steaua Bucureşti | ... k the team to their second European Cup final, only to lose on penalties to | during a dramatic evening in Seville |
| Michelob ULTRA Open | ... he Greg Norman course at Lansdowne Resort and Kingsmill Resort, home of the | . NASCAR currently schedules Sprint Cup races on two tracks in Virginia: M ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... 2 record season record and playoff victories over the Chicago Bears and the | . The Broncos, led by Morton and the Orange Crush Defense, made their firs ... |
| Atlanta Falcons | ... rch 1984, publicly criticized Landry after an embarrassing home loss to the | in 1987, saying that he was "horrified" at the play-calling and complainin ... |
| handball | There is also a | club and it is playing in the French second division |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling | Some promotions, such as | , Juggalo Championship Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling, have speciali ... |
| Green Bay Packers | ... located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is home to the National Football League's | . The Packers have been part of the NFL since the league's second season i ... |
| anglers | ... price season tickets for nominated employees, while commercial travellers, | and conveyors of racing pigeons were all tempted with special offers |
| UEFA | Basel features a large football stadium that has been awarded four stars by | , a modern ice hockey hall, and an admitted sports hall |
| New Orleans Saints | ... at he and a group of investors from Louisiana were interested in buying the | . The Saints, who had been forced out of the Louisiana Superdome for the 2 ... |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | ... major force in the economy. In 1995, Salt Lake City won the bid to host the | . The 2002 Olympics boosted tourism and the economy, and helped to dramati ... |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | The year 1998 brought two more teams into the mix, the | and the Arizona Diamondbacks, the latter of which become the youngest expa ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... the "Doomsday Defense" squads he created during his 29 year tenure with the | |
| squash | Chartres has the second most important | club in France. In 2013, Chartres will organize the World Team Squash Cham ... |
| Oakland Athletics | The | three-peat in 1972-1974 |
| New Orleans Saints | Millsaps was the summer training camp home for the NFL's | in 2006, 2007, and 2008 |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Many other schools in the University of Wisconsin system compete in the | at the Division III level. The conference is one of the most successful in ... |
| footballer | Emilio Butragueño Santos (born 22 July 1963 in Madrid) is a retired Spanish | who played as a striker |
| Canadian football | ... en Paul Flutie (born November 18, 1966 in Manchester, Maryland) is a former | wide receiver for the BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, and the Hamilton Tiger-C ... |
| NASCAR | In 2001 | driver Kevin Harvick opened his shop in Kernersville. Kevin and his wife, ... |
| Hartford Dark Blues | ... icut has hosted teams from the other big four leagues at various times. The | joined the National League for one season in 1876, becoming the state's fi ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... ason, the franchise traded for prominent talent in Edgar Rentería (from the | ) and Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis (from the Florida Marlins). Howe ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... e Orioles from Eli Jacobs. In 1998, he reached an agreement to purchase the | , but had to abandon the deal because of the divorce settlement cost |
| Kentucky Derby | ... an thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series and almost always attracts the | winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few ho ... |
| Big East Conference | ... 18, 2011, Syracuse University officially announced that it was leaving the | to join the Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ring of Honor | Six-Man Mayhem is a unique multi-competitor match used mainly in | . It involves six wrestlers, with two actively in the ring, and four other ... |
| Monday Night | ... ndiana Hoosiers announcer Don Fischer provides play-by-play. Regular-season | games are simulcast on WNDY-23 and those from NFL Network on simulcasted o ... |
| Buffalo Bills | ... The NFL and Hall of Fame committee announced that the Tennessee Titans and | would kick-off the 2009 National Football League preseason in the Hall of ... |
| Jacksonville Bulls | ... 1984, signed Flutie to a 3-year, $3.1 million deal. Sipe was traded to the | days later. Having already signed with the USFL, Flutie was not selected i ... |
| Florence Freedom | ... ity Rascals) has 2 teams while Cleveland (Lake Erie Crushers), Cincinnati ( | ) and Pittsburgh (Washington Wild Things) each have one. A 4th Chicagoland ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... he first team to use the 3-4 in the Super Bowl in Super Bowl XI against the | , although the Miami Dolphins used a version of the 3-4 ("53 defense") in ... |
| Indianapolis Clowns | ... considered the last major league season and the last professional club, the | , operated amusingly rather than competitively from the mid-1960s to 1980s |
| football | ... nction Junior and Senior High School building opened September 4, 2007. Its | teams, nicknamed the Wildcats, have enjoyed success, including four Divisi ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... Ramsey (New Orleans Saints), J.P. Losman (Buffalo Bills), Anthony Cannon ( | ), Mewelde Moore (Pittsburgh Steelers), Matt Forté (Chicago Bears), and Ro ... |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | During the 1990s | became popular and proved to be effective in mixed martial arts competitio ... |
| New York | ... nesota) to preserve the rivalry by bringing his team to California as well. | baseball fans were stunned and heartbroken by the move. Given that the cit ... |
| Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame | Mack, Foxx, Grove and Cochrane have also been inducted into the | |
| Detroit Lions | ... Houston Texans, Tank Tyler of the Carolina Panthers, Stephen Tulloch of the | and Philip Rivers who plays for the San Diego Chargers. Another 41 alumni ... |
| football | ... ilt as a multi-purpose stadium, Shea was also the home of the New York Jets | team from 1964 to 1983. It was named in honor of William A. Shea, the man ... |
| football | ... influenced by his father. He picked up his first barbell in 1960, when his | (soccer) coach took his team to a local gym. At the age of 14, he chose bo ... |
| National Aeronautic Association | ... , the Lucky Lady IIs crew received the Mackay Trophy, given annually by the | for the outstanding flight of the year, and the Air Age Trophy, an Air For ... |
| PBA | Medford's Lava Lanes bowling alley previously hosted the | 's Medford Open every January, which aired on ESPN, the last Open took pla ... |
| Florence Freedom | ... (now Traverse City) in 2001 and 2002, and Windy City in 2007 and 2008. The | (including years as Erie and Johnstown) and the Rockford RiverHawks (inclu ... |
| Italian Swimming Federation | ... 17 January 2005 he was awarded with the Caimano d'oro (Gold Caiman) by the | |
| American football | The Tennessee Titans are a professional | team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the ... |
| Bills | ... 2, the Colts' offense did not cross mid-field in an entire game against the | ; this would not happen again in an NFL game until 2000. The Colts finishe ... |
| UNLV Rebels | The | football team conducts its summer training camp in Ely, which provides a c ... |
| ESPN Sports Saturday | ... no sports are scheduled on one or both weekend afternoons, ABC carries the | block on Saturdays, and on Sunday either encores of primetime reality seri ... |
| NCAA | The school sports teams participate in the | Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and Atlantic Coast Conference. The NC ... |
| NCAA | Most of Syracuse University's intercollegiate teams participate in | Division I in the Big East Conference. The Syracuse Orange women's ice hoc ... |
| Philadelphia Phantoms | ... her and Mike Rathje, as well as several players from the Calder Cup-winning | . When all was said and done, the team had experienced a turnover of nearl ... |
| Gaelic games | ... his career, Lynch had come to be regarded as one of the all-time greats of | . His contribution to the game of hurling was first recognised when he was ... |
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| Honolulu Marathon | ... ound-Oahu Bike Race (115 mi./185.07 km; originally a two-day event) and the | (26.219 mi./42.195 km) |
| NCAA | Scranton athletes compete at the | Division III. In 2007, Scranton joined the newly formed Landmark Conferenc ... |
| Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR | ... ed with magnesium body panels. An earlier Mercedes-Benz race car model, the | , had a body made from Elektron, a magnesium alloy; these cars ran (with s ... |
| Mountain West Conference | ... ce for August practices and prepares the team for the high altitude of most | road games |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... segregationist. Bill Veeck claimed that Landis blocked his purchase of the | because he planned to integrate the team. While this is disputed, Landis w ... |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | ... face masks.One woman, Manon Rhéaume, appeared as a goaltender for the NHL's | in preseason games against the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins, and ... |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ... nment" style wrestling competing for both World Wrestling Entertainment and | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ... ny, forward for the New York Knicks, Tim Green, who played football for the | and is now a commentator for National Public Radio, Darryl Johnston, who w ... |
| KNVB | ... ich was attended by several chairmen of other clubs and a delegation of the | to discuss the start of professional football in the Netherlands. The prof ... |
| Australian rules football | Despite being located in New South Wales, Albury is a stronghold of | . The local Ovens & Murray Football League is one of the strongest regiona ... |
| Kitesurfers | ... it. The first windsurfer crossing was in 1982 by Mark Paul and Les Tokolyi. | also do the crossing. Australian Olympic bronze medalist Michael Blackburn ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... pact on the stripes of the Colts jerseys. Although the white jerseys of the | at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such (as ... |
| Green Bay Packers | ... Alumni of the school include DJ and music producer Erick Morillo and former | center Frank Winters |
| football | ... nues a tradition established by previous owners of broadcasting high school | games on Friday nights (in English). All of metro Birmingham's stations ar ... |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... e been developed in the early 20th century. Lew "Hicks" Moren (1906) of the | was credited as its inventor. However, Eddie Cicotte apparently also came ... |
| Rugby union | ... nding of the city, and it also features in festivals in many smaller towns. | is found to some extent in Ecuador, with teams in Guayaquil, Quito, and Cu ... |
| Wok | ... igh, luge, and skeleton track. In 2003, there were the first official World | Championships, initiated by Stefan Raab |
| Madison Minotaurs Rugby Club | ... chool girl's team. The most recent addition to the Madison rugby community, | , is composed largely of gay players and is Wisconsin's first and only IGR ... |
| football | ... rsts pointed to the lighter side of college life: the first intercollegiate | and baseball games west of the Mississippi were played in Grinnell, and th ... |
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| Denver Broncos | ... champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion | and to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1977 sea ... |
| Golden State Warriors | ... he Mavericks were upset by their former coach Don Nelson and the 8th seeded | in the 2007 NBA Playoffs. Kidd returned to the team in 2008, and with new ... |
| Tennessee Titans | ... er Ralph Wilson to do so. The Bills lost 22–16 to the eventual AFC Champion | in a game that has become known for the Music City Miracle, where the Tita ... |
| Chico Heat | ... e champions in both the 1997 and 1999 Division II College World Series. The | were also champions in the Western Baseball League in 1997 |
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| UFC 6 | | took place at the Casper Events Center in 1995 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... fter posting a 12-4 regular season record and postseason victories over the | and the Dallas Cowboy |
| Indiana Ice | ... e 1902, and are currently members of the Triple-A International League. The | ice hockey team began play in the United States Hockey League (USHL) in 20 ... |
| football (soccer) | Like in most of both Spain and the Basque country, | is the most popular competitive sport, followed by basketball |
| Buffalo Sabres | ... l hockey player Nathan Gerbe was born in Oxford and currently plays for the | of the National Hockey League |
| NBC Sports | ... Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In June 2007, he made his debut for | as an analyst for the 2007 U.S. National Championships, and he also was an ... |
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| Coca-Cola 600 | ... y since 1911. It runs on the Sunday preceding the Memorial Day holiday. The | stock car race has been held later the same day since 1961. The Memorial T ... |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | ... height of the lacrosse season. The Men's and Women's lacrosse teams are in | (NCAA) Division I. Other teams are in Division III and participate in the ... |
| Mesoamerican ballgame | ... lls (albeit solid and not inflated) which were employed most notably in the | . Balls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columb ... |
| Chico Heat | Chico is former home of the Chico Rooks (Soccer), and the | (Baseball – Western Baseball League) |
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| Dallas Cowboys | ... r season record and postseason victories over the Minnesota Vikings and the | Aided by two touchdown passes from quarterback Jim Plunkett, the Raiders j ... |
| 2002 Winter Olympic Games | | Figure skating. All events were held at the Delta Center, although for pur ... |
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| football | ... . However, virtually all African peoples have a version of this board game. | is also a pastime enjoyed by many, either spectating or playing. The natio ... |
| high-scoring, back-and-forth game | ... ie gained national attention in 1984 when he led the Eagles to victory in a | against the Miami Hurricanes (led by QB Bernie Kosar). The game was nation ... |
| football | ... he tallest chimneys in Germany (302 m). Gelsenkirchen is home of the famous | club Schalke 04, which is named after the borough Schalke, while the club' ... |
| NCAA | ... ence which operates in the midwestern United States. It participates in the | 's Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a football-only c ... |
| Crazylegs Classic | Madison is home to several endurance sports racing events, such as the | , Paddle and Portage, the Mad City Marathon, and Ironman Wisconsin, which ... |
| Memorial Tournament | ... ca-Cola 600 stock car race has been held later the same day since 1961. The | golf event has been held on or close to the Memorial Day weekend since 197 ... |
| NBC Sports | ... presenting the United National Congress from 2006–2007. He is now a CBS and | television broadcast analyst for track and field |
| Marion Mayhem | ... ll League, that plays at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Marion was home to the | , also an indoor football team in the CIFL, that also played at the Vetera ... |
| Rockford RiverHawks | ... 2008. The Florence Freedom (including years as Erie and Johnstown) and the | (including years as Portsmouth and Springfield) are currently tied for the ... |
| Oceania Football Confederation | ... mes. The Tuvalu National Football Association is an associate member of the | (OFC) and is seeking membership in FIFA |
| Redbirds | ... season, the team then moved to Springfield, Illinois, and were renamed the | . Rights to the New Orleans Pelicans name are currently owned by Tom Benso ... |
| Green Bay Packers | ... ll the way to the NFL championship game. Dallas lost the game to Lombardi's | , but this season was but a modest display of what lay ahead |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | ... ty of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she helped the Tar Heels to four | (NCAA) women's championships in five years (she sat out the season of 1991 ... |
| football | ... is affixed with the seal of the city. According to a legend, the Argentine | team, Boca Juniors' flag and colors were inspired by the flag of Sweden |
| Chico Rooks | Chico is former home of the | (Soccer), and the Chico Heat (Baseball – Western Baseball League) |
| Atlanta Flames | Come playoff time, the Flyers swept the | in four games in the first round. In the semifinals, the Flyers faced the ... |
| Southern Hills Country Club | ... b in Tulsa, and major championships for the PGA or LPGA have been played at | in Tulsa, Oak Tree Country Club in Oklahoma City, and Cedar Ridge Country ... |
| Football | ... Festival. Issa Serge Coelo directed Chad's two other films, Daresalam and . | is Chad's most popular sport. The country's national team is closely follo ... |
| Football | The city has a strong sporting tradition. | club Newcastle United has been based at St James' Park since the club was ... |
| hockey | The national sport of Pakistan is | , in which it has earned 8 of its 10 Olympic medals, including three gold ... |
| Nashville Predators | ... ury sustained by Eric Lindros on April Fools' Day during a game against the | , a season-ending injury later diagnosed as a collapsed lung. Up until tha ... |
| Hartford Colonials | ... from 1999–2000, both playing at the Civic Center. Hartford was home to the | of the United Football League for one season in 2010 |
| New York Golden Gloves | Juan Laporte won the 1976 112 lb | Sub-Novice Championship. He defeated Long Island's Ricky Brown in the fina ... |
| 1992 Survivor Series | ... f. The Coffin match was revived by The Undertaker and first appeared at the | as the Coffin match. The Coffin Match was fought under largely standard WW ... |
| Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame | ... of Fame. He was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000, the | charter class of 2004, and Haverford's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. The ... |
| NAIA | ... lead the team to a 38 and 13 record, en route to a 3rd place finish at the | National Championships. Later that summer she competed in the Summer Olymp ... |
| NCAA | The Midshipmen participate in the | 's Division I FBS as an independent (i.e., not a member of any conference) ... |
| Akron Pros | Robeson was recruited by Pollard to play for the NFL's | , while he continued his law studies. In the spring, he postponed school t ... |
| Buffalo Bills | ... oronto Argonauts, in 1996 (The Snow Bowl) and 1997, before signing with the | of the National Football League in 1998. Prior to his final two Grey Cup v ... |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ... hampion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion | to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1980 season. ... |
| football | ... home of the Latrobe Athletic Association, one of the earliest professional | teams. The team's quarterback, John Brallier, became the first football pl ... |
| teams in Washington, D.C. | ... the lack of any dominant city or market within the state, the proximity of | and North Carolina, and a reluctance to publicly finance stadiums. Virgini ... |
| football | Hannover 96 (nickname Die Roten or 'The Reds') is the local | team that plays in the Bundesliga top division. Home games are played at t ... |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ... l Classic (with the exception of the 1903 Boston Red Sox and later the 2001 | , who won in their fourth season). Virtually all the key players on the 19 ... |
| football | ... their wildly enthusiastic classmates. The effect was akin to listening to a | game, but this type of excitement evaporated in later versions, in which b ... |
| The NFL Today | Bradshaw was promoted into television studio analyst for | in 1990 (which he hosted with Greg Gumbel through the 1993 season), and Fo ... |
| Phoenix Coyotes | The NHL's | and NLL's Arizona Sting began playing in Glendale when Jobing.com Arena (f ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... Tigers and making his first All-Star Game appearance, he was traded to the | for C. J. Nitkowski, Mark Lewis, and minor leaguer Dave Tuttle. He finishe ... |
| Lansing Lugnuts | ... homas M. Cooley Law School, and the Class A minor league baseball team, the | |
| football | ... rom Oakland Technical High School, where he played baseball, basketball and | , and was an All-American running back with a pair of 1,000-yard rushing s ... |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ... ng led to the hiring of head coach Tony Dungy, the former head coach of the | , who had led his former team to four playoff appearances in the previous ... |
| Gaelic football | The Dublin | team was scheduled to play the Tipperary team later the same day in Croke ... |
| handball | ... and great accomplishment as a sportsman. Rugby union, soccer, swimming and | were all favourite pastimes for Lynch, however it was the sports of Gaelic ... |
| Pankration | Boxing (pygme, pyx), Wrestling (pale) and | were represented in the Ancient Olympic Games. The Romans produced gladiat ... |
| UIL | ... l district. Recently, the school has produced a state championship in golf, | News Writing, Powerlifting, and received First Runner-Up at the 2011 State ... |
| Rugby union | ... Lynch showed an enormous interest and great accomplishment as a sportsman. | , soccer, swimming and handball were all favourite pastimes for Lynch, how ... |
| Merkle's Boner | ... ation throughout his career for this lapse, which went down in history as " | ". In his defense, some baseball historians have suggested that it was not ... |
| American football | Super Bowl XII was an | game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboy ... |
| National Federation of State High School Associations | ... ning body for U.S. collegiate sports, is located in Indianapolis, as is the | . The city is home to the headquarters of three NCAA athletics conferences ... |
| discus | ... there is also a small area which is used for hammer throwing, shot put and | . The stadium is equipped with floodlights. There is an all-seater main st ... |
| Tampa Yankees | The | defeated the Charlotte Stone Crabs 3-2 in the Florida State League Champio ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | Tony Curtis was formerly the backup tight end for the | , and is now with the San Francisco 49ers. He attended and graduated from ... |
| canoeing | ... cluding boxing and fencing, gymnastics, judo, white water events (including | and kayaking) and wrestling as well as a snow dome with real snow for skii ... |
| football | ... fying match, which ended goalless. It was also the first ever international | match held in Great Britain that was watched by all-seater spectators |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1998 was what many consider to be one of the game's greatest seasons. | first baseman Mark McGwire and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa that yea ... |
| NASCAR | ... m Speedway, formerly the North Carolina Speedway, which was a staple of the | schedule for nearly 40 years, before the race was discontinued in 2004 |
| Futsal | ... inished ahead of and to come in second to in Group A in the 2006 World Cup. | , often referred to as índor, is particularly popular for mass participati ... |
| Ancient Olympic Games | ... oxing (pygme, pyx), Wrestling (pale) and Pankration were represented in the | . The Romans produced gladiatorial combat as a public spectacle. During th ... |
| German Football Association | In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's 50th anniversary, the | selected him as its Golden Player of the past 50 years (from 1954 to 2003) |
| Major League Baseball on Fox | ... gers games are also aired on former flagship KTTV Channel 11 as part of the | package, as well as on ESPN and TBS. KTTV was the flagship station of the ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | The Eagles advanced through the playoffs, defeating the | , 31-16, and the Dallas Cowboys, 20–7 |
| football | ... ldweed Run (pop. 49). Ozark Ike is an all-around athlete, playing baseball, | and basketball. Between seasons, he enters the boxing ring. The characters ... |
| Scottish Rugby Union | ... by Club is one of Scotland's oldest rugby clubs having been admitted to the | in 1876–77 as "Dumfries Rangers" |
| Utah Jazz | ... come out to the public as gay. John Amaechi, who played in the NBA with the | , Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers (as well as internationally with P ... |
| Bedlam Series | ... o universities meet several times each year in rivalry matches known as the | , which are some of the greatest sporting draws to the state. Sports Illus ... |
| Western Open | ... eatures polo fields, a golf course (which was at one time the venue for the | ), swimming and tennis facilities, and other recreational facilities not c ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... anced through the playoffs, defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 31-16, and the | , 20–7 |
| San Antonio Spurs | ... in 2001, eventually returning to the Conference Finals in 2003. However the | would emerge as their main rivals, defeating them in the playoffs each tim ... |
| Buffalo Sabres | ... ems at games that involve teams from both countries. One American team, the | , goes a step further and performs both anthems before every game as a nod ... |
| kayaking | ... g and fencing, gymnastics, judo, white water events (including canoeing and | ) and wrestling as well as a snow dome with real snow for skiing and snowb ... |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | ... f the World have both been applied to Indianapolis. The headquarters of the | (NCAA), the main governing body for U.S. collegiate sports, is located in ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... onal Public Radio, Darryl Johnston, who won three Super Bowl rings with the | in the 1990s, Mikey Powell, who plays lacrosse for the Boston Cannons, Cas ... |
| Schützenfest | ... a crown". In Switzerland and Germany, coins were minted to commemorate the | {Shooting Festival}. These are commonly known as "Shooting thalers" |
| Detroit Pistons | ... al Detroit commercials was "Who's your Tiger?". A popular rally cry for the | has also been adapted for the Tigers, resulting in "Deee-troit Base-ball!" |
| Rugby Football Union | ... he auspices of the Jersey Rugby Association (JRA), which is a member of the | of England. Jersey R.F.C. compete in the National League 1 of England |
| Franklin & Marshall College | ... neumonia. His successor is Mr. John Anderson Fry, formerly the president of | and the Executive Vice President of University of Pennsylvania |
| fixed | ... Motta was knocked out in four rounds by Billy Fox. Suspecting the fight was | , the New York State Athletic Commission withheld purses for the fight and ... |
| NASCAR | ... o, Kimi Räikkönen, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Many | drivers also got their start in racing from karts, such as Darrell Waltrip ... |
| NCAA | ... the NCAA Division I runner-up in 1975 and 2004. The men's fencing team won | Division I championships in 1950, 1959, and 1962 and was runner-up in 1948 ... |
| Seattle Rainiers | ... Portland Beavers, Sacramento Solons, San Francisco Seals, San Diego Padres, | |
| ball players | ... preserved and depict Bird Jaguar IV and two of his predecessors dressed as | |
| NCAA | Angelo State University participates in | D2 athletics; all games are open to the public. The school competes in bas ... |
| Circle City Classic | The | is one of America’s top historically African-American college football gam ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... l Olympic Stadium was converted into Turner Field, which became home of the | baseball team for the 1997 season. Once the Braves moved, Atlanta-Fulton C ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... rican football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion | and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and to ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | The first legal challenge came in 1970. Backed by the MLBPA, | outfielder Curt Flood took the leagues to court to negate a player trade, ... |
| The NFL Today | ... he Super Bowl XL championship team and he currently is a studio analyst for | . Over 130 NC State alumni play or have played in the NFL. Notable former ... |
| Seattle Mariners | ... 00 he was released by New York, and quickly signed as a free agent with the | . In his second game as a Mariner, on May 20, Henderson hit a leadoff home ... |
| football | Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English | goalkeeper. The IFFHS named Banks the second best goalkeeper of the 20th c ... |
| football | Lynch also played club | with "the Glen’s" sister club St. Nicholas. Once again he enjoyed a succes ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... , the phrase "Restore the Roar" (a phrase first introduced in 1990 by then- | Head Coach Wayne Fontes) began to catch on, referring to the fact that the ... |
| Kansas City Country Club | ... munity Golf Club. After it dramatically grew, it moved to what today is the | . Nichols lured the Kansas City Country Club to take over the land, and th ... |
| NASCAR | ... e time driving in Champ Car World Series (he has since raced in IndyCar and | ). The two were married at Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, Scotland, on Decemb ... |
| Welsh Athletics | ... ional standard external throws area. The stadium houses the Headquarters of | , the sport's governing body for Wales. The city's indoor track and field ... |
| Buffalo Bills | ... ittle in common with its fellow divisional teams, the Jets, Miami Dolphins, | , and Boston Patriots. One angle where the two clubs did have something in ... |
| Sports Office of the Third Reich | The 1936 Winter Olympics were organized on behalf of the | (DRL) by Karl Ritter von Halt. Von Halt had been named President of the Co ... |
| Gaelic football | ... andball were all favourite pastimes for Lynch, however it was the sports of | and hurling where Lynch showed particular flair |
| European competition | ... urnaround, after Real trailed by 0–2. On 12 December that year, he made his | debut, contributing to a 6–1 home triumph against R.S.C. Anderlecht for th ... |
| Boston Bruins | ... playoff series over an original six team. Their opponent, Bobby Orr and the | , took Game 1 in Boston, but Bobby Clarke scored an overtime goal in Game ... |
| NCAA | ... A's Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. On February 20, 2012, the | announced it had granted Berea permission to begin a one-year period explo ... |
| WrestleMania | The 26th annual | event was held at University of Phoenix Stadium on March 28, 201 |
| European Table Tennis Union | ... rning body responsible for table tennis on that continent. For example, the | (ETTU) is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Europe. There ... |
| Washington Capitals | ... angers two years in a row in 1981–82 and 1982–83 and then were swept by the | in 1983–84. It was after the latter of these playoff losses that Bobby Cla ... |
| football | ... signed to convert from a baseball field into a rectangle field suitable for | using two motor-operated stands that allow the field level seats to rotate ... |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | Similar to the WarGames match utilized in WCW, | 's Lethal Lockdown consists of a single ring enclosed by a steel cage with ... |
| NASCAR | In 2001, Bradshaw entered the world of | by joining with HighLine Performance Group racing team to form FitzBradsha ... |
| Super Bowl XXX | On January 28, 1996, Diana Ross performed the Halftime Show at | |
| 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | ... actor James Earl Jones in a performance of the Star-Spangled Banner at the | at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, broadcast on CBS |
| Washington Senators | ... 1945 season, with talent depleted by call-ups to fight in World War II, the | had a pitching rotation which included four knuckleball pitchers (Dutch Le ... |
| Super Bowl XLVI | ... he US Open Series. On May 20, 2008, the city was awarded the rights to host | for which it did February 5, 2012. Indianapolis also hosted the 1987 Pan A ... |
| Buffalo Bills | ... d the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, and is also used by the | on occasion |
| ballcourts | ... causing unconventional orientation of the major structures, such as the two | |
| 1990 Goodwill Games | ... ter, which features an Olympic size swimming pool and had been used for the | , and Celebration Park, with sports fields and wooded trails. The city has ... |
| cross country | ... games are open to the public. The school competes in baseball, basketball, | , football, golf, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. It fe ... |
| Indian Hills Country Club | ... to take over the land, and the Community Golf Club went on to establish the | . Together, the three clubs became the most prestigious in the Kansas City ... |
| Washington Senators | After the 1970 regular season, Denny McLain was traded to the | in what would turn out to be a heist for Detroit. The club acquired pitche ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... ave faced repeatedly in the World Series, the Chicago Cubs (four times) and | (three times). Had the Cubs beaten the Padres in the 1984 NLCS, they would ... |
| UEFA | ... opean stadiums. It has 51,117 seats and has hosted a record of 10 finals of | club competitions, including the 2002 UEFA Cup Final which was won by Feye ... |
| Australian rules football | ... irkpatrick, actor/writer Noel Hodda, V8 Supercar driver David Reynolds, and | er Brett Kirk. The actor Matt Holmes most notably known for his role as Sw ... |
| football | ... team in Conference USA. CC dropped its intercollegiate athletic programs in | , softball, and women's water polo following the 2008-09 academic year |
| New Orleans Saints | ... ed more than 80,000 people, held three Super Bowls, and was the home of the | and the Sugar Bowl. The stadium was demolished in 1980. The football team ... |
| Sun Belt Conference | ... to the FBS, and became a football member of its all-sports conference, the | , in 2009 |
| Australian rules football | There are three | clubs in Wodonga, the Wodonga Football Club, the Wodonga Raiders Football ... |
| Big Red Machine | ... y" between players. The National League, on the other hand, belonged to the | in Cincinnati, where Sparky Anderson's team, which included Pete Rose as w ... |
| World Championship Wrestling | | 's Thundercage, based on the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, is a large d ... |
| Arizona Cardinals | ... nd Dewayne Washington. Notable current players include Adrian Wilson of the | , Jerricho Cotchery of the New York Jets, No. 1 pick Mario Williams and An ... |
| Great Lakes Valley Conference | ... s of three NCAA athletics conferences, the Horizon League (Division I), the | (Division II), and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (Division ... |
| football | The | clubs Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava play at Celtnieks Stadium in Daugavpils. ... |
| football | Mighty Blackpool is a Sierra Leonean | club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National ... |
| Arnold Classic | ... work out even today. When asked about his personal training during the 2011 | he said that he was still working out a half an hour with weights every da ... |
| Oregon Ducks | ... me was held in Glendale on January 10, 2011. The Auburn Tigers defeated the | 22-19 |
| Gaelic football | Other organised sports leagues include softball, beach volleyball, | , and ultimate frisbee |
| Buffalo Bills | ... sas City Chiefs) and the 1981 AFC Wild Card Playoff game (lost 31-27 to the | ) |
| CBS Sports | ... Prior to his full-time work for them, he served as a guest commentator for | ' NFC postseason broadcasts from 1980–82 |
| Boston Bruins | ... nameplate with white lettering - at the 2010 NHL Winter Classic versus the | at Fenway Park. For the 2010–11 season, the Winter Classic jersey was adop ... |
| NASCAR | ... ky, and Tennessee. The chain is best known for sponsoring the Food City 500 | race at Bristol Motor Speedway. That store remained open one day short of ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... 871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings (precursor club to the modern | ) and was highly successful; winning 206 games (and losing only 53) as a p ... |
| Shooto | ... with other minimal rule competitions, most notably those from Japan such as | and Pancrase, have evolved into the combat sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MM ... |
| Mid-American Conference | The Western Michigan University Broncos, who compete in the NCAA Division I | , play at the following on-campus venues |
| Welsh Rugby Union | ... ce was initially without a roof. The improvements were partly funded by the | (WRU). The opening ceremony took place on 5 October 1912, with a match bet ... |
| 2007 NHL Entry Draft | ... peculation as to whether the Flyers would trade the 2nd overall pick in the | , the Flyers stayed put and selected New Jersey native James van Riemsdyk |
| Madison Mallards | ... eloit Snappers of the Class A minor leagues). Wisconsin is also home to the | , the La Crosse Loggers, the Eau Claire Express, the Green Bay Bullfrogs, ... |
| Fédération Aéronautique Internationale | ... wo days earlier, with this landing and the Everest records confirmed by the | . Delsalle also rescued two Japanese climbers at 16,000 feet (4,877 meters ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... s winningest managers and owner of two World Series rings as manager of the | during their peak as The Big Red Machine. When Anderson joined the Tigers ... |
| Azalea Trail Run | ... Micro LPGA Classic will also be held in Mobile. Mobile is also home to the | , which races through historic midtown and downtown Mobile. This 10k run h ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... A similar scene took place a few weeks earlier after the Mets defeated the | in the first National League Championship Series to win the pennant |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... tanding debt of the Yellow Jackets. The Eagles, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the | entered the NFL for the start of the 1933 NFL season |
| Los Angeles Marathon | He also participated in the 2006 | ; his charity of choice was the Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clin ... |
| Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | ... s teams are called the "Mountaineers." They currently compete in the NAIA's | . On February 20, 2012, the NCAA announced it had granted Berea permission ... |
| 1993 Summer Universiade | ... was also a member of the American National college team that played in the | and lost to China, obtaining the silver medal. She was the leading scorer ... |
| Jersey City A's | Henderson spent the 1978 season with the | of the Eastern League. After the minor league season ended, he played the ... |
| ECW | ... f another team to submit after all members of each team are in the cage. In | , this was known as an Ultimate Jeopardy match, with a stipulation for eac ... |
| Flint Metro League | ... igh School is the home of the Blackhawks. The athletic teams compete in the | |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | ... ts soft, powdery texture, and led to Salt Lake City winning the bid for the | . In Salt Lake County there are four ski resorts; Snowbird and Alta in Lit ... |
| Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | ... Conference (Division III). Starting in 2002, Indianapolis began hosting the | at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, alternating years with the United Center in Ch ... |
| Minnesota Twins | ... pitched the fifteenth perfect game in baseball history, when he blanked the | , 4–0. Wells attended the same San Diego high school, Point Loma High Scho ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... y other excellent teams in the inter-war years. Also, the National League's | would win three titles themselves in nine years, the last with a group of ... |
| Bell Micro LPGA Classic | ... ve. The Crossings course is home of this tournament. Beginning in 2008, the | will also be held in Mobile. Mobile is also home to the Azalea Trail Run, ... |
| Richmond Flying Squirrels | ... level (AAA) minor league affiliate. The San Francisco Giants' AA team, the | , began play at The Diamond in 2010, replacing the AAA Richmond Braves, wh ... |
| Croquet Association | ... try, and is home to the headquarters of the national body of the sport, the | . The East Glos tennis, squash and women's hockey club, which was founded ... |
| Philadelphia Athletics | ... y Series was held in 1883 between the Phillies and the American Association | . When the Athletics first joined the American League, the two teams playe ... |
| Baltimore Ravens | The Colts defeated the | 15-6 in the division playoff round, thanks to kicker Adam Vinatieri's five ... |
| Lone Star Park | ... was never seriously considered for upgrade to first-class status, and once | opened, Trinity Meadows Race Track closed. It is home to Squaw Creek golf ... |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | The | (NCAA) prohibition against use of Native American logos, signs in stadiums ... |
| Kansas City Chiefs | In the Colts' first-round playoff game, they defeated the | 23-8, despite Peyton Manning throwing three interceptions. The Colts defen ... |
| NAIA | ... ous existence—predating the NCAA tournament (1939), the NIT (1938), and the | national championship (1937) |
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| Pimlico Race Course | ... rse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at | in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 fu ... |
| NAIA | ... tion, 12 of the state's smaller colleges or universities participate in the | , mostly within the Sooner Athletic Conference |
| University of the Pacific | ... donated much of the money to revitalize the theater after Hope's death. The | Faye Spanos Concert Hall often hosts public performances, as does the Stoc ... |
| ulama | ... in different places during the millennia, and a modern version of the game, | , is still played in a few places by the local indigenous population |
| footballer | ... les Von-Doellinger Castro (born 3 June 1979 in Fafe, Braga) is a Portuguese | who plays for Moreirense F.C. in the Portuguese second division, as a midf ... |
| Horizon League | ... e city is home to the headquarters of three NCAA athletics conferences, the | (Division I), the Great Lakes Valley Conference (Division II), and the Hea ... |
| Braves | ... or the first post-attack sporting event in New York where the Mets beat the | , behind a dramatic home run by Mets catcher Mike Piazza |
| Green Bay Packers | ... lamazoo is the hometown of New York Yankees all-star shortstop Derek Jeter, | wide receiver Greg Jennings, and free agent running back T.J. Duckett. Was ... |
| American football | Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former | quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League ( ... |
| Kentucky Derby | ... llies 121 lb (55 kg). It is the second leg of the US Triple Crown, with the | preceding it and the Belmont Stakes following it. The horse must win all t ... |
| San Antonio Spurs | ... made it to the Western Conference Finals, where they eventually lost to the | who then went on to win the NBA Title that season |
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| American football | ... st season will be played in Pune, and it will be Delhi's first professional | franchise |
| Arnold Classic | ... gures in the history of bodybuilding, and his legacy is commemorated in the | annual bodybuilding competition. Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent f ... |
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| Boomershoot | ... ter County Fair and Lumberjack Days in late summer. Each spring, the annual | is held nearby |
| Seattle Seahawks | ... the Minnesota Vikings offered Steve Hutchinson, an offensive guard with the | , a seven-year, $49 million contract of which $16 million was guaranteed. ... |
| American National Rugby League | ... ague is currently played in the United States through the semi-professional | (AMNRL) which involves 12 teams, 6 from the Atlantic and 6 from the Pacifi ... |
| Richmond Braves | ... mond Flying Squirrels, began play at The Diamond in 2010, replacing the AAA | , who relocated after 2008. Additionally, the Nationals, Boston Red Sox, S ... |
| football | Mobile is the home of Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The | stadium opened in 1948. With a current capacity of 40,646, Ladd-Peebles St ... |
| Monday Night Football | ... r fourth consecutive AFC South title by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals on | in Week 15 of the season with, ironically, a strong showing from their def ... |
| World Championship Wrestling | ... off single, "Crush Em", appeared on the soundtrack, was temporarily used as | 's entrance theme for Bill Goldberg, and later became an official NHL song ... |
| Tulsa Drillers | ... l at the Minor league baseball AAA and AA levels Oklahoma City RedHawks and | , respectively, hockey with the Oklahoma City Barons in the AHL and Tulsa ... |
| 2010 NHL Winter Classic | ... h Leary and Lenny Clarke sang the Neil Diamond song "Sweet Caroline" at the | at Fenway Park, flanked by members of the Boston and Worcester Fire Depart ... |
| NCAA | ... st Virginia, but has now expanded into Pennsylvania. It participates in the | 's Division II |
| CNNSI | At various times, games were televised on TNT, | , ESPN2, PAX TV, and various local and regional sports channels |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ... established in 1920. World Fencing Championships have been held since 1921. | , or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, is an adaptation of pre–World War II judo developed ... |
| weightlifting | ... rd feats by human competitors. Competitions range from obvious ones such as | to the longest egg tossing distance, or for longest time spent playing Gra ... |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ... nd Edwin Jackson as part of a three-way trade with the New York Yankees and | ; in return they picked up outfield prospect Austin Jackson and pitchers P ... |
| NASCAR | IMS also hosts the | Sprint Cup Series' Brickyard 400. The first running of the Brickyard 400 w ... |
| Oakland Athletics | Henderson was drafted by the | in the fourth round of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent the ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... 1963, 1977, 1978, and 1981. The Dodgers also had a heated rivalry with the | during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. The rivalry with the Los Angeles ... |
| Mesoamerican ballgame | ... d adobe that covered airy halls. There are two large courts for playing the | . Some of the architecture is similar to that at Chichen Itza |
| relocated to Oklahoma City | ... nics, owned by a group of Oklahoma City businessmen led by Clayton Bennett, | and announced that play would begin at Ford Center as the Oklahoma City Th ... |
| NASCAR | ... campaign in which she and her fellow Muppets were featured on a select few | Nextel Cup Series race cars |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... ing of a clause that has unbalanced impact. For example, in March 2006, the | offered Steve Hutchinson, an offensive guard with the Seattle Seahawks, a ... |
| Rowing | ... tion on the river the town is home to various watersports including Evesham | Club, Kayaking & Canoeing provided by the Evesham Paddlesport club, and Ev ... |
| football | Born in Gaffney, South Carolina, Montgomery was initially a basketball and | player, before trying out for track |
| Colonial Athletic Association | ... Several other universities compete in NCAA Division I, particularly in the | . Three historically black schools compete in the Division II Central Inte ... |
| ballcourts | Pre-Columbian | have been found throughout Mesoamerica, as far south as Nicaragua, and pos ... |
| champion | ... success in these sports: in particular, three-time Division I NCAA Football | Appalachian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolv ... |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | ... unty is famous for its ski resorts, which led to Salt Lake City hosting the | |
| Cincinnati Cyclones | ... 's league. She also turned down an offer from Phil Esposito to play for the | of the ECHL. Finland's Hockey Federation unanimously supported letting wom ... |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | The | were the first to so declare themselves as openly professional, and were e ... |
| Mobile BayBears | Mobile's Hank Aaron Stadium is the home of the | minor league baseball team. As of December 2007, Mobile's University of So ... |
| Monday Night Football | ... (Testaverde was 42, Flutie was 43). This was the final nationally televised | game on ABC before its move to ESPN |
| Southeastern Conference | ... he South, Tennessee, Tulane, and Vanderbilt) departed the SoCon to form the | (SEC). In 1953, seven schools (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, No ... |
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| Rugby Football Union | ... des of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 as a split from the | over the issue of payments to players. Its rules gradually changed to prod ... |
| Survivor Series 2003 | ... wheelbarrows are often placed outside the ring, near the dirt mound, and at | and Bragging Rights 2010, a bulldozer was also made available to completel ... |
| American football | Super Bowl XV was an | game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raide ... |
| College World Series | Hyames Field played host to the first two | held in 1947 and 1948. |
| Fox NFL Sunday | ... National Football League (NFL). He is currently a TV analyst and co-host of | . He played 14 seasons with Pittsburgh, won four Super Bowl titles in a si ... |
| Lega Nazionale Professionisti | ... 61 and 2004 it was consigned to the winning clubs at the head office of the | |
| billiards | ... were allowed only one half-day each month for leisure. Pei enjoyed playing | and watching Hollywood movies, especially those of Buster Keaton and Charl ... |
| 34–32 | ... achian State Mountaineers, who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines | on September 1, 2007; and from the Davidson Wildcats, who reached the Elit ... |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ... Curtis is a former resident who, as of 2010, is a wide receiver for the NFL | . Curtis graduated from Bingham High School where he played football and b ... |
| Big Ten Football Championship Game | ... ndianapolis will begin alternating again. Indianapolis also hosted the 2011 | . The national offices for the governing bodies of several sports are loca ... |
| Jersey Football Association | The | supervises football in Jersey. The Jersey Football Combination has 9 teams ... |
| rowing | ... ll, Peterborough has teams competing in rugby, cricket, hockey, ice hockey, | , athletics, American and Australian Rules Football. Although Cambridgeshi ... |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ... r 29, 1964, at the Boston Garden, Ed Snider, the then vice-president of the | , observed a crowd of Boston Bruins fans lining up to purchase tickets to ... |
| Hail Flutie | ... Mary touchdown pass in a game against Miami on November 23, 1984 (dubbed " | ") is considered among the greatest moments in college football and Americ ... |
| NASCAR | ... d soft tyres. After studying techniques used at the Indianapolis 500 and in | racing in the United States, the team were able to refuel and re-tyre the ... |
| ultimate | ... erst fields several club athletic teams, including rugby union, water polo, | , equestrian, mountain biking, crew, fencing, sailing and skiing. Intramur ... |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | ... sailing and equestrian programs. Dartmouth's athletic teams compete in the | (NCAA) Division I eight-member Ivy League conference; some teams also part ... |
| All-America | ... High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football, and was an | n running back with a pair of 1,000-yard rushing seasons. He also ran trac ... |
| Association football | ... atches as well as other field sports. The track stadium holds 3,000 people. | is the national and most popular sport |
| Rugby League European Federation | The | are responsible for developing rugby league in Europe and the Northern Hem ... |
| equestrian | ... s several club athletic teams, including rugby union, water polo, ultimate, | , mountain biking, crew, fencing, sailing and skiing. Intramural sports in ... |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | At the | in Salt Lake City, Rogge became the first ever IOC President to stay in th ... |
| CFL on CBC | ... ded Boston College, though he did not graduate. He was as an analyst on the | from 2002-2006. Since leaving CBC, Flutie has served as a volunteer coach ... |
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| Stevens Institute of Technology | ... eived the prestigious Stevens Honor Award on November 6, 2009, given by the | and the Stevens Alumni Association |
| Gaelic football | ... that afternoon, the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire on the crowd at a | match in Croke Park, killing fourteen civilians. That evening, three IRA s ... |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association | ... (or SoCon) is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the | (NCAA). Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Champio ... |
| NCAA | ... r major sporting events include the Brickyard 400 and the Men's and Women's | Basketball Tournaments. 2012 marked the first time Indianapolis hosted the ... |
| athlete | Timothy Montgomery (born January 25, 1975) is a former American | . In 2005, he was stripped of his records – including a now void 100m worl ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... ree first-round draft picks to Green Bay if they were to trade Favre to the | , a division rival of the Packers. The deal ultimately backfired on the Pa ... |
| Minnesota Vikings | ... kes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the | . The closest team to Baltimore was the Washington Redskins, but they were ... |
| Arizona Sting | ... f the National Hockey League (NHL). It was also the home of the now defunct | of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) |
| Seattle Mariners | ... ves, who relocated after 2008. Additionally, the Nationals, Boston Red Sox, | , Chicago White Sox, and Atlanta Braves also have Single-A and Rookie-leve ... |
| Quidditch | ... of Marianne Faithfull's character. Heidelberg is the home of a professional | team operating within the fictional Harry Potter universe: the Heidelberg ... |
| University of the Pacific | The | was the summer home of the San Francisco 49ers Summer Training Camp from 1 ... |
| Australian rules football | The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an | club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892, ... |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ... pitcher Jeremy Bonderman. They also traded pitcher Armando Galarraga to the | for two minor league pitching prospects. Notable offseason additions inclu ... |
| Italian Football Federation | ... e was awarded in 1927 after Torino were stripped of the championship by the | (FIGC). Torino were declared champions in the 1948-49 season following a p ... |
| Figure skating | 2002 Winter Olympic Games | . All events were held at the Delta Center, although for purposes of the I ... |
| Colonial Athletic Association | ... now known as the Drexel Dragons, participate in the NCAA's Division I, the | , and the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association. They do not ... |
| USA Gymnastics | ... e governing bodies of several sports are located in Indianapolis, including | , USA Diving, US Synchronized Swimming, and USA Track & Field |
| Texas Rangers | ... cond Washington Senators moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and became the | |
| NCAA | ... n home to the Senior Bowl since 1951, featuring the best college seniors in | football |
| Rugby Football Union | ... Football Union, was established in 1895 as a breakaway faction of England's | . Both organisations played the game under the same rules at first, althou ... |
| Minnesota Twins | ... (who would in fact move to Bloomington, suburban Minneapolis, to become the | in 1961). When O'Malley heard that LA was looking for a club, he sent word ... |
| Green Bay Bullfrogs | ... to the Madison Mallards, the La Crosse Loggers, the Eau Claire Express, the | , the Wisconsin Woodchucks, and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northw ... |
| Mountain West Conference | ... as 21 NCAA varsity teams. Nineteen of these teams have played mainly in the | since its inception in 1999. Prior to that time BYU teams competed in the ... |
| Schützenfest | The | commemorates the town's rich German heritage and their German founder, Con ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... ver, just around the corner. In 1986 Pete Rose retired from playing for the | , having broken Ty Cobb's record by accumulating 4,256 hits during his car ... |
| Kansas City Country Club | ... ivate country clubs in this section: the Mission Hills Country Club and the | . The southern half, consisting of developments Belinder Hills, Indian Hil ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, | , Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings. The closest team t ... |
| Dayton Triangles | ... Yanks in 1944 and merged with the Brooklyn Tigers (previously known as the | , an original NFL team established in the 1910s) for the 1945 season befor ... |
| Inverness Club | ... pport, the idea was refloated by Sylvanus P. "SP" Jermain, president of the | , the next year. Historical records indicate that the first unofficial Ryd ... |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ... steel cage matches are won by just climbing to the top of the cage wall. In | 's six-sided ring, the matches are often called "six sides of steel" when ... |
| Oakland Athletics | ... dual pitcher's career, not to mention a single season. Pitching against the | , he allowed no walks and only two hits, the first of which came with two ... |
| December to Dismember | ... til only one remains. An Extreme Elimination Chamber took place at the 2006 | pay-per-view, where a weapon was given to each wrestler waiting in a pod. ... |
| Oregon Ducks | ... wl, Penn was offered an invitation and accepted it. In the game against the | , Penn's total offensive yards for the game was 230 vs. 242 for Oregon. Th ... |
| Wrestling | Boxing (pygme, pyx), | (pale) and Pankration were represented in the Ancient Olympic Games. The R ... |
| Tulsa Oilers | ... surfaced during the 1977 season when oilman A. Ray Smith moved his Triple-A | to New Orleans to play in the Superdome. Tony La Russa was the starting sh ... |
| football | The history of | in Ferrol is associated to the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries an ... |
| 1866 | ... hton of Excelsior, received compensation, either secretly or indirectly. In | , the NABBP investigated Athletic of Philadelphia for paying three players ... |
| Seattle Mariners | ... standing baseball at home, the Tigers were just 29–52 on the road. Only the | had fewer road wins than the Tigers among American League teams |
| 2010 NHL Winter Classic | ... rrent home uniform but with a black nameplate with white lettering - at the | versus the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park. For the 2010–11 season, the Winte ... |
| American Alpine Club | ... Resorts and provides cabins, a marina, a gas station and a restaurant. The | offers basic hostel dormitory style accommodations primarily reserved for ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... Ball Association, which spawned the clubs which would ultimately become the | and Brooklyn Dodgers) the current American League, evolving from the minor ... |
| Wisconsin Wolfpack | ... mmer league. In arena football Wisconsin is represented by three teams: the | in Madison in the CIFL; the Green Bay Blizzard of the IFL, and the Milwauk ... |
| Mixed martial artist | ... ised in Stockton, as was Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior. | s Nick and Nate Diaz were born, raised and still reside in Stockton. Dalla ... |
| Fort Wayne Daisies | ... ional Baseball League having played for the Minneapolis Millerettes and the | between 1944 and 1950. She moved to Brooklyn in 1968. On May 17, 1992, she ... |
| football | Noted 20th Century | player George Gipp ("the Gipper") was born in Laurium. A small memorial fo ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... e was fueled in part by the acquisition of pitcher Doyle Alexander from the | in exchange for minor league pitcher John Smoltz. Alexander started 11 gam ... |
| Super Bowl XLVI | ... oundtrack for a Budweiser commercial in a mashup with Flo Rida aired during | |
| Seattle Mariners | ... oblems was the perception that "small market" teams, such as the struggling | could not compete with high spending teams such as those in New York or Lo ... |
| Oklahoma City Lightning | ... Football League is hosted by the Tulsa Talons. Oklahoma City also hosts the | playing in the National Women's Football Association, and Tulsa is the bas ... |
| Amateur Athletic Union | American | (AAU) competitions are very similar, except that different styles of pads ... |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ... jor Leagues, including Andy Cannizaro (New York Yankees) and Micah Owings ( | ) |
| British Triathlon Federation | ... ation, the British Judo Association, the British Parachute Association, the | , the Amateur Swimming Association, the British Gliding Association, the B ... |
| New Jersey Devils | ... New York Rangers, with an intense rivalry stretching back to the 1970s, the | , with whom they traded the Atlantic Division title every season between a ... |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ... ague Baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks joined the National League, and the | —now called simply the Rays—joined the American League. In order to keep t ... |
| Southeastern Conference | ... l member of the NCAA Division I. The university was a charter member of the | , in which it competed until 1966. Tulane, along with other academically-o ... |
| Chico Outlaws | ... eld for the Chico State Wildcats baseball team, in NCAA Division 2, and the | of the Golden Baseball League |
| Green Bay Packers | In August 2008, Brett Favre was traded from the | to the New York Jets. The Jets would have had to surrender three first-rou ... |
| IHSAA | ... with 20-25 students per class year. The Huskies compete in athletics at the | Class 1A level |
| Evansville Triplets | ... for the first time in a decade. The city had been without a team since the | relocated following the 1984 season |
| Gaelic games | ... political career Lynch had a successful sporting career as a dual player of | . He played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and with the Cork seni ... |
| Super Bowl XLVI | ... Indianapolis hosted the National Football Conference practice facility for | in 2012 |
| Amateur Athletic Union | ... and college at Bradley University. He earned the nickname "Chick" while an | basketball player at Bradley, when teammates played a prank on him: giving ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... ly, the Nationals, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and | also have Single-A and Rookie-level farm teams in Virginia |
| rowing | ... bjections to baseball, basketball, and hockey. He was quoted as saying that | and tennis were the only clean sports |
| Washington Senators | In 1943, the | held Spring Training camp in College Park. In order to conserve rail trans ... |
| Phoenix Coyotes | ... ined in that position even after the Flyers re-acquired Sean Burke from the | as the Flyers clinched the Atlantic Division title over New Jersey on the ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... one more than Lou Brock's total compiled from 1963 to 1979, mainly with the | |
| Kentucky Derby | ... ucky Oaks. The attendance of the Preakness Stakes typically only trails the | , for more information see American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Event ... |
| American football | ... measure obesity, such as the body volume index. However, recent studies of | linemen who undergo intensive weight training to increase their muscle mas ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... ain won 31 games – making him the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season. | starting pitcher Bob Gibson achieved an equally remarkable feat by allowin ... |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... the Tigers traded pitcher Ugueth Urbina and infielder Ramon Martinez to the | for Plácido Polanco (and later signed him for 4 years). The Tigers stayed ... |
| NCAA | ... ed the Pioneers. They participate in eighteen intercollegiate sports at the | Division III level and in the Midwest Conference. In addition, Grinnell ha ... |
| football | As for hobbies, Vargas Llosa is very fond of | , and is a renowned supporter of Universitario de Deportes. The writer him ... |
| ballcourt | ... s version was the primary—or perhaps only—version played within the masonry | . Ample archaeological evidence exists for games where the ball was struck ... |
| Football | ... ster Volunteer Fire Department, is the site of numerous soccer games, Ester | League games, broomball, the Fourth of July picnic, musical gatherings, an ... |
| Tulsa Talons | ... n the CHL, and arena football in the Arena Football League is hosted by the | . Oklahoma City also hosts the Oklahoma City Lightning playing in the Nati ... |
| Football | ... g a range of function rooms, and suites, which can be hired out for events. | has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, whe ... |
| Gaelic football | ... ng Club (swimming); Coventry Blaze (ice hockey); Four Masters G.A.A. Club ( | ); Coventry United F.C. (association football) |
| Dallas Cowboys | When Landry was hired by the | , he became concerned with then-Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi's " ... |
| American football | The Mount Vernon Rams Varsity | team has an overall record of 412 wins, 317 losses and 24 ties. The Rams m ... |
| football | ... igh School serve the students of Hughson and Waterford. The Hughson Huskies | team claimed victory in the 1997 State Championships. Hughson Huskies also ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... design was later converted into the baseball-specific Turner Field for the | after the Games concluded, as there was no long-term need for a track and ... |
| Ultimate | The sport of | was started and named at Amherst College in the mid-1960s by Jared Kass '6 ... |
| equestrian | Horse riding and other | uses of trails continue to be a popular activity for many trail users. Hor ... |
| Philadelphia Eagles | He became the co-founder and co-owner of the | in 1933. There, Bell successfully proposed the creation of the NFL draft. ... |
| Kentucky Oaks | ... other stakes races including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup and the | . The attendance of the Preakness Stakes typically only trails the Kentuck ... |
| Minneapolis Millerettes | ... f the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League having played for the | and the Fort Wayne Daisies between 1944 and 1950. She moved to Brooklyn in ... |
| football | Oklahoma supports popular sports, with teams in basketball, | , arena football, baseball, soccer, hockey, and wrestling located in Oklah ... |
| Gaelic football | ... h the Cork senior inter-county team from 1936 until 1950. Lynch also played | with his local club St. Nicholas' and with the Cork senior inter-county te ... |
| NCAA Division I Baseball Championship | ... he SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the | |
| ultimate | ... ports teams that compete in non-varsity sports such as sailing, water polo, | and rugby union |
| USA Track & Field | ... apolis, including USA Gymnastics, USA Diving, US Synchronized Swimming, and | |
| ulama | ... ere often serious injuries inflicted by the solid, heavy ball. Today's hip- | players are "perpetually bruised" while nearly 500 years ago Spanish chron ... |
| Fox Sports Detroit | The Tigers' current exclusive local television rights holder is | . Mario Impemba does play-by-play with former outfielder handling color co ... |
| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | ... n Kellogg (born November 6, 1922 in Jackson, Michigan) is an alumnus of the | having played for the Minneapolis Millerettes and the Fort Wayne Daisies b ... |
| US Women's National Team | As a result of the | 's (US WNT) first-place showing in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, a seem ... |
| Albuquerque Isotopes | ... aguers Charlie Zink of the Lancaster Barnstormers and Charlie Haeger of the | also throw the knuckleball. In November 2008 it was announced that 16 year ... |
| Gaelic games | The | of Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and Gaelic handball are all organised ... |
| Austin Marathon | ... st race in Texas, and approximately fifth largest in the United States. The | has been run in the city every year since 1992. The Austin-founded America ... |
| Motor Sports Association | In the UK, the MSA ( | ) regulate 'owner driver' Karting. Some associations, such as NatSKA (Nati ... |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ... be the second modern-day team to go winless for an entire season (the 1976 | went 0–14) when they dismissed Rod Dowhower and replaced him with former P ... |
| New Orleans Saints | ... Orleans Pelicans name are currently owned by Tom Benson, owner of the NFL's | and the NBA's New Orleans Hornets |
| Newark Bears | ... aving the Dodgers, Henderson started his second consecutive season with the | in the spring of 2004. In 91 games he had a .462 OBP, with more than twice ... |
| South Dakota High School Activities Association | Hill City High School is a member of the | and competes in class "A". Because students helped to fight a wildfire tha ... |
| Kentucky Derby | Two years before the | was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for thr ... |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ... ove) each turnbuckle, one to end the match, the rest to be used as weapons. | used a "Pole match" as a setup to another match, placing objects at four o ... |
| Madison Hatters | ... eague affiliate of the Oakland A's, left town in 1993 after 11 seasons. The | , another Class A, Midwest League team, played in Madison for only the 199 ... |
| football | Gelsenkirchen is home of the | club FC Schalke 04. Schalke's home ground, Veltins-Arena, is generally reg ... |
| Atlanta Braves | ... great individual achievements as well. On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the | hit his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's all-time record. He ... |
| football | ... beson won a scholarship to Rutgers College and there he was an All-American | player, and valedictorian of his class. He further advanced his education ... |
| Gaelic football | ... e being Association football, Gridiron football, Australian rules football, | , rugby league and rugby union. The number of players selected for each te ... |
| All-America | ... memorable play as end in football resulted in him being named a first-team | n in both his junior and senior year, with Walter Camp considering him the ... |
| Milwaukee Mustangs | ... Wolfpack in Madison in the CIFL; the Green Bay Blizzard of the IFL, and the | of the AFL |
| Boston Bruins | ... county) favor the Boston area teams (Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, | , Boston Celtics, New England Revolution) as they feel more a part of the ... |
| Arizona Cardinals | ... ned to the sidelines for the last regular season game as the Colts beat the | 17–13 while resting most of the team's usual starters. The team's final re ... |
| Super Bowl XLII | ... ern Marvels because of its roll-out natural grass field. The stadium hosted | in 2008. Almost 1 year later on January 18, 2009, it hosted the NFC Champi ... |
| football | ... r Dennis Ferry. While it was believed for years that the first professional | game was played in Latrobe, the city refused induction into the Hall of Fa ... |
| Tennessee Titans | ... e (Pittsburgh Steelers), Matt Forté (Chicago Bears), and Roydell Williams ( | ). Several baseball alumni play in the Major Leagues, including Andy Canni ... |
| Detroit Pistons | ... y. Games are carried on both stations unless a conflict with Detroit Lions, | or coverage arises, in which case only WXYT-AM serves as the Tigers' flags ... |
| UFC 1 | ... nner has been established by other means; in some competitions, such as the | , there was no scoring, though most now use some form of judging as a back ... |
| Soccer | ... mala City possesses several sportsgrounds and is home to many sports clubs. | is the most popular sport, with CSD Municipal, Aurora FC and Comunicacione ... |
| Buffalo Bills | ... ing the football season, Russert, a native of Buffalo, New York and an avid | fan, sometimes added, "Go Bills!", and occasionally would ask panelists, " ... |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... t the Overstock.com Coliseum. From 1978 to 2003 (except 1983), however, the | inducted one former Athletic (and one former Phillie) each year into the P ... |
| Super Bowl XLII | ... triots played in the final week of the 2007 regular season and met again in | ).Under NFL scheduling rules put in place by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel ... |
| Monday Night Football | On November 5, 2007 during a nationally-televised | game, Bradshaw joined former teammates including Franco Harris and Joe Gre ... |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | ... playoff game is 28,183, set on April 23, 1996, at the Thunderdome during a | – Philadelphia Flyers game.A new record was set on December 11, 2010, when ... |
| United States Anti-Doping Agency | ... ever, he was charged with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs, by the | (USADA). While he has not returned a positive drug test, according to pres ... |
| football club | ... celona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional | , based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Gaelic football | The Gaelic games of | , hurling, camogie and Gaelic handball are all organised locally by Na Fia ... |
| NCAA | ... s time, his father became director of athletics at Penn and helped form the | . Bell attended the Delancey School from 1909 to 1911. For high school, Be ... |
| Buffalo Sabres | ... ason's final game, the Flyers needed a win or a tie against the second-year | to beat out Pittsburgh for the final playoff spot. The score was tied late ... |
| Baltimore Ravens | ... s first Super Bowl appearance since moving; however, the Colts defeated the | 15–6 in the division playoff round on their way to winning Super Bowl XLI |
| Fox Valley Conference | ... . Jacobs High School, and Huntley High School, all of which are part of the | . Harvard High School, Richmond-Burton Community High School, and Marengo ... |
| Muay Thai | ... martial arts which had been suppressed during the Meiji Restoration. Modern | rules date to the 1920s. In China, the modern history of martial arts begi ... |
| Carolina Panthers | ... illiams and Anthony Hill who play for the Houston Texans, Tank Tyler of the | , Stephen Tulloch of the Detroit Lions and Philip Rivers who plays for the ... |
| equestrian | ... comprised several Reiterstandarten and Reiterabschnitte, which were really | clubs to attract the German upper class and nobility into the SS. In the 1 ... |
| football | The samba is frequently associated abroad with | and Carnival. This history began with the international success of Aquarel ... |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | ... . The first and most prominent professional clubs of the NABBP era were the | in Ohio, which lasted only two years. Businessman Iver Whitney Adams then ... |
| Madison Black Wolf | ... ass A, Midwest League team, played in Madison for only the 1994 season. The | , an independent Northern League franchise lasted five seasons, (1996–2000 ... |
| British baseball | ... Fund between Welsh and American teams of the U.S. Beaufort & U.S. Jupiter. | matches have also regularly taken place at the Arms Park and hosted the an ... |
| British baseball | ... et; they include athletics, association football, greyhound racing, tennis, | and boxing. The site also has a bowling green to the north of Cardiff rugb ... |
| Green Bay Blizzard | ... resented by three teams: the Wisconsin Wolfpack in Madison in the CIFL; the | of the IFL, and the Milwaukee Mustangs of the AFL |
| Minnesota Twins | ... ms, including the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, | and Toronto Blue Jays – the latter a holdover from when the Tigers compete ... |
| Seattle Seahawks | ... players, the Colts lost their second straight to the eventual NFC Champion | . Dungy returned to the sidelines for the last regular season game as the ... |
| NASCAR | The Third-generation Taurus had a presence in | , replacing the Thunderbird after the 1997 season. The Taurus became the f ... |
| Sky Sports | ... ck, as well as in the video game on the fictional radio station "Wave 103". | used the song as the intro for Super League in the late 2000s and the X Fa ... |
| Newark Bears | ... t time in his career. He played in the independent Atlantic League with the | , hoping for a chance with another major league organization. After much m ... |
| soccer | ... ng Redwood Road. City Park includes baseball and softball fields, football, | , and lacrosse fields, volleyball courts, tennis courts and a skate park. ... |
| Gaelic handball | The Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and | are all organised locally by Na Fianna CLG, while soccer is played by loca ... |
| Australian rules football | ... tion, Radio Nauru, which carries programs from Radio Australia and the BBC. | is the most popular sport in Nauru. There is a football league with seven ... |
| Rugby union | Hanover is also one of the | capitals in Germany. The first German Rugby team was founded in Hanover in ... |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ... ett got off to a bad start, throwing 5 interceptions in a 31-17 loss to the | after relieving Pastorini. However, he recovered and led the Raiders to vi ... |
| Denver Broncos | ... merican Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, who played for the | , and Kyle Johnson, who played majority of his NFL career with the Denver ... |
| Intercollegiate Rowing Association | ... mpic gold medals in men's eights in 1920 and 1952, and from 1907 to 1995 at | regatta the team earned 30 championships. In intercollegiate shooting, the ... |
| football | ... athletes reach DHS, many of them have been teammates in baseball, softball, | , wrestling, soccer, and lacrosse for years. The high school's dozens of s ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... A), the first time a pitcher had won 30 or more games in a season since the | ' Dizzy Dean accomplished the feat in 1934; no pitcher has accomplished it ... |
| Cincinnati Reds | ... e home of the Billings Mustangs, the Pioneer League Rookie Affiliate of the | , since 1948. Cobb Field was named after Bob Cobb, who was responsible for ... |
| UEFA | ... Winners' Cup victory in 1963 made Tottenham the first English team to win a | competition. In 1960–61 it became the first team to complete The Double in ... |
| football | ... y Park along Redwood Road. City Park includes baseball and softball fields, | , soccer, and lacrosse fields, volleyball courts, tennis courts and a skat ... |
| Gaelic football | ... mp in Barcelona and Wembley in London. Traditionally, it hosted the premier | and hurling games, and after major renovations in recent years, added inte ... |
| Phoenix Coyotes | ... Arena) is adjacent to University of Phoenix Stadium, and is the home of the | of the National Hockey League (NHL). It was also the home of the now defun ... |
| NCAA | ... the Majors, and their colors are purple and white. They participate in the | 's Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Shooto | Nearly all mixed martial arts organizations such as UFC, Pancrase, | use a form of full-contact rules, as do professional boxing organizations ... |
| Muay Thai | ... tional Thai style of Muay Boran developed into the modern national sport of | , which in turn came to be practiced worldwide and contributed significant ... |
| University of the Pacific | The | moved to Stockton in 1924 from San Jose. The university is the only privat ... |
| Athletics | ... , however, would later gain its own American League team, in 1968, when the | would move again, settling in Oakland, across San Francisco Bay from the G ... |
| NCAA | ... school's sports teams, now known as the Drexel Dragons, participate in the | 's Division I, the Colonial Athletic Association, and the Middle Atlantic ... |
| Mt. SAC Relays | ... tting a new personal best and national record of 9.86 s in the 100 m at the | in Walnut, California on 19 April and repeating the feat in Athens on 17 J ... |
| United States Tennis Association | The | Boys 18 and 16 National Tennis Championships are hosted every summer by Ka ... |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ... e disabled list on May 26, to make his second start of the year against the | |
| Boston Bruins | ... o help the ice stay frozen. His favorite National Hockey League team is the | . He is also a Boston Red Sox fan, as well as a fan of the Green Bay Packe ... |
| USA Diving | ... es of several sports are located in Indianapolis, including USA Gymnastics, | , US Synchronized Swimming, and USA Track & Field |
| New Orleans Saints | ... e A team Fiorentina, the Major League Soccer team, the Montreal Impact, the | American football team, the New Orleans Hornets basketball team, and the N ... |
| Senior Bowl | ... 4th largest stadium in the state. Ladd-Peebles Stadium has been home to the | since 1951, featuring the best college seniors in NCAA football |
| Dayton Triangles | ... ly founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1953, but can trace its history to the | , a founding member of the NFL that was originally created in 1913. After ... |
| College World Series | ... 2001 and 2005, Tulane baseball finished with 56 wins and placed 5th at the | |
| Shinty | ... these games was often large. To this day, shinny (or shinney) (derived from | ) is a popular Canadian term for an informal type of hockey, either on ice ... |
| Monday night | ... shaw returned to the Steelers sideline for the first time in 20 years for a | between the Steelers and the Indianapolis Colts. In 2003, when the Steeler ... |
| Lancaster Barnstormers | ... knuckleballer in the big leagues, though minor leaguers Charlie Zink of the | and Charlie Haeger of the Albuquerque Isotopes also throw the knuckleball. ... |
| 1904 | The 1906 games were quite successful. Unlike the 1900, | or 1908 games, they were neither stretched out over months nor overshadowe ... |
| football | ... ty is home to Mogadishu Stadium, which plays host to the Somalia Cup and to | teams from the Somalia League. The New Somali Youth League grassroots orga ... |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | ... ance at Olympic gold, and Wickenheiser was named to Canada's roster for the | held in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Team Canada's pre-Olympic tour, Wickenhei ... |
| Madison Muskies | ... ts, it has proven to be an inhospitable home for professional baseball. The | , a Class A, Midwest League affiliate of the Oakland A's, left town in 199 ... |
| Pehlwani | ... olian wrestling and Japanese Sumo, in South and Southwest Asia Indo-Persian | , in Central and Western Asia Turkic (Uzbek, Tatar) styles; in Europe, the ... |
| Green Bay Packers | ... ss ceremony featured Marie Lombardi, the widow of Pro Football Hall of Fame | head coach Vince Lombardi |
| Green Bay Packers | ... the Boston Bruins. He is also a Boston Red Sox fan, as well as a fan of the | |
| Big East Conference | ... se University's intercollegiate teams participate in NCAA Division I in the | . The Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey team participates in College Hock ... |
| Washington Senators | ... d by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae and Don Wert to the | for Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodríguez. Kuhn ac ... |
| British baseball | ... nd bear a resemblance to the GAA version of the game. Rounders is linked to | , which is still played in Liverpool, Cardiff and Newport. Although rounde ... |
| NCAA | The Western Michigan University Broncos, who compete in the | Division I Mid-American Conference, play at the following on-campus venues |
| NCAA | Tony Dorsett became the first football player in history to win an | National Championship one year (with the University of Pittsburgh Panthers ... |
| NCAA | ... otball player. As a junior, he amassed 2,890 total yards, ranking #1 in the | , and led his team to a 9-2 record and a 33-13 win over Akron in the Rice ... |
| Super Bowl XVI | On January 24, 1982, Diana Ross sang the National Anthem at | |
| Arizona Cardinals | ... different franchises (Kurt Warner being the second with St. Louis Rams and | ). The next year, Staubach won the starting job and eventually led Dallas ... |
| Kolf | ... is book Early Golf, Steven van Hengel describes how the game of "Colf" or " | " was played in 1297 near the castle of Kronenburg. The players had to hit ... |
| Kansas State High School Activities Association | ... r. All high school athletic and non-athletic competition is overseen by the | . For 2010/2011 seasons, the football team competes as Class 3A. Recently ... |
| Oakland Athletics | ... teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the | . Nicknamed The Man of Steal, he is widely regarded as the sport's greates ... |
| Super Bowl XIV | Bradshaw won his second straight Super Bowl MVP in 1979 in | . He passed for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 31-19 win over the Los Ang ... |
| football | Clube Atlético Mineiro ( Mineiro Athletic Club), are a Brazilian | club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in 1908, the ... |
| NBC Sports | ... ed baseball star for the St. Louis Cardinals and a well-known announcer for | . Garagiola and Ford appeared in a number of shows in several large cities ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... rowbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the | in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with t ... |
| footballer | Clive Payne (1950–), former professional | for Norwich City and A.F.C. Bournemouth was born in Aylsham |
| US Open | Since 1978 the | tennis tournament has taken place in Flushing Meadows Park at the USTA Bil ... |
| Canadian football | ... glas Richard "Doug" Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a former American and | quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played ... |
| Mak-yek | ... g the Dark Ages, particularly in Northern Europe. Some native games such as | still retain this form of capture |
| World Championship Wrestling | ... ler room, with the winner being the first wrestler to successfully get out. | used a match with similar rules, naming their match and its location The B ... |
| Black Sox Scandal | ... 920, but he quickly disbanded the team due to the negative publicity of the | . Bell became a backfield coach for Penn's coach John Heisman from 1920 to ... |
| Welsh Rugby Union | ... the cricket section moved to Sophia Gardens. Cardiff Athletic Club and the | established two stadia on the site—Cardiff RFC played at their stadium at ... |
| Swimming Australia | ... National Rugby League Premiership. Telstra is also the principal sponsor of | . They also sponsored the Minardi team for the 2002 F1 season, and the 200 ... |
| Erie Sailors | bar:9 color:orange from:05/15/1994 till:end text: | (1994), Johnstown Steal (1995-1998), Johnstown Johnnies (1999-2002), Flore ... |
| Minnesota North Stars | ... 9, was fired and replaced as GM by Russ Farwell; Clarke resurfaced with the | . Hextall continued to be hampered by injuries during the 1990–91 season. ... |
| Speedway | ... rom one of the city's three diving schools and other water and land sports. | racing was staged in Norwich both before and after World War II at The Fir ... |
| Oakland Athletics | After the 1971 season, McLain was traded to the | for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect Don Stanhouse (who would g ... |
| SCUBA | ... sources of fishing. It is also known as a world class cave diving site for | enthusiasts |
| Denver Broncos | ... r Broncos, and Kyle Johnson, who played majority of his NFL career with the | |
| Tulsa Shock | ... n. The Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association and the | of the Women's National Basketball Association are the state's only major ... |
| NBC Sports | ... etball during the 1992 Summer Olympics. Hearn was the color commentator for | ' coverage of the Rose Bowl from 1958–1961, and contributed to the network ... |
| Hartford Whalers | The Flyers were the first and one of only two (the | being the other), NHL teams to wear Cooperalls, hockey pants that extend f ... |
| Super Bowl XLVI | ... Tournaments. 2012 marked the first time Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl. | was played at Lucas Oil Stadium, on February 5, 2012 in Downtown Indianapo ... |
| football | Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional | club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two |
| Sabres | ... added, "Go Bills!", and occasionally would ask panelists, "How 'bout those | ?" if the Buffalo NHL hockey team was doing well. Spoofs of the show on of ... |
| Atlanta Flames | ... elphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973 after a 3 to 1 brawling victory over the | that led Chevalier to write in his game account, "The image of the fightin ... |
| NASCAR | ... at Lansdowne Resort and Kingsmill Resort, home of the Michelob ULTRA Open. | currently schedules Sprint Cup races on two tracks in Virginia: Martinsvil ... |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | ... nd are known as the Blue Streaks. The teams play in the NCAA's Division III | |
| ECW | ... s during the action. This match type gained popular fame in the now defunct | |
| football | While coaching at Texas A&M University, Paul "Bear" Bryant's 10-day summer | camp was held in Junction in 1954. The "Junction Boys" was the nickname gi ... |
| Greco-Roman wrestling | Fencing and | was included in the 1896 Summer Olympics |
| Oakland Oaks | ... cific Coast League, which included the Hollywood Stars, Los Angeles Angels, | , Portland Beavers, Sacramento Solons, San Francisco Seals, San Diego Padr ... |
| Poohsticks | ... for Eeyore, meets Tigger, finds Small while trapped in a gravel pit, plays | , gets lost in the mist, and helps rescue Pooh and Owl after they are trap ... |
| Dallas Cowboys | ... ad games against the Miami Dolphins and a Thanksgiving Day game against the | |
| US Open | ... nal tennis' four major events (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and | ) |
| Buffalo Sabres | ... n Lasse Kukkonen. The Flyers also acquired goaltender Martin Biron from the | for a 2007 second-round pick. Given wide praise for his efforts, the Flyer ... |
| Ice hockey | Davos is known in the whole Switzerland for its famous | team, which is the HC Davos, who play in the Swiss National League A. Thei ... |
| speedway | Before World War II | also operated for a short time at Foleshill Stadium, off Lythalls Lane in ... |
| Bills | ... ve of Buffalo, New York and an avid Buffalo Bills fan, sometimes added, "Go | !", and occasionally would ask panelists, "How 'bout those Sabres?" if the ... |
| U.S. Olympic | ... ce and was invited back as a track-side analyst for the BBC coverage of the | Track and Field Trials in 2000, from Sacramento, California |
| football | As in other major cities of the world, | is Lagos' most popular sport. Prominent Lagos football clubs include Juliu ... |
| NCAA | ... mouth's 34 varsity sports teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the | Division I. Students are well known for preserving a variety of strong cam ... |
| All-America | ... having been, depending on sources, an above-average player to a borderline | n candidate. However, due to his passion for the game, Bell was the unques ... |
| Boston Braves | ... hanged from 1903 to 1952. The first team to relocate in fifty years was the | , who moved in 1953 to Milwaukee, where the club set attendance records. I ... |
| American Contract Bridge League | ... ament play is the "Standard American Yellow Card" (SAYC) promulgated by the | . SAYC is widely used in internet bridge play, but only rarely in on-site ... |
| Seattle Mariners | ... 1977, the American League expanded to fourteen teams, with the newly formed | and Toronto Blue Jays. Sixteen years later, in 1993, the National League l ... |
| NCAA | ... so been a guest columnist for a local Kentucky newspaper, writing about the | championships. She is frequently sought out for celebrity camera shots dur ... |
| Arizona Cardinals | Glendale is the home to the | of the NFL. The team formerly played at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of ... |
| Big East Conference | The Marquette Golden Eagles of the | , the state's other major collegiate program, is known for its men's baske ... |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | ... ion champs and clinched the No.1 seed in the East. Facing the eighth-seeded | , the Flyers dropped two of the first three games. They rallied by winning ... |
| WrestleMania XXVI | An example was at | , where The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels in a "Streak vs. Career" ma ... |
| American | Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a former | and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Bosto ... |
| Philadelphia Athletics | ... wns moved to Baltimore and were renamed the Baltimore Orioles. In 1955, the | moved to Kansas City |
| hockey | ... al Stadium on the South Circular Road. There are also basketball, handball, | and athletics stadia, most notably Morton Stadium in Santry, which held th ... |
| Association football | There are several varieties of football, with the most notable being | , Gridiron football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... the name of a series of baseball games played between the Athletics and the | of the National League that ran from 1903 through 1955. After the A's move ... |
| Monday Night Football | ... ing its own popular package of Sunday night games since 1987, took over the | franchise in 2006. (NBC began showing its own series of games on Sunday ni ... |
| Burghley Horse Trials | ... English architecture. The estate, still home to his descendants, hosts the | , an annual three day event. Another Grade I listed building, Milton Hall ... |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ... rsed in controversy as he had already reached an oral agreement to join the | . Despite having lost some velocity from his fastball, he retained his exc ... |
| Carolina Mudcats | ... the Research Triangle metropolitan region. Five County Stadium, home to the | minor league baseball team, is located in the town |
| hockey | ... stores nationwide. It was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by Canadian | player Tim Horton and Jim Charade (1934–2009), after an initial venture in ... |
| NCAA | BYU's athletic teams compete in Division I of the | and are collectively known as the BYU Cougars. They are independent in foo ... |
| Professional Bowlers Association | In 2009, the | (PBA) announced that Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park would be the primary ... |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ... appearances he did with Joe Garagiola, Sr., a retired baseball star for the | and a well-known announcer for NBC Sports. Garagiola and Ford appeared in ... |
| Monday Night Football | ... ith innovations in sports programming, such as the multiple cameras used in | . By doing so, he helped to make sports broadcasting into a multi-billion- ... |
| Australian rules football | ... tball, with the most notable being Association football, Gridiron football, | , Gaelic football, rugby league and rugby union. The number of players sel ... |
| Mountain West Conference | ... so one of several key college leaders who brought about the creation of the | , which BYU's athletics program joined—BYU previously participating in the ... |
| Olympic weightlifting | During Arnold's early years in bodybuilding, he also competed in several | & Powerlifting contests. Arnold won 2 weightlifting contests in 1964 & 196 ... |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | ... nd wrestling located in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Enid, Norman, and Lawton. The | of the National Basketball Association and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's ... |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ... 1998 brought two more teams into the mix, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the | , the latter of which become the youngest expansion franchise to win the c ... |
| Detroit Lions | ... color commentary. Games are carried on both stations unless a conflict with | , Detroit Pistons or coverage arises, in which case only WXYT-AM serves as ... |
| Twin Galaxies | ... 08, Guinness World Records released its gamer's edition in association with | . The Gamer's Edition contains 258 pages, over 1236 video game related wor ... |
| U.S. Open | ... the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the current venue for the | tennis tournament, Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets baseball team ... |
| Vale tudo | ... mpionship tournament (later renamed ) in the U.S. inspired by the Brazilian | tradition and along with other minimal rule competitions, most notably tho ... |
| Association football | ... and the Pyongyang City Sports Club. The most popular sport in Pyongyang is | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ... akland Raiders, 27-23), an AFL Divisional Playoff in 1969 (lost 13-6 to the | ) and the 1981 AFC Wild Card Playoff game (lost 31-27 to the Buffalo Bills ... |
| Philadelphia Phillies | ... r League Baseball All-Star Game that same year, with Johnny Callison of the | hitting a home run in the ninth inning to win the only Mid-Summer Classic ... |
| New Jersey Devils | ... upset in the Eastern Conference Finals to the eventual Stanley Cup champion | in six games |
| Powerlifting | ... years in bodybuilding, he also competed in several Olympic weightlifting & | contests. Arnold won 2 weightlifting contests in 1964 & 1965, as well as 2 ... |
| Buffalo Sabres | ... alo, New York area where Horton played from 1972 to 1974 as a member of the | ). Starting in the mid-1990s, however, the chain began expanding in the US ... |
| Irish Rugby Football Union | ... the Republic of Ireland national football team. A joint venture between the | , the FAI and the Government, saw it replaced by a new state-of-the-art 50 ... |