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Boys and Girls Clubs of America

(Encyclopedia) Boys and Girls Clubs of America, federation of more than 1,006 organizations established (1906) in Boston as the Federated Boys' Clubs to help young people, especially those who are…

sports

(Encyclopedia) sports, athletic games or tests of skill undertaken primarily for the diversion of those who take part or those who observe them. The range is great; usually, however, the term is…

1906 Olympics

AthensTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldSwimmingTeam SportsAlso Contested After disappointing receptions in Paris and St. Louis, the Olympic movement returned to Athens…

skeleton, in winter sports

(Encyclopedia) skeleton, in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving,…

sports medicine

(Encyclopedia) sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and…

Arledge, Roone Pinckney, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Arledge, Roone Pinckney, Jr., 1931–2002, American television executive, b. Forest Hills, N.Y., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1952). He was a producer-director (1955–60) at the National…

1906 Olympics Swimming Gold Medalists

Event   Time 100m Free Charles Daniels, USA 1:13.4 400m Free Otto Scheff, AUT 6:23.8 Mile Free Henry Taylor, GBR 28:28.0 4x250m Free HUN (József Ónody, Henrik…

Summer 1906 Olympics Leading Medal Winners

Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No   Sport G-S-B 6 Louis Richardet, SWI Shooting 4-2-0 5 Martin Sheridan…