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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…

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…

winter sports

(Encyclopedia) winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing.

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…

Paralympic games

(Encyclopedia) Paralympic games, series of international sports contests for athletes with physical, visual, and intellectual impairments. The games grew out of a gathering of British World War II…

Sports

The Panathenaic Stadium is an ancient Greek site that hosted the first modern Olympics. Olympics Summaries of the Winter and Summer Games, medal winners, timelines, participating countries,…

Title IX

(Encyclopedia) Title IX, clause of the Educational Amendments of 1972 that reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits…

Men: Other Sports, Sports

The combined 1996 first team All-America selections of the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America (NSCAA) and the 11 Soccer America MVPs. Holdovers from the combined 1995 All-America team are in…

Women: Other Sports, Sports

The combined 1996 first team All-America selections of the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America (NSCAA) and the 11 Soccer America MVPs. Holdovers from the combined 1995 All-America team are in…