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• n  an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
• n  the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
• n  (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
• n  a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
  a good sport
  a poor sport
• n  someone who engages in sports
• n  (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
• n  verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
  he said it in sport
• v  wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
  she was sporting a new hat
• v  play boisterously

• In victory as in defeat, Russia keeps sports humming.
• When Runner Glenn Cunningham first made sport headlines in 1931, the world's record for a mile on foot was 4 min.
• Horse racing is a sport which interests two highly divergent types of people.

• athletics
• summercater
• sportsman
• sportswoman
• mutant
• mutation
• variation
• fun
• play
• feature
• boast
• frolic
• lark
• rollick
• skylark
• disport
• cavort
• gambol
• frisk
• romp
• run around
• lark about

News & Articles

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• Sport news site sport.co.uk to offer live coverage of Wimbledon
  Digital Sports Group today announced they are expanding the coverage of the sport.co.uk website to include unparalleled coverage of the greatest Tennis tournament in the world. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10834593.htm
  June 17, 2013 - PRWeb
• Recreational Sport Study Abroad group returns from Costa Rica
  The WKU Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport alongside the Intramural/Recreational Sports Department recently returned from a Study Abroad trip down to Costa Rica.
  June 17, 2013 - College Heights Herald
• Sport with long history may have future in Charlotte
  A sport with a long history in the United States may have a future right here in the Charlotte area.
  June 16, 2013 - WBTV Charlotte

Quotes

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• Brian France in The Associated Press
  The big design is to have playoff-type moments that only can be, in any sport, created when there's a lot on the line at any one moment, right? That's what the essence of Game 7s, eliminations, and all that are,France said. "What we're...
• Lance Armstrong in The Associated Press
  There's not 10 guys at the front who care about racing, there's 100 guys. It's very different,Armstrong said. "I can't control that. The sport is going to evolve, and it's our job to evolve with it and to adapt."
• John Higgins in Sky News
  In a statement, Higgins said: "Those who know me are aware of my love for snooker and that I would never do anything to damage the integrity of the sport I love."