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Feb 5, 2011
Pouncey placed on IR, Dorian Brooks promoted The National Football Post
Pouncey placed on IR, Dorian Brooks promoted The National Football Post
The Pittsburgh Steelers placed rookie Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey(notes) on injured reserve with a high ankle sprain.
They promoted rookie center-guard Dorian Brooks(notes) from the practice squqad.
Brooks, 23, is a 6-foot-2, 306-pound undrafted free agent from James Madison.
Pouncey and defensive end Aaron Smith(notes) (triceps) are both out for Sunday's Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.
The Steelers conducted their final walkthrough today at Texas Christian.
And family members were allowed to attend practice.
“Nothing else was normal,” Tomlin told ESPN Dallas pool reporter Calvin Watkins. "“But there’s not a lot about this week that is, so we’re not going to fight against it. We're going to embrace it.”
The Steelers posed for a team/family photo at the 50-yard line.
“It’s two-fold,” Tomlin said. “We want to honor them of course because their love and support is the reason why these men are here. But also we use them to a degree because we had to get some work done today and nothing outside of the white lines was normal but let’s face it, nothing tomorrow night outside the white lines is going to be normal.
"This is a mock game for us, it represented just that. It was unique in terms of the people that were outside the field but the work we got done inside the white lines was very normal for a Saturday.”
Former Steelers John Stallworth and Mel Blount were at practice as well as TCU coach Gary Patterson annd Steeler owners Dan Rooney and Art Rooney II.
Among the people watching practice was Dan Rooney and Art Rooney II, TCU football coach Gary Patterson and Steelers greats John Stallworth and Mel Blount.
Erik Walden still sidelined The National Football Post
Erik Walden still sidelined The National Football Post
As the Green Bay Packers conducted their last practice before Sunday's Super Bowl XLV against the Pittsburgh Steelers, they held a walkthrough today with separate sessions today for the defense and offense at their team hotel.
According to ESPN Dallas pool reporter Todd Archer, defensive coordinator Dom Capers went over down and distance and other situations while offensive coordinator Joe Philbin made a few quick corrections.
It was a very brief workout.
“I really liked today’s schedule because finally this gets you back on the routine you’ve been on for the last five years,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “We’ve had an opportunity for our final corrections in our meetings. The coordinators have given their last message to each unit and they had their final walkthrough, like we always do. They’re done for today and we’ll have a team meeting tonight.”
As for the injured players, linebacker Eric Walden (ankle) didn't practice. And wide receiver Donald Driver (quadriceps) did practice.
“Erik’s going to have to show us something before the game,” McCarthy said. “Obviously we’re going over early, 2 o’clock, so we’ll have a decision right there at the deadline.”
The Steelers are heading to a secret location, checking into a different hotel. The Packers are staying at their hotel the night before the game.
Players were given time off before tonight's chapel service and team meeting.
“I’ve received feedback from clubs that have left the hotel and stayed,” McCarthy said. “Seeking routine and consistency in how we’ve operated in the past, I chose to stay in the same hotel. I’ve heard positives from both sides.”
The Packers will have an undisclosed guest speaker at tonight's meeting.
McCarthy feels like his team is ready.
“To me the preparation stress has just left the building,” McCarthy said. “I think it’s very important to put the players in a mental state where their mind is clear and it’s time for them to prepare themselves for the game. We’ll have our team meeting. We’ll have a strong message tonight then our snack will follow … I’ll give them the final message at 10:30 in the morning.”
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Colts will get chance to do what Cowboys couldn’t
DALLAS (AP)—Peyton Manning(notes) and the Indianapolis Colts get the chance next season to do what the Dallas Cowboys failed to do this time. They could become the first team to play a Super Bowl in their own stadium.
“It’s exciting. I’m sure Dallas had to deal with those questions all year,” Manning said in Dallas this week. “We have a great stadium to have the event and I know the people there are excited. Playing there, it’d be very special. … That will be the motivation, like all teams, to get to Indy.”
After the Green Bay Packers play the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium on Sunday, the next Super Bowl—the 46th in NFL history—will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in heart of the Indianapolis.
“Last year, I remember kidding the Dallas folks that we should have a home-and-home the next two years,” Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said. “That’s not going to happen, obviously.”
The Cowboys (6-10) didn’t even make the playoffs, getting off to such a bad start that Wade Phillips was fired midway through this season. Indianapolis won 10 games and made its record-tying ninth consecutive playoff appearance, then lost to the New York Jets.
If the Colts make it 10 playoffs in a row, they will have the opportunity for a hometown Super Bowl.
“It’s certainly possible. Peyton is still at the top of his game. His supporting cast is very, very strong. I’d love to see it,” Ballard said. “Some people say, ‘Oh, no, you don’t want that because then you won’t have as many visitors.’ I don’t believe that. Look at Butler. Them being in the Final Four actually generated more interest.”
The Colts have been to the last two Super Bowls in Miami, winning the 2007 game over the Chicago BearsNew Orleans Saints last year. and then losing to the
The 2013 Super Bowl will be played in the Louisiana Superdome, the home of the Saints.
“I’d like a rematch,” Ballard said.
CENTER STARTER: Doug Legursky(notes) prepared all week like he was going to play in the Super Bowl. Good thing, because the Pittsburgh Steelers’ backup guard is making his first NFL start as a center Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.
Rookie Pro Bowl selection Maurkice Pouncey(notes) was ruled out of the Super Bowl because of a high left ankle sprain.
“I’m approaching it the same way I’ve done every game this entire year, going into it prepared as if I’m going to play,” Legursky said this week. “If I don’t do it that way and I get thrown in there, I’m not prepared. So I’m not going to make that mistake.”
Pouncey’s ankle never healed enough for him to practice this week, and he was ruled out Friday. When Pouncey got hurt in the AFC championship game, Legursky took over snapping the ball to Ben Roethlisberger(notes).
Legursky, an undrafted free agent out of Marshall in 2008, started four games in place of injured guard Trai Essex(notes) early this season. Those are Legursky’s only starts in 24 career regular-season games.
UNDER A DOME: The Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium will be the 13th played indoors. The NFC has a 9-3 advantage in championships settled under a dome.
Pittsburgh and Green Bay won their only indoor Super Bowls. The Steelers beat Seattle at Detroit’s Ford Field in 2006, and the Packers defeated New England at the Louisiana Superdome in 1997.
SUPER FOOD FARE: Pasta bars, Texas chicken fried turkey sandwiches and sushi platters are just a few of the unique food options at Cowboys Stadium for the 100,000 or so fans attending the Super Bowl.
For heartier appetites, there will one-pound hamburgers topped with fried onions and smoked chopped barbecue. Or some chunky “Bent Buckle” Texas chili served in a sourdough bread bowl.
Looking for an adult beverage and a Super Bowl keepsake? Get both with a Texas-sized margarita known as a “Cowboyrita” served in a souvenir glass. The Mexican hot chocolate and hot Bloody Mary drinks will come in souvenir thermal travel mugs.
Food prep for Sunday included sauteing more than a ton of peaches for cobbler, grilling 15,000 Kobe beef sliders, peeling 70,000 pieces of fresh jumbo shrimp and training 250 chefs to work the different food stations in the stadium. There will be more than 3,000 concessions workers on duty.
Fans are expected Sunday to consume more than 12 tons of nachos, five tons of cheese steak and four tons of hot dogs. And wash it down with 15,625 gallons of soda, 8,000 gallons of bottled water and 160 tons of ice—enough to make three hockey rinks.
MORE CHEESE THAN TOWELS: There have more people searching for “cheesehead hats” than “Terrible Towels” leading up to the Super Bowl. At least online.
According to Yahoo!, there were 66 percent more online searches this week about the cheesehead hats worn by Green Bay Packers fans than the Terrible Towels waved by those cheering for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A very popular search question was “What does the ‘G’ in the Packers logo stand for?” Easy answer: Green Bay, the team’s hometown.
AP Pro Football Writer Jaime Aron contributed to this report.
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Mystique and tradition in Super Bowl
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—NFL commissioners can’t cheer, so Roger Goodell will just sit back and smile as he watches this Super Bowl.
A season in which the National Football League reached new heights of popularity in the U.S. even as it dealt with a stream of off-field woes will end with two classic, hard-nosed teams clashing in its championship game.
“When you look at this matchup,” Goodell said, “and you say Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers—that’s football.
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“This isn’t just about fans in western Pennsylvania or Wisconsin. They have national followings. And I think that is what’s so exciting for this country and the whole world. This is fun. This is celebrating the game that I love, that we all love, and I think this is going to be a terrific night.”
It’s hard to argue with the mystique and tradition that comes with this one, stretching all the way back to American football’s blue-collar roots.
The Steelers already own the most Vince Lombardi Trophies (six), which must gall their opponents, who used to be coached by Lombardi. Pittsburgh goes for its seventh Super Bowl title on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium. Green Bay has three, taking the first two Super Bowls under Lombardi’s guidance, and winning another in 1997. The Packers also took six NFL championship games before there was a Super Bowl.
What’s funny, in this age of tweeting players and 24-hour sports television, is that these teams would probably look familiar to the Steelers and Packers of 1933, the first year both were in the league.
Both the Packers and the Steelers have 16 homegrown starters.
Each has a dynamic defense led by the top two vote-getters for defensive player of the year, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu(notes) and Packers linebacker Clay Matthews(notes), the runner-up. Both have playmaking quarterbacks who have risen to elite status—although in entirely different manners. Just as the two teams went about getting to the Super Bowl in opposite ways: Pittsburgh as a division winner and second seed that won two home games, the Packers as a wild-card that hit the road for three victories over division champs.
Through it all, there’s that history of success that bonds the Rooney family-owned Steelers and the community-owned Packers.
“Coach (Mike) Tomlin uses the term with his players,” Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson says of the Steelers coach. “He says, ‘The standard is the standard.’
“Quite frankly, that philosophy seems to fit pretty good with us, too.”
Yes, there’s the Steelers Way and the Packers Way. Through the Lambeau, Lombardi and Holmgren years in Green Bay, the Noll, Cowher and Tomlin years in Pittsburgh, the common thread has been sticking to your roots no matter how bumpy the journey.
“I think the idea of having the right people in place and finding and keeping good people, that’s something that goes back to my grandfather and my father,” says Steelers President Art Rooney II.
The Super Bowl could come down to which offense can impose a bit of superiority over an immovable defense.
No one has run efficiently on the Steelers, and Green Bay’s running game ranked 24th this season; it’s improved behind rookie James Starks(notes) in the playoffs, but hasn’t faced a defense like this.
Pittsburgh’s Rashard Mendenhall(notes) starred in the AFC Championship victory over the New York Jets, rushing for 121 yards. The Packers, though, aren’t likely to forget how to tackle the way New York did.
Both sides have excellent receivers, including deep threats in Green Bay’s Greg Jennings(notes) and Pittsburgh’s Mike Wallace(notes), and wise veterans in the Packers’ Donald Driver(notes) and the Steelers’ Hines Ward(notes).
But the secondaries are strong, led by Polamalu—“You have to know where he is on every play,” Packers passer Aaron Rodgers(notes) says—and Green Bay’s Charles Woodson(notes).
If it comes down to the quarterbacks, each team will be fine with that. Rodgers has been unstoppable in the last five games, all must wins. The Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger(notes) would join Tom Brady(notes) and Troy Aikman with three Super Bowl rings, and he’s only in his seventh season.
Regardless, the wintry weather—snow fell on Friday for the second time during Super Bowl week—made both teams feel at home. As well they should, given their championship pedigree.
“Two great teams, two great franchises,” Polamalu said. “Can’t wait to play.”
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NFL, union holding formal bargaining session
DALLAS (AP)—The NFL and its players’ union have met for two hours in their first formal bargaining session in more than two months.
Saturday’s meeting came one day before the Super Bowl. The full negotiating teams last sat down face-to-face on Nov. 22.
The sides issued a joint statement saying they “plan to increase the number, length and intensity of bargaining sessions” so they can reach an agreement before the collective bargaining agreement expires March 4.
The union has said it expects owners to lock out players if a new deal isn’t reached by then.
Among the major issues: how to divide about $9 billion in annual revenues; the owners’ push to expand the regular season to 18 games; a rookie wage scale; and benefits for retired players.
Sport
Sport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Sport (disambiguation).
A sport is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. Activities such as card games and board games, are classified as "mind sports" and some are recognized as Olympic sports, requiring primarily mental skills and mental physical involvement. Non-competitive activities, for example as jogging or playing catch are usually classified as forms of recreation.
Physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first often define the result of a sport. However, the degree of skill and performance in some sports such as diving, dressage and figure skating is judged according to well-defined criteria. This is in contrast with other judged activities such as beauty pageants and body building, where skill does not have to be shown and the criteria are not as well defined.
Records are kept and updated for most sports at the highest levels, while failures and accomplishments are widely announced in sport news. Sports are most often played just for fun or for the simple fact that people need exercise to stay in good physical condition. However, professional sport is a major source of entertainment.
While practices may vary, sports participants are expected to display good sportsmanship, and observe standards of conduct such as being respectful of opponents and officials, and congratulating the winner when losing.
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Etymology and meaning
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"Sport" comes from the Old French desport meaning "leisure." American English uses the term "sports" to refer to this general type of recreational activity, whereas other regional dialects use the singular "sport". The Persian word for "sport" is based on the root bord, meaning "winning". The Chinese term for "sport," tiyu (体育; 體育) connotes "physical training". The Modern Greek term for sport is Αθλητισμός (athlitismos), directly cognate with the English terms "athlete" and "athleticism."
The oldest definition of sport in English (1300) is of anything humans find amusing or entertaining.[1] Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling; hunting; and games and diversions, including ones that require exercise.[2] Roget's defines the noun sport as an "Activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including diversion and recreation.[3] An example of a more sharply defined meaning is "an athletic activity where one competitor or a team of competitors plays against another competitor or group of competitors [with] a conclusive method of scoring...not determined by a judge."[4]
History
Main article: History of sport
There are artifacts and structures that suggest that the Chinese engaged in sporting activities as early as 4000 BC.[5] Gymnastics appears to have been a popular sport in China's ancient past. Monuments to the Pharaohs indicate that a number of sports, including swimming and fishing, were well-developed and regulated several thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt.[6] Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling. Ancient Persian sports such as the traditional Iranian martial art of Zourkhaneh had a close connection to the warfare skills.[7] Among other sports that originate in ancient Persia are polo and jousting.
A wide range of sports were already established by the time of Ancient Greece and the military culture and the development of sports in Greece influenced one another considerably. Sports became such a prominent part of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient times were held every four years in a small village in the Peloponnesus called Olympia.[8]
Sports have been increasingly organized and regulated from the time of the Ancient Olympics up to the present century. Industrialization has brought increased leisure time to the citizens of developed and developing countries, leading to more time for citizens to attend and follow spectator sports, greater participation in athletic activities, and increased accessibility. These trends continued with the advent of mass media and global communication. Professionalism became prevalent, further adding to the increase in sport's popularity, as sports fans began following the exploits of professional athletes through radio, television, and the internet—all while enjoying the exercise and competition associated with amateur participation in sports.
In the New Millennium, new sports have been going further from the physical aspect to the mental or psychological aspect of competing. Electronic sports organizations are becoming more and more popular.
Sportsmanship
Main article: Sportsmanship
See also: Gamesmanship and Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing
Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in victory or defeat.[9][10]
Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. The well-known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice, that it's “not that you won or lost but how you played the game," and the Modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: "The most important thing... is not winning but taking part" are typical expressions of this sentiment.
Violence in sports involves crossing the line between fair competition and intentional aggressive violence. Athletes, coaches, fans, and parents sometimes unleash violent behaviour on people or property, in misguided shows of loyalty, dominance, anger, or celebration. Rioting or hooliganism are common and ongoing problems at national and international sporting contests.
Professional sports
Main article: Professional sport
The aspect of sports, together with the increase of mass media and leisure time, has led to professionalism in sports. This has resulted in some conflict, where the paycheck are more important than recreational aspects, or where the sports are changed simply to make them more profitable and popular, thereby losing certain valued traditions.
The entertainment aspect also means that sportsmen and women are often elevated to celebrity status in media and popular culture.
Politics
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Main article: Politics and sports
At times, sports and politics can have a large amount of influence on each other.
When apartheid was the official policy in South Africa, many sports people, particularly in rugby union, adopted the conscientious approach that they should not appear in competitive sports there. Some feel this was an effective contribution to the eventual demolition of the policy of apartheid, others feel that it may have prolonged and reinforced its worst effects.[11]
The 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin was an illustration, perhaps best recognised in retrospect, where an ideology was developing which used the event to strengthen its spread through propaganda.
In the history of Ireland, Gaelic sports were connected with cultural nationalism. Until the mid 20th century a person could have been banned from playing Gaelic football, hurling, or other sports administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) if she/he played or supported Football, or other games seen to be of British origin. Until recently the GAA continued to ban the playing of Football and rugby union at Gaelic venues. This ban is still enforced, but was modified to allow football and rugby to be played in Croke ParkLansdowne Road was redeveloped into Aviva Stadium. Until recently, under Rule 21, the GAA also banned members of the British security forces and members of the RUC from playing Gaelic games, but the advent of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 led to the eventual removal of the ban. while
Nationalism is often evident in the pursuit of sports, or in its reporting: people compete in national teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view. On occasion, such tensions can lead to violent confrontation among players or spectators within and beyond the sporting venue (see Football War). These trends are seen by many as contrary to the fundamental ethos of sports being carried on for its own sake and for the enjoyment of its participants.
Physical art
Sports have many affinities with art. For example, figure skating, drum corps, skateboarding, artistic gymnastics, dancesport, and Tai chi can be considered artistic spectacles. Similarly, there are other activities that have elements of sport and art in their execution, such as bodybuilding, free running, martial arts, professional wrestling, performance art, Yoga, dressage, and culinary arts. Perhaps the best example is bull-fighting, which in Spain is reported in the arts pages of newspapers.
All sports involve physical and mental activities that are pursued for more than simply utilitarian reasons. For instance, running, when done as a sport, occurs for reasons beyond simply moving from one place to another. Value is gained from this activity when it is conducted simply for its own sake. This is similar to the concept of aesthetic value, which is seeing something over and above the strictly functional value coming from an object's normal use. For instance, an aesthetically pleasing car is one which doesn't just get from A to B, but which impresses with its grace, poise, and charisma. In the same way, a sporting performance such as jumping doesn't just impress as being an effective way to avoid obstacles. It impresses because of the ability, skill, and style that is demonstrated in its performance.
Art and sports were clearly linked at the time of Ancient Greece, when gymnastics and calisthenics invoked admiration and aesthetic appreciation for the physical build, prowess and 'arete' displayed by participants. The modern term 'art' as skill, is related to this ancient Greek term 'arete'. The closeness of art and sport in these times was revealed by the nature of the Olympic Games, which were celebrations of both sporting and artistic achievements, poetry, sculpture and architectures.
Technology
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Technology has an important role in sports, whether applied to an athlete's health, the athlete's technique, or equipment's characteristics.
- Equipment - As sports have grown more competitive, the need for better equipment has arisen. Golf clubs, bicycles, American football helmets, tennis racquets, baseball and cricket bats, Football(Association Football), hockey skates, and other equipment have all seen considerable changes when new technologies have been applied.
- Health - Ranging from nutrition to the treatment of injuries, as the knowledge of the human body has deepened over time, an athlete's potential has been increased. Athletes are now able to play to an older age, recover more quickly from injuries, and train more effectively than previous generations of athletes.
- Instruction - Advancing technology created new opportunities for research into sports. It is now possible to analyse aspects of sports that were previously out of the reach of comprehension. Being able to use motion capture to capture an athlete's movement, or advanced computer simulations to model physical scenarios has greatly increased an athlete's ability to understand what they are doing and how they can improve themselves.
Terminology
In British English, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the mass noun "sport". In American English, "sports" is more used. In all English dialects, "sports" is the term used for more than one specific sport. For example, "football and swimming are my favourite sports", would sound natural to all English speakers, whereas "I enjoy sport" would sound less natural than "I enjoy sports" to North Americans.
The term "sport" is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports. Air sports, billiards, bridge, chess, motorcycle racing, and powerboating are all recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee with their world governing bodies represented in the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations.[12]
Spectator sport
Main article: Spectator sport
As well as being a form of recreation for the participants, much sport is played in front of an audience. Most professional sport is played in a 'theatre' of some kind; be it a stadium, arena, golf course, race track, or the open road, with provision for the (often paying) public.
Large television or radio audiences are also commonly attracted, with rival broadcasters bidding large amounts of money for the 'rights' to show certain fixtures. The football World Cup attracts a global television2006 Final alone attracted an estimated worldwide audience of well over 700 million. The Cricket World Cup is another sporting event which attracts a global audience. The 2007 Cricket World Cup attracted about 2.3 Billion viewers all over the world. In the United States, the championship game of the NFL, the Super Bowl, has become one of the most watched television broadcasts of the year. audience of hundreds of millions; the Super Bowl Sunday is a de facto national holiday in America; the viewership being so great that in 2007 advertising space was reported as being sold at $2.6m for a 30 second slot.
Youth Sports
Participating in sports play a large role in a child’s life. NFL quarterbacks such as Peyton Manning and Mark Sanchez began their football career in high school.
The benefits of playing youth sports may include:
- Better grades
- Less risk of drug or alcohol use
- Chance at sports scholarships
- Health Benefits
The biggest risk for youth sports is the increased risk of injury, including concussions and gym class injuries.[13]
Notes
- ^ Douglas Harper. "sport (n.)". Online Etymological Dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. The Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff. Springfield, MA U.S.A.: G&C Merriam Company. 1967. pp. 2206, sport.
- ^ Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 1995. http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/sport.
- ^ Spalding, Anthony (8 July 2010). "Without a governing body, cheerleaders face identity crisis". New Jersey Herald. http://www.njherald.com/story/sports/08Cheer. Retrieved 19 December 201.
- ^ "Sports History in China". http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm.
- ^ "Mr Ahmed D. Touny (EGY), IOC Member". http://www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk/1980s/84085.htm.
- ^ "Persian warriors". http://www.kuwait-info.com/newsnew/NewsDetails1.asp?id=78319&dt=10/13/2006&ntype=World.
- ^ "Ancient Olympic Games". http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/ancient/index_uk.asp.
- ^ "Merriam-Webster". http://www.merriam.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=sportsmanship.
- ^ See, e.g., Joel Fish and Susan Magee, 101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent, p. 168. Fireside, 2003. [1] David Lacey, "It takes a bad loser to become a good winner." The Guardian, November 10, 2007.
- ^ "Sport and apartheid". http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2005.00165.x.
- ^ "Recognized non-Olympic Sports". 2007-01-03. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/recognized/index_uk.asp.
- ^ Time Magazine. Gym class injuries up 150% between 1997 and 2007. 4 August 2009. [2]
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References
Further reading
- The Meaning of Sports by Michael Mandel (PublicAffairs, ISBN 1-58648-252-1).
- Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
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