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Sport
* All sport process of educational experience
  - sports are great forms of exercise
* All sports have rules, but baseball has the most
  - their own requirement for strength, explosiveness, stamina, flexibility
* Covers all sorts of sports with news, articles and scores.
* Every sport goes through a process of growth and evolution.
* Every sport has a hall of fame that includes players that have helped define their sport
  - athletes who have overcome great odds to succeed
  - certain fundamental skills that athletes practice on all the time
  - different levels of competition
  - rules and regulations, as well as a governing body, and cycling is no exception
  - places a different type of stress on the foot and leg
* Many sports are solely competition sports.
* Many sports have limited regional or national popularity
  - special equipment that is designed to keep people from being hurt
  - involve the use of projectiles, vehicles, and boats
  - offer a variety of ways to compete
  - require a low, aggressive stance
  - still use leather equipment
  - use a ball in some way or another
* Most sport antennae as long, or longer, than their bodies
  - governing bodies can provide recommendations as to the most appropriate eye care
* Most sports are for people of all ages
  - weather dependent
* Most sports build muscular strength and stamina, often in specific areas of the body
  - their calendars around the Olympics
  - carry some risk of harm because they require physical exertion
* Most sports have age-group divisions
  - intramural activities
* Most sports involve a combination of both
  - massive amount of lateral movement
  - contact
  - offer at least two and often three levels of competition
* Most sports provide built-in mats in the form of athletic shoes
  - the world champions with the opportunity to defend their world titles
  - related eye injuries are due to blunt trauma, frequently a finger poke
* Most sports require a significant amount of training to cultivate skill
  - little physical exertion
* Most sports require physical activities
  - specific movements, e.g. racquet sports, football, martial arts
  - strength in the forearm, wrist and hand
* Some sports are especially likely to cause asthma attacks.
* Some sports are more likely to cause back pain, such as golf, volleyball and gymnastics
  - result in concussion or more serious brain injury
  - attract dedicated spectators
  - become risky for bones that break more easily and heal more slowly
  - contribute more to the rising tide of injuries than others
  - depend on animals more than on people
  - draw upon a much larger pool of athletes than others
* Some sports have a higher injury rate than others
  - origins
  - impose rules to prevent athletes drinking during a play period
* Some sports involve animals
  - balls
  - fresh water
  - science
  - types
  - wheelchairs
  - rely on science
* Some sports require a high degree of independent decision making and complex problem solving skills
  - officials to run, sprint, or jog for an extended period of time
* also are sacred
  - brings families closer together
  - emphasize teamwork
* also play an important role in Finnish society
  - plays a positive role in addressing discrimination and gender inequality
* always have a professional level even when the participants are called amateurs
  - signify positive energy
* are a favorite activity of teens, both during school and the summer
  - pastime in the United States
* are a great builder of self-esteem and confidence, allowing girls to set and achieve goals
  - part of the world
  - major social force that shape the quality and character of the American culture
  - popular way of life for millions of people all over the world
  - recreational activity that provide a good release from school work
* are a reflection of our society
  - society with the same problems as the real world
* are a universal language spoken and understood by all people
  - way to prepare young girls to become tomorrow's leaders
  - able to transcend language barriers by using the same rules throughout the world
  - about play, fun, safety, community, friends and social networks
* are about the consequences of actions
  - pursuit of victory, rather than the guarantee of victory
  - accidental shoots on a plant that are different in some aspect from the original plants
* are all about emotion and intensity
  - money and marketing
  - respect and protection
* are also a good way to exercise and stay healthy and fit
  - an outlet for energy and stress and improve physical fitness levels
  - important in Peru's culture
* are an academic discipline
  - example of a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  - important aspect of personal development
* are an important part of life, almost as important as advertising
  - our culture and often help young people become productive citizens
  - buds which have mutated into an entirely new type of tree
  - critical to a child's physical and mental development
  - exercises
  - extracurricular activities, just like dancing and band
* are for physical fitness
  - the enjoyment of people of all sorts of religions
  - good in the sense that they provide entertainment and enjoyment
  - horse racing, wrestling, and archery
* are important in building strong bodies
  - the life of America
  - to schools
* are located in fields
  - parks
  - sporting events
  - newspapers
  - occupations
  - one of the playgrounds of life
* are physical activities
  - events used for recreation or competition
  - played all over the world, media everywhere cover sports and the Internet is universal
  - recreational activities
  - seasonal events that only bring in money while the team is playing
* are the most frequent cause of injury for both male and female adolescents
  - number one cause of eye injuries in school-age children
* are used for playing
  - watching
  - usually smaller on the head, legs and tail than on the body
  - vacationers
  - very popular in Ecuador, especially soccer, basketball, and volleyball
* belongs to all human beings.
* betting on the Internet is illegal.
* big part of the internet.
* breeds aggressiveness.
* bring out emotion in people.
* burn energy, and are impossible without bodily tissue.
* business ruled by dollars and cents.
* can also be an effective vehicle for promoting awareness of the dangers of drugs and alcohol
  - dangerous
  - stressful, humiliating, and physically damaging
  - keep people in good shape
  - provide young people with positive life values both on and off the court
  - teach girls how to work with others and set goals
* can be a vehicle to health and fitness, or they can destroy a person utterly
  - such a positive factor in the lives of women
  - bring back memories of our past and bring families and friends closer together
  - build character, increase strength, and improve self-confidence
  - capture the mind's imagination and body's possibilities
  - cause wear on joints, leading to possible muscle, cartilage or ligament injury
  - have a mixed effect on body image as well
  - increase a child s physical coordination, fitness, and self-esteem
  - lead to injuries, and injuries can sometimes lead to surgery
  - promote a lifetime of teamwork, skill, and enjoyment for everyone
  - simply be recreation or an occupation
  - teach healthy competitive and cooperative attitudes
  - work to increase self-esteem for a person by association and affiliation
* cause injuries.
* collection of E-mail publications and supporting websites.
* comic ballet about the fun of athletics.
* consist of a social world of meaningful symbols and signs.
* contain the potential to change society's thinking about what the norms are.
* contribute to an adolescent's self-esteem.
* contributes to society in many ways.
* controls many lives.
* create opportunities for achievement, and healthy competition.
* cross many barriers such as race, culture, and economics.
* define relationships in terms of statuses and roles and subsequent role performance.
* develop coordination of mind and body and teach fair play and sportsmanship.
* develops character and teaches the rewards of discipline and perseverance.
* discriminate against women and minorities.
* dominates the social scene of many schools.
* draw different people for different reasons.
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* emphasizes competitive instincts accompanied by occasional overtones of fair play.
* encourage people to get out and experience something new and exciting.
* encourages everyday people to feel the passion and triumph of the sporting life.
* enhance one's quality of life.
* form of mentoring that works, they say.
* forum for discussing all facets of sports and sporting games.
* frequently means savings in medical services.
* gambling in the United States is legal only in Nevada.
* generate a lot of emotions, both good and bad.
* get spectators.
* give girls and women the power and confidence to compete throughout life
  - people a way to connect to each other
* gives pride to national identity.
* good form of exercise.
* happens in the public arena.
* has a long tradition with many representative honours gained in football, judo, hockey
  - way of bringing people together
  - fans of all ages
  - no religion or barrier
* have a unique role to play in our young people's lives
  - absolutely nothing to do with life
  - losers
  - winners
* help build physical skills, emotional well-being, and provide simple, timeless fun
  - children learn and prepare for events later in life
* helps girls get used to and appreciate the body shape they've inherited
  - re-build broken lives, augmenting the healing process
* impact our fashion with baseball hats, basketball shoes, and uniform jerseys.
* include surf.
* including love, depends on the oncoming of artificial or imaginary resistances.
* involve contact
  - movement, physical skills
* is about competition
  - learning to deal with challenges and obstacles
  - moments and memories
  - passion, teamwork and achieving goals
  - physical exertion combined with mental strength and technical ability
  - racing, but also about race relations
  - the achievement of the human body
  - tradition as much as it is about competition
  - winners and losers
  - winning, entertaining, and making money
  - all about pace and timing
* is also an arena where indigenous people have excelled
  - the way to reach the hearts of the people
  - always a wedge in changing the ways people think
  - an amalgam of news, features and opinions
  - another topic shown on the stamps of all countries
  - big business and golf has increasingly become big business
  - built on the ideal that a team becomes the best by playing against the best
  - clearly an important element, both socially and culturally, in young people's lives
  - driven by the media, and the media paints the impression they want
  - entertainment, and entertainment is driven by celebrities
* is for athletes and anything else that is sport-related in any way
  - physical jerks
  - sportsmen a part of their emotional experience, as mountaineering is for mountaineers
  - made up of inches, seconds, stats and instants, which is what makes it so hard to define
  - more than demanding physical activity out of players on a team
  - one of many mediums that can assist the individual with achieving their potential
* is one of the biggest, most profitable industries in the world
  - few arenas of American society in which the playing field is really level
  - strongest socializing factors in any society
* is one way disabled children break down barriers
  - in which social exclusion can be tackled
  - only one form of movement studied by kinesiologists
  - part of society
* is recreation
  - and leisure in one
  - related to every element of life
  - serious business in the nations capital
* is something that takes determination to be good
  - which is moving at a very fast pace it s changing every day
  - sport no matter who's taking part
  - taken very seriously in Australia, especially cricket and football
  - television's original reality programming
* is the common denominator for the big brother and little brother
  - complete sports magazine for the professional and amateur sports fan
  - experience of challenge in a uniquely controlled environment
  - opium of the masses
  - thus an important element of the quality of life
  - very popular, especially water sports like swimming and boating
* kites can reach speeds of over one hundred miles per hour
  - come in a variety of sizes, shapes and styles for beginners and advanced flyers
* makes use of the body as does working out.
* marvelous way to enhance self-esteem, leadership abilities and teamwork.
* medicine available without prescription for physical and moral well-being.
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* microcosm of society.
* national pastime, both in winter and summer.
* naturally involve movement and action.
* occupies a key position in the cultural profile of a nation
  - prominent role in our popular culture, both reflecting and influencing it
* offers a number of products, both tangible and intangible.
* place where physiological advantages give men power, and they're afraid of losing it.
* play a major role in many aspects of most cultures.
* play an important role in helping students to remain healthy
  - our lifestyle
  - the well-being of young and old alike
* plays a central role in the life of the city
  - decisive role for social learning
  - major role in American society as it accounts for the most popular form of recreation
* promote good health and well being
  - solidarity, binding communities and nations together
* promotes physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and well-being.
* provide a natural environment in which to learn about leadership.
* provide a way for parents and their kids to communicate
  - to share an activity with family and friends
  - entertainment and relaxation to millions
  - the opportunity for races to come together as one
* provides an ideal model of difference in performance, and equality in opportunity.
* pull at the spirit of men and women to compete and succeed.
* reflects what is going on in the society generally.
* relieves the weight of life.
* rely on metabolism to keep the body moving.
* require activities
  - both a strong body and mind
  - breathing
  - knowledge
* require little exertion
  - output
* runs through our language and our culture.
* sometimes come into the scene in cycles or fads.
* star-driven industry.
* substitute for hunting.
* sway the focus from people s disabilities and place attention on their abilities.
* teach children about the importance of teamwork, commitment, and sportsmanship
  - discipline and time management skills
* teach people how to compete on and off the playing field
  - work together as a team
  - to give and take
  - quick thinking, instant response, and the value of teamwork
  - teamwork and togetherness
  - the art of competition
* teaches leadership, teamwork, discipline, and how to respect others
  - people how to meet challenges in the future
  - the fundamental of teamwork, dedication, and responsibility
* tend to focus on bright colors
  - prosper when they have a dominant team that everyone is shooting for
* testing ground for many traits that go into being a good person.
* thrive on popularity and continued interest and participation.
* too plays a big part in the lives of the people of the Pacific.
* unifiorms Some of the most popular clothing worn by boys are sports uniforms.
* usually draw the participant s attention away from the body and outward to the game.
* vehicle that can be used to impact people's lives.
* very important role in the development of our youth's standards and education.
+ Chicago, Economy, Sports: Cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants
  * Sports are a big part of the cultural life in Chicago. Chicago is home to 15 sports teams. All of the city's major sports teams play within the city limits.
+ Sport in Japan
  * Sports in Japan' are a part of Japanese culture. Japan has many traditional sports such as sumo, judo, karate, and kendo. Also, there are sports which were imported from the West such as baseball, soccer, golf and skiing. Sports are popular with both participants and onlookers.
+ Sports in India
  * India has many traditional sports such as kabbadi, kho kho, pehlwani, and gilli-danda. Also, there are sports which were imported from the West such as football, rugby union, cricket, golf, tennis, squash, hockey, boxing, snooker, and billiards. Sports are popular with both participanta and onlookers.