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METS CALL-UP PITCHES LIKE ACE IN DEBUT - NEW YORK TIMES Yahoo! SportsMets Call-Up Pitches Like Ace in DebutNew York TimesBy THOMAS KAPLAN WASHINGTON ? At Nationals Park, where the fans know a thing or two about highly regarded young pitchers, the right-hander Dillon Gee drew ...A Game That's So Out of Hand Source: New York Times - 08/09/2010 Category: World MIDSHIPMEN CAN'T SHAKE BREAKDOWNS IN THE RED ZONE - WASHINGTON POST FOXSports.comMidshipmen can't shake breakdowns in the red zoneWashington PostNavy quarterback Ricky Dobbs gets wrapped up by, clockwise from left, Zachariah Kerr, Alex Wujciak and Adrian Moten of Maryland. ...Uncharacteristic mistakes doom Navy in los Source: Washington Post - 07/09/2010 Category: World MARKAKIS, WIETERS PROVIDE PUNCH AS ORIOLES DEFEAT RAYS - WASHINGTON POST Yahoo! SportsMarkakis, Wieters provide punch as Orioles defeat RaysWashington PostBy Don Markus BALTIMORE - Nick Markakis hit his first home run in nearly a month to give Baltimore an early lead, and Matt Wieters hit a bases-clearing ...Tampa pitcher Garz Source: Washington Post - 05/09/2010 Category: World GREENBRIEFS: JAPAN OKS $38,000 REBATE TO TESLA ROADSTER BUYERS; NISSAN, HAWAII TO PROMOTE STATE EV CHARGING NETWORK; CHEVY VOLT PRODUCTION TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 11 Tesla Motors announced today that its Roadster has been approved for the Japanese government's Clean Energy Cash Rebate Program, which allows buyers of the all-electric high-performance sports car in Japan to receive a cash rebate of up to 3.24 millio Source: Green Car Advisor - 01/09/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars DODGERS TAKE ANOTHER DIVE - LOS ANGELES TIMES FOXSports.comDodgers take another diveLos Angeles TimesAn 8-4 loss to Philadelphia drops them 6 1/2 games behind the Phillies in the wild-card race despite the efforts of Scott Podsednik. ...Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda flirts with a no-hitterLos Angeles Ti Source: Los Angeles Times - 01/09/2010 Category: World WHAT KIND OF STRASBURG WILL RETURN? - WASHINGTON POST ESPNWhat kind of Strasburg will return?Washington PostBy Thomas Boswell Everybody wants a reason. Everybody wants someone or something to blame. Everybody wants to know how to feel. And everybody wants to know ...An injury to the entire DC sports sceneWas Source: Washington Post - 29/08/2010 Category: World STARTUP EV CONVERTER GETS 1,000-VEHICLE ORDER FROM JAPAN POST Nice way to kick-start your business: Zero Sports, a Japanese performance car tuner and EV converter that only received government approval to build EVs in 2003 has received an order from Japan Post Service for 1,000 electric vehicles based on Subaru' Source: Green Car Advisor - 25/08/2010 Category: Cars Ecocars AN ATHLETE WITH NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT STEROIDS - NEW YORK TIMES FOXSports.comAn Athlete With No Illusions About SteroidsNew York TimesBy ROBERT LIPSYTE In 1991, during a relaxed and lubricated private dinner, I said to Harold Connolly, winner of the 1956 Olympic hammer throw and a ...Harold Connolly, Who Beat Odds in Source: New York Times - 22/08/2010 Category: World RATINGS FOR LIVE SPORTS CONTINUE TO RISE - LOS ANGELES TIMES Ratings for live sports continue to riseLos Angeles TimesViewership for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals was up 54% over last year's Game 5. The numbers for NHL playoffs have been increasing steadily. ...altro » Source: Los Angeles Times - 09/06/2010 Category: World WOODS MAKES THE CUT, BUT FOWLER STEALS THE SHOW Rickie Fowler, the new kid in golf, gave himself a chance Friday to be the next kid to win on the PGA Tour.
Tiger Woods - Golf - Phil Mickelson - Sports - PGA Tour Source: Washington Post - 05/06/2010 Category: Sports JOHN WOODEN DIES AT 99; UCLA BASKETBALL COACH WON 10 NATIONAL TITLES Wooden's accomplishments during his 27-season tenure with the Bruins made him one of the greatest coaches in sports history. He also created the 'Pyramid of Success' motivational program.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 05/06/2010 Category: Sports FOR MYSTICS, POSSESSION WILL BE NINE-TENTHS OF THE KEY VS. DREAM For the Washington Mystics, limiting turnovers will be essential in an effort to slow down the Atlanta Dream and Angel McCoughtry, who leads the league in scoring and was the 2009 rookie of the year.
Dream - Psychology - Social Sciences - Interpreta Source: Washington Post - 05/06/2010 Category: Sports INDIANS OUTFIELDER SIZEMORE HAS KNEE SURGERY, OUT FOR YEAR CLEVELAND -- Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee.
Surgery - Outfielder - Health - Medicine - Surgeons and Clinics Source: Washington Post - 05/06/2010 Category: Sports DODGERS' LACK OF OFFENSE CATCHES UP WITH THEM IN 4-3 LOSS TO BRAVES After back-to-back 1-0, extra-inning wins over Arizona, the Dodgers fall short against Atlanta.
The Dodgers didn't hit any worse than they had the previous two days Source: Los Angeles Times - 04/06/2010 Category: Sports ROETHLISBERGER SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AT PRESEASON CAMP PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger says he needs to be smarter about making decisions in his life and is working closely with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to make the best of his "second chance" in football.
Pittsburgh Steelers - Ben Roethlisberger Source: Washington Post - 04/06/2010 Category: Sports
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Focus Sports by WikipediaA sport is commonly defined as an organized, competitive, and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. In a sport the key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome (winning or losing). The physical activity involves the movement of people, animals and/or a variety of objects such as balls and machines. In contrast, games such as card games and board games, though these could be called mind sports, require only mental skills. Non-competitive activities such as jogging and rock-climbing, are usually classified as recreations.
Physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first often define the result of a sport. However the degree of skill 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 shows, where skill does no...(continua)(source Wikipedia) |
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