Portal:Sports and games
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A sport is a physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess.
A game is a recreational activity involving one or more players, defined by a goal that the players try to reach, and some set of rules that determines what the players can do. Games are played primarily for entertainment or enjoyment, but may also serve an educational or simulational role.
Justin Morneau is a Major League Baseball player. He is currently the Minnesota Twins' everyday first baseman. He is considered one of the top Canadian first basemen of all time.
On November 21, Morneau won the American League MVP award, and became only the fourth player in Twins history to win the honor. Morneau won a close vote over second place finisher Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees. In winning the AL MVP Award, Morneau became the first Canadian player to do so, and second Canadian to win a major league MVP award (Larry Walker being the first by winning the NL MVP Award in 1997).
...that DONKEY.BAS was a computer game cowritten by Bill Gates and included with early versions of the PC-DOS operating system for the original IBM PC, in which the player must avoid hitting donkeys?
...that Bridgett Riley lost her contact lenses in the fifth round of a boxing match against Theresa Arnold on September 19, 1996, leading to her first ever defeat?
...that the earliest record of Gaelic handball is the 1527 town statutes of Galway, Ireland, which forbade the playing of ball games against the walls?
...that the British ice hockey team The Blackburn Hawks are often referred to as the Blackhawks, and were briefly called the Lancashire Hawks?
Subcategories of Sports:
Ball games - Blood sports - Boardsports - Combat sports - Sports by country - Disabled sports - Endurance sports - Equestrian sports - Extreme sports - History of sports - Individual sports - Indoor sports - Multi-sport competitions - Multi-sport events - Sports museums - Sports occupations - Sports officiating - Olympics - Precision sports - Racing sports - Racquet sports - Sporting goods - Sports teams - Sportspeople - Sports stubs - Student sport - Team sports - Sports technology - Sports trophies and awards - Sports venues - Water sports - Winter sports
Subcategories of Games:
Arcade games - Board games - Car games - Children's games - Computer and video games - Drinking games - Educational games - Gambling - Game designers - Game manufacturers - Game shows - Game theory - Gamebooks - Games magazines - Hand games - Language games - Lists of games - Games of mental skill - Party games - PlayChoice-10 games - Star Trek games - Game stubs - Surrealist games
- Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the 2006 Heisman Trophy award over Arkansas running back Darren McFadden.
- Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson reportedly requests a trade out of Philadelphia.
- Pitcher Andy Pettite signs a one year, 16 million dollar deal (pending a physical) to return to the New York Yankees after a 3 year stint with the Houston Astros.
- Outfielder Barry Bonds signs a one year deal to stay with the San Francisco Giants for 16 million dollars. Bonds remains 21 home runs shy of Hank Aaron's all-time home run record.
- The Florida Gators are selected by the BCS computers to play Ohio State in the National Title Game.
- Division III School Lincoln University sets NCAA records for most points in a game, points in a half, and margin of victory in their 201-78 victory over Ohio State Marion.
