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 Boxer Ricardo Dominguez (left) rallied late to win a decision over Oregon’s Rafael Ortiz. |
 Tambo Valley Horse Races. |
 Thoroughbred racing at Churchill Downs. |
 Juuso Pykälistö (FIN) in his Peugeot 206 WRC during the 2003 Swedish Rally.. |
 Penn State honors Virginia Tech during their spring game in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre |
Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess (1555) by Sofonisba Anguissola, an Italian painter - the first successful female painter of the Renaissance.
Outfielder Dale Kasel of the United States Air Force Academy college baseball team takes a swing in a doubleheader with the University of Northern Colorado
An 1888 cigarette card featuring King Kelly, a catcher for the Boston Beaneaters, part of a 50 card set depicting athletes from a variety of sports, including eight baseball players. This is an early example of the use of pointillism in printmaking to create a wide variety of colors with a small number of plates. The pointillist technique was later advanced to create halftoning and Benday dots.
The Louisiana Superdome, home of the New Orleans Saints was damaged in September 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.
Monopoly is a turn-based board game in which players seek to move around the board and accumulate wealth.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "Children's Games" is one of his many paintings of peasant landscapes. It shows the variety of amusements enjoyed by young people.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets celebrate after a touchdown in a college football game.
Mouhammad Faye of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets collides with an opposing player in a college basketball game at Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Faceoff at the opening game of the Ontario Hockey League 2005 - 2006 hockey season at Wendler Arena of the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan on September 21, 2005. Teams present are Plymouth Whalers (white jerseys) and the Saginaw Spirit (red jerseys, home team). Whalers win 7 - 2.
Navy Midshipmen tailback Reggie Campbell runs for a touch down during second-quarter play of the 106th Army-Navy Game in Philadelphia. The Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy defeated the Army Cadets 42-23.
Richard Ansdell was an English painter who specialized in oil paintings of animal and sporting subjects. In this 1881 painting "The Lucky Dogs", he depicts dogs playing cards.
