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Learn about professional, college, and amateur sports and sporting events.
About Sport :
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Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of
rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to
activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or
primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also
used to include activities such as mind sports (a common name for some card
games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports
where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sport is commonly
defined as an organized, competitive and skillful physical activity requiring
commitment and fair play. Some view sports as differing from games based on the
fact that there are usually higher levels of organization and profit (not always
monetary) involved in sports. Accurate records are kept and updated for most
sports at the highest levels, while failures and accomplishments are widely
announced in sport news.
The term sports is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities in
which offense and defense are played, 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.
Sports that are subjectively judged are distinct from other judged activities
such as beauty pageants and bodybuilding shows, because in the former the
activity performed is the primary focus of evaluation, rather than the physical
attributes of the contestant as in the latter (although "presentation" or
"presence" may also be judged in both activities).
Sports are most often played just for fun or for the simple fact that people
need exercise to stay in good physical condition.
Although they do not always succeed, sports participants are expected to display
good sportsmanship, standards of conduct such as being respectful of opponents
and officials, and congratulating the winner when losing.
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Sports websites :
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BadJocks.com
BadJocks.com is a website that covers
sports-related misconduct and crime at all levels, from professional to
children's, by not only the athletes themselves but coaches and spectators as
well. While the site's news and audience are primarily U.S.-based, foreign news,
particularly soccer-related, has been covered as well.
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Beach Volleyball Database
The Beach Volleyball Database is an online
website that holds extensive information about international beach volleyball
players, tournaments and history. News are frequently updated, and the site has
results for continental and international tournaments. It is the only website of
its kind in the sport of beach volleyball.
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Bikemagic
Bikemagic, published by Magicalia, is a UK
based mountain biking website.
With former Future Publishing editor, Mike Davis at the helm, the site covers
all aspects of the mountain biking scene, and features a gear section to help
riders buy the right kit. The Bikemagic forum is an area where visitors comment
on everything from their favourite bike to where they should ride.
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Bodybuilding.com
Bodybuilding.com is an online
retailer/manufacturer of sports supplements and nutritional products.
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CBSSports.com
CBSSports.com (formerly CBS SportsLine.com) is
a CBS-owned website that provides sports scores, news, video, and information on
fantasy leagues. It is considered one of the top sports websites, along with
ESPN.com. It provides coverage of the National Football League, Major League
Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, and many
other professional sports leagues.
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Cricinfo
Cricinfo is the largest cricket-related
website, and one of the largest websites in the world with more than 20 million
users. It includes news and articles, live scorecards, and a comprehensive and
queriable database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to
the present.
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Deadspin
Deadspin is a sports website owned by Gawker
Media that claims to deliver sports "without access, favor or discretion."
The site posts commentaries, recaps and previews of the major sports stories of
the day, as well as sports-related anecdotes, rumors and YouTube videos. The
last post each evening is tagged "DUAN" and means Deadspin Up All Night, often
taking on a life of its own and featuring wildly diverse (and not necessarily
related to sport) comments. Like Gawker.com, stories on Deadspin come from
anonymous tips, readers and other sports blogs.
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ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a
division of ESPN Inc. Since launching in 1995 as ESPNet.SportsZone.com, the
website has developed numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN
360, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider,
ESPN.com's Fanboard, ESPN Fantasy Sports, ESPNU.com, and ESPN Search. ESPN.com
also has partnerships with MLB.tv, NBA.com, WNBA.com, NHL.com, Baseball America,
Golf Digest, Scouts Inc., Jayski.com, USGA.org, Sherdog.com and Masters.org.
It also has sections devoted to certain sports including: the NHL, NFL, MLB,
NBA, NASCAR, IRL, College, Golf and Soccer. Each section contains pages devoted
to: GameCast, Scores, Teams, Schedules, Standings, Players, Transactions, News
Wires, Injures and Columnists pages.
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Eurobasket.com
Eurobasket.com and its related web sites (usbasket.com,
latinbasket.com, asia-basket.com, africabasket.com, and australiabasket.com) are
a group of global basketball websites covering 242 basketball leagues in 153
countries.
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FIFA
The International Federation of Association
Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA (Fédération Internationale
de Football Association), is the international governing body of association
football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president
is Sepp Blatter. FIFA is responsible for the organization and governance of
football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup,
held since 1930.
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Fishingkaki.com
Fishingkaki.com (aka Fishingkaki, FK.com or
simply FK) is one of the world's largest fishing internet-based message board
and is based in Singapore. It currently has more than 19000 registered members
and more than 10 affiliates including internationally known brands such as fish
hook manufacturer, Mustad of Norway and lure maker, Rapala of Finland.
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Foxsports.com
Foxsports.com provides sports news, scores,
sports statistics, sports and entertainment video, sports fantasy leagues and
fantasy information. Launched in July 2001, it is a unit of Fox Interactive
Media, which also includes other News Corporation online businesses, including
MySpace, IGN Entertainment, Askmen.com, Rottentomatoes.com, Flektor and
Photobucket, among others.
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Live Score
Real time football (soccer) match scores across
International and over 100 leagues in 34 countries on a permanent basis.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a
professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America
(twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). It is an active member of
USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the International Basketball
Federation as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the United
States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports
leagues, which include Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League
(NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is the
largest American Professional Football league in the world. It was formed by
eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the
league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league
currently consists of thirty-two teams from the United States. The league is
divided evenly into two conferences — the American Football Conference (AFC) and
National Football Conference (NFC), and each conference has four divisions that
have four teams each.
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL) (French: Ligue
nationale de hockey - LNH) is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which
operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self
perpetuating membership of 30 franchised member clubs of which 24 are located in
the United States and the other six in Canada. Headquartered in New York City,
the NHL is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in
the world, and one of the North American major professional sports leagues.
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RealGM.com
RealGM.com is a sports website created in 2000.
The site was originally a basketball site but has since expanded its scope to
provide information about ice hockey, baseball, and American football. According
to Alexa, the site ranks in the top 5000 of most visited sites, as of January
2009. The site is noted for its trade checker, a system developed to analyze
hypothetical NBA trades according to the collective bargaining agreement. A
professional version of the Trade Checker has been licensed to several NBA
teams.
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Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a network of websites that focus
mainly on college football and basketball recruiting. The network was started in
May 2001 and currently employs more than 300 personnel. Most articles on the
network are only available by subscription, as are the premium message boards.
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SB Nation
SB Nation (SportsBlog Nation) is a network of
fan-centric online sports communities. Based in Washington, D.C., SB Nation
focuses on developing high-quality grassroots sports sites on the web.
Currently, they offer over 200 distinct team and sport-specific sites, each with
its own name, URL, team colors, writers, and guidelines, such as Athletics
Nation. The network now covers most or all teams of the MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL,
as well as college sports, pro cycling, and other sports.
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Scout.com
Scout.com is an integrated sports publishing
company consisting of two separate divisions that work closely together to
deliver a unique and highly integrated Internet and print product offering.
Scout directly provides more than 2.1 million people with content, while
syndicating 1,100 pieces of content daily, making Scout the most read
independent sports publisher in the country.
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Sherdog
Sherdog is a website devoted to the sport of
mixed martial arts (MMA). The site is a member of the Crave Online network.
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Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of
sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main
satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant
subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Soccer America
Soccer America Magazine is a national American
magazine devoted to soccer founded in the early 1970s and is still being
published. Its primary focus is soccer in the United States, but it also
contains some information on international leagues and teams. It was begun by
publisher Clay Berling during a period of increased interest in youth soccer and
new pro leagues. It has been a primary source of information for American pro
soccer leagues such as the NASL and MISL from that period to the present and
also featured information on college and the American men's and women's national
teams.
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Sporting News
Sporting News (previously The Sporting News,
and known colloquially as TSN) is an American-based sports magazine. It was
established in 1886, and it became the dominant American publication covering
baseball — so much so that it acquired the nickname "The Bible of Baseball".
Along with its affiliated radio network, Sporting News Radio, it is currently
owned by Charlotte, North Carolina-based American City Business Journals, Inc.
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Sportnews.mn
Sportnews.mn, founded in 2008 is a website for
international and Mongolian sport news. Sportnews.mn represents largest sports
community in Mongolia, with about 30 publishers, covering over almost all
continent. Sportnews.mn provides users with the breaking news, match previews
and latest club news through its interactive web site and community forum.
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UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations
(French: Union des associations européennes de football) is the administrative
and controlling body for European football. It is almost always referred to by
its acronym UEFA.
UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs Europewide
national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and
media rights to those competitions. Several national football associations which
are geographically in Asia or mostly in Asia belong to UEFA rather than the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC). These nations are Armenia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Russia and Azerbaijan (Israel and Kazakhstan
are former AFC members). Cyprus chose to be classed as a European football
nation – it had the choice of Europe, Asia or Africa.
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Yahoo! Sports
Yahoo! Sports covers many sports, including
NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, College Football, College Basketball, NASCAR, Golf, Tennis,
World Soccer, Arena Football, Boxing, CFL, Cycling, IndyCar, Major League
Soccer, Motor sports, Olympics, NCAA Baseball, NCAA Hockey, NCAA Women's
Basketball, WNBA, World Cup, Track & Field, Cricket (UK), Figure Skating, Rugby
(UK), Swimming, Mixed Martial Arts, and Horse Racing. Yahoo! Sports also
previously covered the now defunct ABL and WUSA.
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