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Aaron, Hank Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem aerobatics Agassi, Andre (Kirk) aikido Alekseyev, Vasiliy Ali, Muhammad Alpine skiing America's Cup American League (AL) Andretti, Mario (Gabriel) Arcaro, Eddie archery Armstrong, Lance Ashe, Arthur (Robert), Jr. Ashford, Evelyn athletics Atlas, Charles Australian rules football automobile racing

baccarat backgammon backpacking badminton Ballesteros, Seve(riano) ballooning Banks, Ernie Bannister, Sir Roger (Gilbert) Barbie Barkley, Charles (Wade) baseball basketball Baugh, Sammy Baylor, Elgin Beckenbauer, Franz Becker, Boris (Franz) Beliveau, Jean (Marc A.) Bell, Cool Papa Belmont Stakes Bench, Johnny (Lee)

Berra, Yogi biathlon billiards bingo Biondi, Matt Bird, Larry (Joe) bird-watching Black Sox scandal blackjack Blanda, George (Frederick) Blondin bobsledding boccie bodybuilding Bonds, Barry bookmaking Borg, Björn (Rune) boules bowling bowls

boxing Bradley, Bill Bradman, Don bridge Brown, Jim Brundage, Avery Bryant, Bear Bubka, Sergey Budge, (John) Don(ald) bullfighting bungee jumping Butkus, Dick buzkashi calisthenics camel racing camping Canadian Football League (CFL) canasta canoeing Capablanca, José Raúl

Carew, Rod Carlton, Steve Cartwright, Alexander (Joy) casino Caulkins, Tracy Chamberlain, Wilt(on Norman) checkers chemin de fer chess Citation Clemens, (William) Roger Clemente, Roberto Cobb, Ty cockfighting Coe, Sebastian (Newbold) Comaneci, Nadia Commonwealth Games Connolly, Maureen (Catherine) Connors, Jimmy Cordobés, El

Coubertin, Pierre, baron de Court, Margaret Smith Cousy, Bob craps cribbage cricket croquet cross-country running cross-country skiing crossword puzzle curling Curtis Cup cycling darts Davis Cup Dean, Dizzy decathlon Dempsey, Jack Derby dice

DiMaggio, Joe discus throw Disneyland diving dogsled racing doll dominoes Doubleday, Abner drag racing dressage Durocher, Leo (Ernest) Eales, John Earnhardt, (Ralph) Dale Ederle, Gertrude (Caroline) Edwards, Gareth Elway, John (Albert) Erving, Julius (Winfield) Evert, Chris(tine Marie) extreme sports falconry

Faldo, Nick faro Feller, Bob fencing field hockey field trial figure skating Finley, Charles O(scar) Fischer, Bobby fishing Fleming, Peggy (Gale) floor exercise football football, gridiron Foreman, George Four Horsemen foxhunting Foxx, Jimmie Foyt, A(nthony) J(oseph), Jr. Fraser, Dawn

Gable, Dan(iel Mack) Gaelic football gambling gardening Gehrig, (Henry) Lou(is) Gibson, Althea Gibson, Bob Gibson, Josh gin rummy go golf Goren, Charles H(enry) Gould, Shane Grace, W(illiam) G(ilbert) Graf, Steffi Graham, Otto (Everett, Jr.) Grand National Grand Prix racing Grange, Red Greco-Roman wrestling

Greenberg, Hank Gretzky, Wayne (Douglas) Griffey, Ken Griffith Joyner, (Delorez) Florence Griffith, Emile (Alphonse) Gross, Michael gymnastics Hagen, Walter (Charles) Halas, George (Stanley) Hamm, Mia hammer throw handball handicap hang gliding Harlem Globetrotters harness racing Hartack, Bill Hayes, Bob Heiden, Eric (Arthur) Heisman Trophy

Heisman, John (William) Henderson, Rickey Henie, Sonja heptathlon Hideo Nomo high jump Highland Games hiking Hillary, Sir Edmund (Percival) Hogan, Ben Holmes, Larry Holyfield, Evander Hoppe, Willie horizontal bar Hornsby, Rogers horse racing horsemanship horseshoe pitching hot rod Howe, Gordie

Hoyle, Edmond Hull, Bobby hunting hurdling hurling ice dancing ice hockey Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Indianapolis 500 Isthmian Games Jackson, Joe Jackson, Reggie Jacobs, Helen Hull jai alai javelin throw Jenkins, Fergie Johnson, Jack Johnson, Magic Johnson, Michael (Duane) Johnson, Rafer (Lewis)

Johnson, Walter (Perry) Jones, Bobby Jones, Deacon Jordan, Michael (Jeffrey) jousting Joyner-Kersee, Jackie judo jujitsu jump rope kaleidoscope karate Karpov, Anatoly (Yevgenyevich) karting Kasparov, Garry Keino, Kip kendo Kentucky Derby Killy, Jean-Claude King, Billie Jean kite

knot Korbut, Olga (Valentinovna) Koufax, Sandy Kramer, Jack Kramnik, Vladimir kung fu Lacoste, (Jean-) René lacrosse Landis, Kenesaw Mountain Lanier, Willie (Edward) Lasker, Emanuel Laver, Rod(ney George) Le Mans (Grand Prix d'Endurance) Lemieux, Mario Leonard, Buck Leonard, Sugar Ray Lewis, (Frederick) Carl(ton) Lewis, Lennox Little League Lombardi, Vince(nt Thomas)

long jump long-distance running Lopez (Knight), Nancy lottery Louganis, Greg(ory Efthimios) Louis, Joe lugeing Mack, Connie Maddux, Greg Mah-jongg Man o' War Mantle, Mickey Maradona, Diego Armando marathon Marciano, Rocky Marino, Dan(iel Constantine), Jr. Maris, Roger martial art Masters Tournament matador

Mathewson, Christy Mathias, Bob Matthews, Leigh Mays, Willie (Howard) McEnroe, John (Patrick), Jr. McGraw, John (Joseph) McGwire, Mark (David) Mikan, George (Lawrence) Mills, Billy Milon of Croton Montana, Joe Moore, Archie Morgan, Joe Mosconi, Willie Moser-Pröll, Annemarie Moses, Edwin Moss, Stirling Motley, Marion motocross motorcycle racing

mountaineering Murphy, Isaac Burns Musial, Stan(ley Frank) Naber, John Naismith, James A. Namath, Joe National Basketball Association (NBA) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Football League (NFL) National Hockey League (NHL) National League (NL) Native Dancer Navratilova, Martina Negro leagues Nelson, (John) Byron Nicklaus, Jack (William) Nordic skiing Norman, Greg(ory John) Nurmi, Paavo (Johannes) Oerter, Al(fred)

Olajuwon, Hakeem (Abdul) Olympic Games orienteering Orr, Bobby Ovett, Steve Owens, Jesse paddle tennis Page, Alan (Cedric) Paige, Satchel Palmer, Arnold (Daniel) Pan American (Sports) Games parallel bars pari-mutuel Patterson, Floyd Payton, Walter (Jerry) Pelé pelota pentathlon Petty, Richard philately

pinochle Plante, (Joseph) Jacques (Omer) platform tennis Player, Gary (Jim) playing cards poker pole vault polo pommel horse pool Preakness Stakes Pythian Games quarter-horse racing Queensberry rules quoits rackets racquetball rally Reed, Willis relay race

Retton, Mary Lou rhythmic sportive gymnastics Rice, Jerry (Lee) Richard, (Joseph Henri) Maurice Richards, (Isaac) Vivian (Alexander) Rickey, Branch (Wesley) rings Ripken, Cal(vin Edwin), Jr. Robertson, Oscar (Palmer) Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Rockne, Knute (Kenneth) rodeo roller-skating Rose Bowl Rose, Pete(r Edward) Rosewall, Ken(neth Ronald) roulette rowing

Rozelle, Pete Rudolph, Wilma (Glodean) rugby rummy Russell, Bill Ruth, Babe Ryan, (Lynn) Nolan, Jr. Ryder Cup sailing Sampras, Pete Sanders, Barry Sarazen, Gene Sawchuk, Terry scouting Scrabble scuba diving Seattle Slew Secretariat Seles, Monica shinty

Shoemaker, Bill shogi shooting shot put show jumping shuffleboard Shula, Don(ald Francis) Simms, Willie Simpson, O(renthal) J(ames) skateboarding skating skeet shooting skeleton sledding ski jumping skiing skittles skydiving slalom Smith, Emmitt Smythe, Conn

Snead, Sam(uel Jackson) snooker snowboarding soaring softball Sosa, Sammy Spahn, Warren (Edward) Spalding, A(lbert) G(oodwill) Spassky, Boris (Vasilyevich) Special Olympics speed skating Spitz, Mark (Andrew) sports and games sports-car racing squash (rackets) squash tennis Stagg, Amos Alonzo Stanley Cup Staubach, Roger (Thomas) steeplechase

Stengel, Casey Stenmark, Ingemar stock-car racing Sullivan, John L(awrence) sumo Super Bowl surfing swimming synchronized swimming table tennis tae kwon do tarot Taylor, Lawrence (Julius) tennis Tenzing Norgay Thomas, Isiah (Lord), III Thorpe, Jim Tilden, Bill tobogganing Tomba, Alberto

Tour de France toy trampoline trapshooting Trevino, Lee (Buck) triathlon Triple Crown triple jump Tunney, Gene Tyson, Mike uneven parallel bars Unitas, Johnny Unser, Al Unser, Bobby Vardon, Harry vaulting Veeck, Bill volleyball Wagner, Honus Waitz, Grete

Walker Cup walking Warfield, Paul Warner, Pop water polo waterskiing Watson, Tom weight lifting weight training Weissmuller, Johnny West, Jerry whist Whymper, Edward Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss Williams, Serena Williams, Ted Williams, Venus Wills, Helen (Newington) Wimbledon windsurfing

Witt, Katarina Woods, Tiger World Cup World Series wrestling Wright, Mickey Yarborough, Cale Young, Cy Zátopek, Emil Zaharias, Babe Didrikson