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Boxing, Ballet, Basketball, and Bureaucracy: The Anatomy of a Sport
On December - 29 - 2009
What is a sport?
There are so many activities, games, and competitions in our world today that it can be difficult to decipher what is a sport and what is not.
Some may say this is a relatively easy question to answer, “just throw on ESPN, if it’s on the World Wide Leader, it must be a sport” or, “find out what was included in the Olympics last time around, they include every sport.”
Right, because cheerleading, poker, and trampoline are definitely sports.
But then again, maybe they are.
According to Dictionary.com, sport is defined as, “1: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess ...
Boxing, Ballet, Basketball and Bureaucracy: The Anatomy of a Sport
On November - 18 - 2009
What is a sport?
There are so many activities, games, and competitions in our world today that it can be difficult to decipher what is a sport and what is not. Some may say that this is a relatively easy question to answer, “just throw on ESPN, if it’s on the World Wide Leader, it must be a sport” or, “find out what was included in the Olympics last time around, they include every sport.”
Right, because cheerleading, poker, and trampoline are definitely sports. But then again, maybe they are.
According to Dictionary.com, sport is defined as, “1: an athletic activity requiring ...