- AAU
- all-American
- All-Pro
- all-star
- all-star team
- amateur
- Amateur Athletic Union
- America's Cup
- anchorman
- arena
- at large
- athlete
- athletic scholarship
- attackman (lacrosse,rugby)
- average
- backup
- ball
- ballpark
- barnburner
- batsman (cricket)
- bench
- bench press (weightlifting)
- bench warmer
- best-of-five series
- best-of-seven series
- big game
- bird cage
- black belt (karate)
- blackout
- blank
- bleachers
- bluff
- body English
- bonus
- boo
- boobirds
- book
- booster
- box seat
- breeze
- Bronx cheer
- brown belt
- bulk up
- bull's-eye (archery)
- burn
- bush
- bye call
- cape work (bullfighting)
- captain
- carom
- cash in
- cellar
- champion
- championship
- chaw
- cheap shot
- cheat
- cheerleader
- chukker (polo)
- chula (jai alai)
- circuit
- clean and jerk(weightlifting)
- cleats
- clock
- club
- clubhouse
- clutch
- clutch play
- coach
- cocaptain
- colors
- comeback
- competition
- conference
- consolation prize
- coxswain (crew)
- crosse (lacrosse)
- cuadrilla (bullfighting)
- cup
- dark horse
- deadlock
- defender
- dog it eligibility
- epee (fencing)
- fan
- field
- field house
- finesse
- first division
- first string
- fix
- forfeit
- formation
- free agent
- front runner
- fronton (jai alai)
- game ball
- gamer
- go the distance
- goal
- good hands
- grandstanding
- groundskeeper
- guile
- gym
- gymkhana
- gymnasium
- halftime
- Hall of fame
- home field
- home stand
- homecoming
- host
- hot dog
- in play
- innings (cricket)
- instant replay
- iron man
- jackpot
- jam (roller derby)
- jammer (roller derby)
- jayvee
- jib (yachting)
- jock
- juice
- junior varsity keel (yachting)
- kill shot
- kill the clock laugher
- light tower
- lock
- locker room
- longshot mainsail (yachting)
- manager
- matador (bullfighting)
- match
- match play
- miscue
- misplay
- muff
- NAIA
- National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NCAA
- odds
- odds-on favorite
- off-season
- official
- officiate
- Olympics
- on a roll
- out-of-play
- overmatched
- overtime
- Pan American Games
- parry (fencing)
- pase (bullfighting)
- phenom
- phys ed
- physical education
- picador (bullfighting)
- pickup game
- play
- play catch-up
- play-by-play
- play-off
- playing field
- point
- position
- prelims
- press box
- pro
- professional
- promoter
- prospect
- psych-out
- psych-up
- psyched
- push quarter
- quarterfinal
- quickness razzle-dazzle
- recruiting
- redshirt
- ref
- referee
- regatta (yachting)
- rematch
- repechage (crew,cycling)
- replay
- reserve
- ringer
- roll
- rookie
- roster
- round robin
- rover (archery)
- rugger (rugby)
- run out the clock saber (fencing)
- runner-up
- score
- scoreboard
- scorecard
- scrub
- scrum (rugby)
- scull (crew)
- season
- season ticket
- second division
- second effort
- second string
- second wind
- seed
- seesaw
- semifinal
- semipro
- semiprofessional
- series
- set a record
- shave points
- shirts'n'skins
- shoo-in
- shuttlecock (badminton)
- side
- sleeper
- slump
- snatch (weightlifting)
- spark plug
- spectator
- spoiler
- spot points
- spotter
- spread
- squad
- stadium
- standings
- standoff
- stiff
- streak
- stroke (crew)
- sub
- substitution
- sudden death
- suit up
- Summer Games
- Summer Olympics
- sweep tailgate party
- tally
- taw (marbles)
- team
- team play
- teamwork
- television time-out
- test match (cricket)
- the wave
- throw (rodeo)
- throw-in
- thrust (rodeo)
- tie
- time-out
- timekeeper
- to play
- tossup
- tote board
- touche (fencing)
- tournament
- tourney
- trade
- trading deadline
- trainer
- training
- try (rugby)
- tryout
- tune-up underbird
- underdog
- upset varsity
- versus
- vigorish wager
- waivers
- walk-on
- warmup
- water boy
- white belt
- wicket (cricket)
- wild card
- wind sprint
- Winter Olympics
- world champion
- world championship
- world class
- yell leader
- zip
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