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American football

American football players

If you have removed an NFL, AAFC or other football player (American football) from this list, please add that name to the List of American football players. In addition, a list of NFL players can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/Articles to create

American football teams and stadiums

Terminology

  • On the bubble (sports) – Can apply to any sport or other entertainment, but often taken to mean either a team that is barely in contention for a post-season berth and needs to either win and/or have the results of other team's games go a certain way for the team to make the post-season; or a player who is in contention for a spot on a team's roster but needs to do certain things to be considered. Sports-related articles in which the term has been used: [22] and [23] [24]

Archery

Association football (soccer)

Athletics

Australian rules football

Bandy

Baseball

People

Other

Basketball

Coaches

Players

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Teams

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilders

Bodybuilding equipment

5x5 workout

Bowling

Boxing

Bridge

Canoe and Kayak

Canoe manufacturers

Kayak manufacturers

Canoeists and Kayakers

Dragon Boat Racing

Chess

Climbing

Limestone Climbing-sourced http://www.rockfax.com/databases/results_area.html?id=2 and http://northwaleslimestone.com/. This is encyclopaedic becauseit is a unique type of outdoor rock climbing with its own techniques and quirks.

Cricket

See also: WT:CRIC

Cue sports

See also: WP:CUEBIOS, WP:CUEEVENTS, WP:CUEGAMES, WP:CUEORGS, WP:CUEMISC, and WP:SNOOKERBIOS
  • Thomas B. Harless- US Professional Billiards player in the 1960s and 70s. He was ranked 32nd in the United States before he placed himself in rehab for his cocaine addiction. He currently lives in Goochland, VA with his 17 children.
  • Barry M. Dubow- US open of pocket billiards, Billliards (Pool) Promoter and salesman
  • cueist - is linked to in the list of sportspeople by nickname, not exactly sure what it is.
  • Nikola Kemilev -Bulgarian pool champion.
  • Shoot Pool - 80's TV show about the London Championships.
  • Around the World (billiards) - billiards game in which multiple players may participate. "cutthroat" is another example.
  • Alan Chamberlain (snooker referee)

Cycling

Events

Cycling teams

Male cyclists

Female cyclists

Coaches, trainers, organizers, administrators, painters, builders, mechanics

Cycling equipment

Miscellaneous

  • 3-feet law A law to protect bicyclists from motorists. The law has been passed in a number of states across the nation.

Curling

Fencing

Fencing), and developer of a test of physical fitness: http://www.citycollegefund.org/pdf/WhoWho/1939.pdf, http://museumofamericanfencing.com/site/index.php/fencing-history/great-coaches/81-garret-maxwell


Style

Field hockey

Figure skating

Fishing

Golf

Golfers

If you have removed a golfer from this list, please add that name to the appropriate Lists of golfers, if not already present.

Golf clubs and courses

When a golf course has been added, remember to place it in the appropriate golf course and club category

Misc

Gymnastics

Events

Gymnasts

Lists

Elements in artistic gymnastics

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Horse riding and racing

Racehorses

  • Flatterer (horse) Champion American Steeplechaser (1983)(1984)(1985)(1986) In 1983, he became the first horse to win the American Steeplechase Triple Crown - the Grand National, the Temple Gwathmey and the Colonial Cup.
  • Mandarin (horse) - 1957 Hennessy Gold Cup Winner
  • Storm in May
  • Mr. Greeley
  • Fairy Gold
  • Glanmire (horse)
  • St Lads Popcorn
  • Patena - a highly touted 2009 Triple Crown Contender
  • Mr. Whoudini - New Zealand Harness racing horse , something to represent NZ harness horses
  • Greg Brydon (horse) Had not won a race for 94 starts, 343 days and 3 years until Kevin smith started to train him.
  • Musket Man- Winner of the GIII Tampa Bay Derby, Winner of the GII Illinois Derby and Contender for the 135th Kentucky Derby
  • Marchand D’Or - Winner of Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp in Paris and designated best European sprinter (NYT - Apr. 20, 2009)
  • Fleetstreet Dancer - First American Horse won Japan Cup Dirt.
  • Winfreux - Australian racehorse
  • Glória de Campeão – Winner of the 2010 Dubai World Cup. Articles already exist in the Japanese and Portuguese Wikipedias. (The diacritics should be included as written; he is a Brazilian horse.)
  • Roselier - Top steeple chasing sire having sired winners of the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish Grand nationals.
  • Pierro - Currently unbeaten son of Australian Champion racehorse and sire Lonhro, and winner of the 2012 Group 1 Golden Slipper and Sires Produce stakes. Broke a thirty-year old race record previously held by champion two-year old Luskin Star to win the Sires Produce.
  • Squirt (horse) - Grandsire was Darley Arabian, grandsire of Eclipse

Rodeo

  • 29 Cochise 2008 World Champion Bucking Bull in the CBR. 2008 Bull Of The Finals in the CBR World Finals. 2007 CBR World Finals Champion Bounty Bull. Bull Of The Finals of the 2007 National Finals Rodeo for the PRCA. Reserve Bull Of The Finals of the 2008 National Finals Rodeo for the PRCA. PBR short go bull. First bull in history to qualify for all 3 major bullriding Wrold Finals in Las Vegas in the same year, including the PBR FINALS, CBR FINALS, NATIONAL FINALS RODEO. One of the most famous and feared bucking bulls in history by the cowboys. Owned and raised by Tut Henry of Gonzales, La. Sired by 497 Automatic and out of a dam sired by A6. 29 Cochise is a fast spinning, powerful 1500 lb horned bull white in color with painted spots of black, red, and brown. [90] [91] [92] [93] [94]

Barrel racing

Riders/jockeys

Riding trainers

Horse breeders

Training Facilities

Races

Owners

Misc

Ice hockey

A list of request ice hockey related articles can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Requested articles.

General

Teams

Women's teams

Ice hockey players

  • Over 99% of all NHL players are listed at List of NHL players. To create an article for a player, click on a red link there.

Other

Jump Rope

  • Peter Nestler - A Guinness Book of World Records holder for numerous jump roping activities
  • FISAC-IRSF - The International Rope Skipping Federation of the world [101]. FISAC-IRSF is held every two years (like the Olympics), and is held all around the world. This year 2014, it is being held in Hong Kong.
  • USA Jump Rope - USAJR is an organization committed to the exchange and sharing of jump rope knowledge and experience. The organization offers a wide variety of information about jump rope to its members, coaches and physical educators through its books, video tapes, the Internet and other resources. USAJR also offers unique experiences and educational opportunities through its sanctioned jump rope workshops, camps, seminars and tournaments at the state, regional and national levels. [102]
  • World Jump Rope - An organization dedicated to unifying the world of jump rope, with it's annual competition in Central Florida. The competition is open to jumpers/skippers all over the world. [103]

Lacrosse

Martial arts

Motorsports

Orienteering

Kinsey Ritterbush, great Motocross racer. Competed in mini Olympics in 2010

Powerlifting

Rowing

Rowers

Rowing teams

Rugby

Other requested articles are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Requests List of Rugby League International Players who have represented more than one nation

Competitions

Domestic rugby teams

  • Bognor Rfc Great local club
  • John Brown University R.F.C.
  • Ossett R.U.F.C.
  • Capilano Rugby R.F.C.
  • Beverley R.U.F.C
  • Belmont Shore Women's Rugby Football Club, a women's rugby club based in Long Beach, California and associated with the Belmont Shore Rugby Club. The club has won two national championships and the website is www.bswrfc.com
  • Cardiff Medicals R.F.C. - The rugby club of Medical Students & doctors in Cardiff, it has the representitive side of the Welsh National School of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Wales College of Medicine and now Cardiff University School of Medicine. Renowned as a titan of medical school rugby (17 NAMS Cups, 3 BUSA sheilds, 9 international, 2 British Lions). Earliest photos date form 1907 & became a member of the WRU in 1947. [104]
  • Nottingham Casuals Rugby Union Football Club
  • Delhi Hurricanes R.F.C - Delhi hurricanes rugby football club is a r.f.c. situated in delhi, india, for more information log onto delhihurricanes.co.nr
  • Wakehurst Junior Rugby Union Club - Australia - Based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney we boast a ground and set-up the envy of many. Our focus is safe social rugby and community involvement.
  • Crynant R.F.C.
  • Otago Country R.F.U. - Otago country is a team in the New Zealand 7s championship and is the host province. They are a sub union of Otago R.U. and represtent Central Otago.
  • Flint Rogues R.F.C. - One of the original rugby union football teams in Michigan in its 38th year of existence, the club has a long and distinguished history of promoting rugby in the region and state
  • Long Island R.F.C. - The Long Island Rugby Football Club (LIRFC) was founded in 1972. In the Fall of 2005, the club moved up to Division 1 of the Met Union. It has enjoyed tremendous success there, twice making the Final 16 for the National Championships in 2007 and 2008. The club presently fields 2 sides and is still a major competitor in Summer 7’s.

Rugby players

Oliver Bloom (rugby league)

Rugby coaches

Misc.

Sailing

Shooting

Shooters

New caliber: http://www.gundigest.com/ammunition-reviews-articles/hot-new-26-nosler-cartridge-unveiled?et_mid=658642&rid=236060513

Skiing

Water Skiing

Alpine skiing

2005–06 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

2014 Olympics - Men's Super-G alpine skiing

Misc

Snowboarding

Swimming

Swimmers

Tennis

Tennis players

Terms

Track and field

Biographies
  • Bart Yasso - Runner, popular running workout called "Yasso 800s" attributed to him, Runner's World editor.[114]
  • Gary Power - Athlete in the 110m high hurdles, who in 1970 Sunkist Invitational meet in Los Angeles in 1970, Power edged the great Willie Davenport in the hurdles by 1/10th of a second, which was a huge victory, ending Davenport's win streak at 40-plus races.[115]
  • Roy Griak - Athlete, Coach, Founder of largest cross country race "The Roy Griak Invitational"
  • Hal Croft - Coach of Reading Memorial High School Track Team, which held the record for the longest winning streak in North American sports at 30 years.[116]
  • Ray Edgar Dodge, long distance runner who competed in the 1924 summer Olympics then later founded Dodge Trophy Co., makers of the Emmy and Oscar trophies from about 1930 to 1983.[117][118]
  • Mozelle Ellerbe, 1940 US Indoor champion [119]
  • Derrick Adamson ("Ringo") - jamaican distance runner, holds jamaican record in marathon. Coaches cross country at Rowan university in glassboro, NJ[120]
  • Danie Malan, (born 1950) 1970s South Africa middle distance athlete,ranked world no. 2, 800m 1971, World Record 1000m 1973, defeated 1976 Olympic 1500m silver medallist, Ivo Van Damm in 1976 but could not compete internationallly due to international sports boycott of South Africa[121]
  • Mark Murro - America's first 300 foot javelin thrower[122]
  • Chuka Enih-Snell - Former Welsh and Great Britain Junior International high jumper. Welsh and British age group record holder, tipped for major success before injury curtailed his career. [123] [124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136]
  • Ellie Greenwood - Canandian ultra marathon runner, two-time winner and course record holder of the Western States 100, top-place female in many of the world's most well-known ultra distance road, trail, and mountain races.[137]
  • James Eichberger - Athlete at the University of Arizona, All-American in Indoor and Outdoor Track. Mexican Indoor national 800-meter record holder. [138]


Other

Triathlon

Wrestling

Amateur and collegiate wrestling

  • Gary Bairos - 2 Time All-American from Arizona State University, 4 time Pac-10 Champion, Captain of the 1980 ASU National Championship Team
  • Mujaahid Maynard, Olympic wrestler

Professional wrestling

Main page: Portal:Professional wrestling/Opentask

Championships

People

Promotions

Tag teams and stables

Tournaments and events

Other sports

Basketball Variant

  • Playing Circball [143] A variation of the sports of basketball. Circball uses a circular court area and a cluster-ring basket hoops. The game play rules involves a combination of competitive and cooperative game of play.

Cheerleading

Dodgeball

Duathlon

  • Kat Grimmett born June 6th 1975, Kat rose to fame after an impressive rookie year finishing the National Duathlon Champion 2009 and 7th place at European Championships in Budapest 2009. Her 10K time is among the best in the world and she currently runs for a Southampton based running club as well as juggling a demanding a full time job. Her sister-in-law is also a Hampshire Schools Bronze Medalist over 200m. She is currently sponsored by Elagen Sport and Primera. Grimmett, is said to be "thrilled" with the idea of competitive racing full time and hopes that "Team Grimmett" will help her on her way to international success. She has appeared as a team mate of Katrina Morrison.

Fantasy sports

Hunting

Indian Ball

Paintball

Quidditch

Skateboarding

Stunt Pogo

  • Nick McClintock Competes in Pogopalooza, stars in a web series. Has Records in his sport.
  • Fred Grzybowski [150] Also on Americas Got Talent and Nitro Circus. Competes in Pogopalooza, which is his sports highest competition. Also stars in a web series called Fred & Nick. Has records in his sport.

Surfing

Underwater diving

Diving equipment

Wakeboarding

  • Chad Sharpe - co-founder of Ronix Wakeboarding
  • Mission Bay Aquatic Center - Wakeboarding and watersports school operated by San Diego State University
  • Phillip Soven-sourced [170] and [171] and [172] and [173] Professional wakeboarder and older brother of Bob Soven with whom he has a show on MTV called "Wake Brothers." He turned pro at 11-years-old and has won the world championships, the King of Wake, and the Pro Tour. In 2007, he became the first rider in the history of the sport to win the Pro Tour title, the King of Wake crown and the WWA World Series in the same year. WebPage PhilSoven.com
  • Robert "Bob" Soven -sourced [174] and [175] Professional wakeboarder and younger brother of Phil Soven with whom he has a show on MTV called "Wake Brothers."

Weightlifting

  • Endurance Weightlifting The current weightlifting sub-categories of Powerlifting, Olympic Weightlifting and Bodybuilding do not accommodate endurance weightlifting i.e. lifting the maximum amount of weight possible, within a given time period.

References

  1. ^ http://collegespun.com/big-12/baylor-big-12/snoop-doggs-son-cordell-broadus-offered-by-baylor
  2. ^ http://247sports.com/Player/Cordell-Broadus-22097
  3. ^ www.htosports.com/hooptroopfamily
  4. ^ www.superstarbasketball.org/jonathanvasquez
  5. ^ www.espn.com/jonathanvasquez
  6. ^ [london.ctvnews.ca/loss-of-a-young-horse-lover-felt-across-globe-1.1498504]
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