Devil's Advocate: Is Golf a sport?
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Absolutely. They play with a ball.
NASCAR is not a sport ... no ball. Poker is not a sport ... no ball.
Actually, I suppose you could say anything where there is group or individual competition is a sport, whether there's a ball involved or not.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN
Now it doesn't technically stand for anything but it originally was Entertainment
First time I've heard that
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Egan.
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Egan.
They have changing stories, in that big espn tell all book that came out about a decade ago right before demise of espn started it said Eastern. They don't know who the hell we are so it's not surprising they can't keep who they are straight.
Yea I saw that after I posted, but in that big ESPN book that came out about a decade ago said Eastern so who knows
How about this: Is it a competition? Can you improve your performance by doing physical exercise? If you answer yes to both, it's a sport.
I can remember the first ladies gymnastics event ESPN covered, a month or so after they started. They were showing a girl on the balance beam late one night. The wife and I were watching, when the commenter (who knew little about gymnastics) said, "She has incredible thighs!" I still laugh when I think about that comment.
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Sorry but that dog don’t hunt.
Track and field, wrestling, boxing, skiing, martial arts, weightlifting, archery, to name a few. No ball. No sport?
Track and field, wrestling, boxing, skiing, martial arts, weightlifting, archery, to name a few. No ball. No sport?
I do know this. Whether it's a sport or not it's a hell of a lot more entertaining competition for me than many of the "real" sports. For the record though it is definitely a sport.
No. How many 40-50 year olds are capable of competing in real sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, boxing, MMA or track and field. Golf is a recreational game, but athletic ability certainly helps in golf as much as it would help with any other activity that involves physically moving your body.
It's like bouncing a tennis ball against a wall. It's not game, but it can be fun! But it's not a game...
Anything that has a winner and a loser and requires athletic ability is a sport. There are certainly sports that require much more athleticism, but golf is a sport.
If 50 year olds are eliminated then hockey and baseball aren’t sports. Satch played at 59 Howe at 52.
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