Portal:Sports
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| This index lists texts related to common sports. |
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General [edit]
- Professionalism in Sports, by Theodore Roosevelt
- National Sports of Canada Act, 1994 legislation making lacrosse and ice hockey national sports
Baseball [edit]
- Casey at the Bat, 1888 poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
- Baseball Joe on the School Nine, 1912 fiction book by Lester Chadwick
- Charles Comiskey Affidavit, 1915 by Charles Comiskey
- Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball, 1939
- Baseball Guide and Record Book 1962, by John George Taylor Spink, Paul A. Rickart, and Clifford Kachline (transcription project)
- Evolution of the Ball, 1963
Billiards [edit]
- Practical Billiards, pre-1868 by William Dufton
Boxing [edit]
Car racing [edit]
- Crowd of 100,000 at the Speedway, newspaper article about the Indy 500
- Harroun Only One Sure of His Place, newspaper article about the Indy 500
- Harroun is in Lead at 300, newspaper article about the Indy 500
- One Dead and Many Injured, newspaper article about the Indy 500
- The Great Race, newspaper article about the Indy 500
- Train and Trolley Bear in Thousands, newspaper article about the Indy 500
- Milan Motor Races, newspaper article about the first race held at Monza circuit in Italy
- Captain Geach's Narrow Escape, newspaper article about 1920 motor race at Brooklands.
- The French Grand Prix, Series of newspaper articles about the first French Grand Prix in 1906.
- Automobilism: The French Grand Prix, first published in The Times in June, 1906.
- Autos for French race, first published in the New York Times on April 15, 1906.
- French Auto Race Today, first published in the New York Times on June 26, 1906.
- Grand Prix De France, first published in the Evening Post on July 2, 1906.
- Automobile Race, published in the Colonist on July 2, 1906.
- Automobile Grand Prix, published in the Grey River Argus on July 2, 1906.
- Big Motor Race In France, first published in the Sydney Times on July 4, 1906.
Cricket [edit]
- Cricket by W. G. Grace (ghostwritten by W. Methven Brownlee)
- The international cricket match, 1859
- Reply from the New South Wales Cricket Association, 1879
- Mike by P. G. Wodehouse, 1909
Cycling [edit]
- Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds, autobiography by Marshall W. Taylor
- The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll, comic novel by H. G. Wells
- Taming the Bicycle, by Mark Twain
Fishing [edit]
- Angling as described in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- A Book on Angling, pre 1893 by Francis Francis
- An Angler, poem by William Browne
Football (American) [edit]
Football (Soccer) [edit]
- English Soccer Transfers
- British Football Scandal, published in the New York Times on 27 December 1915
- Laws of the Game
- Sheffield Rules
Golf [edit]
Horse racing [edit]
See also: Portal:Horsemanship
- Death of Jem Mason 1866 obituary from The Sporting Life
Hunting [edit]
- The Dead Shot: Sportman's Complete Guide, pre-1893
Lacrosse [edit]
See also [edit]
- Portal:Agriculture for more on Angling and Hunting
- Portal:Chess
- Portal:Ice hockey
- Portal:Indianapolis 500
