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A sport is a physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess. In essence, a sport is a competitive game.

A game is a structured or semi-structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes also used as an educational tool, and generally distinct from work or duty. Key components of games, including sports, are goals, rules, challenge, and interactivity. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, social, simulational or psychological role.

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The Weber Cup, named after bowling legend Dick Weber, is the Ten-pin bowling equivalent of Golf's Ryder Cup. It consists of two teams, Team Europe and Team USA competing over three days in a series of singles, doubles and team (baker) matches.

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A view of a New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins games from Suite 1023 at Madison Square Garden's ice hockey stadium.

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...that the layback spin (pictured) was invented by 1936 Winter Olympics silver medalist Cecilia Colledge?
...that modern billiard chalk, which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?
...that even though Denis Potvin retired in 1988, fans of the New York Rangers still practice a tradition aimed at insulting him?
...that tug of war was included in the Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920?

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