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- Another classic in play theory is Man, Play and Games by Roger Caillois ... In computer games the word gameplay is often used to describe the ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- was becoming numb and he had to leave some games early. A vascular specialist ... as saying, "I can see how he won 25 games. What I don't understand ...22 KB (3,298 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- league baseball prior to competing in the games, thus violating the amateur ... 25 touchdowns and 198 points (over 12 games). Carlisle's 1912 record ...24 KB (3,676 words) - 21:00, 3 April 2024
- ===Traditional games=== A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok to celebrate the coming ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- excellence in the film, television and games industries. ... and development of the film, television and games industries. We celebrate ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- the 1936 Huntington team, he hit 35 home runs in 120 games. ... Cardinals and even appeared in seven games as a pitcher in 1942. He ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 14:15, 10 May 2024
- black and not occupied during baseball games. Known as a "batter ... and 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Games were held there, as well ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- has been played at each summer Olympic Games since 1908 (excluding 1924). ... used for Olympic field hockey at the 1976 Games in Montreal. Today all international ...19 KB (3,188 words) - 13:06, 1 February 2024
- pdf#page=13 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Emblem] *[http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/inuitinukshukolympics.htm 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 11:05, 6 March 2024
- It was first introduced in the Olympic Games in 1912 although the format ... home the silver metal at the 1968 Olympic Games. The history of show-jumping ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 19:15, 13 February 2024
- alike as his teams never won more than six games and in 1948 and 1949 fell ... For its first two seasons, the team played games against other teams from ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- a 3–1 deficit by winning the last 3 games by 2, 2, and 1 point margins ... 67–15 and defeated the Rockets in six games, is generally considered ...29 KB (4,389 words) - 22:36, 22 October 2022
- Emperor Theodosius abolished the Olympic Games, which by then had become ... in the first "modern" Olympic Games in 1896. However, from then ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- 24, 1963, when the NFL played a full schedule of games (untelevised) only two days after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, while the rival ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:05, 24 November 2022
- League enforced a schedule of seventy games (ten games against each team). ... to Philadelphia. The A.A. offered Sunday games and alcoholic beverages in ...21 KB (3,060 words) - 14:46, 11 November 2022
- Star Game in 1959 in spite of missing 45 games due to an appendix operation. ... league, Major League Baseball had added 8 games to the schedule. In the middle ...20 KB (3,166 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2024
- is the highlight of Naadam (Наадам, games) a traditional outdoor festival ... , games) a traditional festival held every summer in Mongolia. The ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 19:59, 9 November 2022
- books, CDs, DVDs, videocassettes, computer games, and other forms of publishing ... the late 1990s also through video and computer games. *Journalism involves ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- for a yellow card in more than 700 professional games. ==Early Career== ... After playing 698 games in the English Football League, Matthews coached ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 19:52, 9 February 2023
- He was selected and ran for Great Britain at the Stockholm Olympic Games, and was team manager as well as a competitor for the British track ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 03:20, 24 November 2022
- training facility for competitors in public games. It was also a place for ... which provided gymnasiums for exercise and games.YMCA, [http://www.ymca.net/about_t ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- and 1939, he played in 2,130 consecutive games. The streak was broken when ... as a pinch hitter—he played in only 23 games and was not on the Yankees ...26 KB (4,116 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- major scoring records: Most consecutive games scoring at least one point ... when he intercepted eight passes in only ten games. ===Retirement=== ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- regular season, each team plays sixteen games over a seventeen-week period ... in one of the more exciting championship games ever played. It came at precisely ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- ===Olympic Games=== the remaining four gold medals at the 1924 Games, with Clas Thunberg winning ...27 KB (4,168 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- 378 goals and 120 assists in just 85 games with the Brantford Nadrofsky ... later. However, he only played eight games for Indianapolis. With the ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- triples, runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, and games played. ... but resigned the position after only five games. He returned to the Pirates ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 13:38, 2 February 2024
- In Pete's second year he missed 16 games in 1971-1972 and averaged ... with minor injuries. He played only 62 games but shot a career-high .459 ...25 KB (3,756 words) - 14:43, 28 March 2023
- and Ray Dandridge. Batting .477 in 35 games and playing excellent defense ... .274 average, 68 RBI and 20 homers (in 121 games) were among the lowest of ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 15:22, 14 May 2023
- listen." After winning a combined four games the previous three years ... National Championships until after all the games for the season had been played—including ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- was a staple of the ESPN 2 Extreme Games. Public skateboard parks ... major skateboarding events, such as the X-games, the Gravity Games, and the ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 22:58, 23 April 2023
- to short change customers, nor did they allow games of chance such as Three Card Monte and shell games on their lots. This reputation for clean ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- A center fielder, Doby appeared in seven All-Star games and finished ... limited playing time and was 5-for-32 in 29 games. Only two weeks later the ...22 KB (3,428 words) - 17:46, 25 October 2022
- (rugby league, and rugby union) and related games. Each of these codes (games ... Football-like games were a prehistoric activity. Later, the Ancient ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- of young children through educational games within the family. He noticed ... chairs, and the other with open space for games and play. Outside was a garden ...15 KB (2,345 words) - 06:41, 15 April 2024
- and later became a broadcaster for Celtics games. He was elected into the ... Cousy had enough playing time in games to score 227 points for the ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- travel, the contract was written only for games played in and around the ... the Cleveland Browns, having attended many games in disguise in their "Dawg ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 14:08, 10 May 2024
- droves to see ex-Cardinal Cy Young win 33 games for Boston with a 1.63 ERA ... The profitable American League expanded its schedule to 154 games ...19 KB (2,735 words) - 03:36, 24 July 2023
- to differentiate it from other football games. In Australia and New Zealand ... the intercollegiate football rules for the games they played. This meeting ...31 KB (5,091 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- contests (most notably the Tailteann Games), feasting, matchmaking, ... 2008, ISBN 978-0816075560). The funeral games in her honor were called ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- print journalists a special role in its games; they were named official ... Sports stories often transcend the games themselves and take on socio ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 21:42, 7 February 2023
- Consider for example the proceedings that we call `games'. I mean board games, card games, ball games, Olympic games, and so on. What is ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- In 1927, Foxx would play in 37 games. This was a significant year ... out the 1943 season and appeared only in 15 games in 1944, mostly as a pinch hitter. ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 13:10, 1 August 2022
- genre such as in books, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Although not as well known as dragons or unicorns, most popular lore concerning ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- * Love Games (1975, Bell) * There Goes My First Love (1975, Bell) ... * "Love Games" (1975, Bell) UK: #33 * "There Goes My ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- ===Video games=== Video game consoles were not operated with wireless ... * Kent, Steve L. 2001. The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- The play is divided into three acts–"Fun and Games," "Walpurgisnacht" and "Exorcism." The "Fun and Games ...15 KB (2,221 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the remaining original events that was in the 1908 Olympic Games. Its three main ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political ... with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- from taking place on Sundays, when most NFL games took place. ... 28 total points in the final nine games of the season, including ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
