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  • present participle of sport.
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sporting

[spawr-ting, spohr-] / ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr- /


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Kevin Workman, a Sporting Club member since 2003, said he believes the course is in good shape “other than the tiredness of a 20-year-old golf course.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"You have to view it from the context of what went before, and shirts were fairly plain and simplistic in design," John Blair, author of A Culture of Kits, told BBC World Service's Sporting Witness.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Dick’s Sporting Goods reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.90 per share and sales of $5.16 billion.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Dick’s Sporting Goods reported higher fiscal first-quarter sales as it made progress on its efforts to turn around Foot Locker.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Jackie Robinson was voted “Rookie of the Year” by The Sporting News.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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