athletics

Example Sentences

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"After that, I semi-retired from athletics, I still went and did a few things, but it wasn't the same," he said.

From BBC

“If this is this way for three more years, I don’t know what this will look like, but it will not be college athletics,” Calipari said.

From MarketWatch

One of the most unexpected storylines surrounding this year’s Olympic Opening Ceremony has little to do with athletics and everything to do with real life.

From Salon

Before joining the Journal, he worked for the Huffington Post on a range of topics from the business of college athletics to the World Bank's policies protecting indigenous people.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the rearview mirror, almost nobody thinks that was a good idea, for either athletics or international relations: It nearly destroyed the U.S.

From Salon