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  2. List of sportspeople with nicknames - Wikipedia

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    See also: List of nicknames used in basketball. "Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, American forward-center [ 4 ] "Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, American point guard [ 5 ] "The Admiral" = David Robinson, American center [ 6 ] "A.I." = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard [ 7 ] "Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, American shooting guard.

  3. List of sportswomen - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer

  4. List of college team nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Abilene Christian University Wildcats. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Golden Stallions. Academy of Art University Urban Knights. Adams State College Grizzlies. Adelphi University Panthers. Adrian College Bulldogs. Agnes Scott College Scotties. Aiken Technical College Knights. Aims Community College Aardvarks.

  5. Prominent women's sports leagues in the United States and ...

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    The Women's National Football Conference (WNFC) is an amateur [25] full-contact women's American football league in the United States and was founded in 2018. Their inaugural season was in 2019. On their website, the WNFC described themselves as looking to create a standard of excellence and opportunities.

  6. Women's professional sports - Wikipedia

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    The Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) was a professional women's basketball league in the United States. The league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981. The league is generally considered to be the first American professional women's basketball league to be founded.

  7. LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana State University official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers, Tigers or Lady Tigers. [3] At one time, the "Lady Tigers" nickname was used only in sports that have teams for both men and women—specifically basketball, cross country, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field (indoor and outdoor); however, since 2017, only women's basketball, cross country, and ...

  8. Women's sports - Wikipedia

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    First, the women's ball was smaller and lighter. Second, the women played with smaller teams and on a smaller field. Third, the women were not allowed to use their hands or feet to touch the ball. Instead, they used their heads and chests to control the ball. Women's Cuju was a popular sport for centuries in China.

  9. List of sports - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]