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  2. Sports commentator - Wikipedia

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    In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present tense. Radio was the first medium for sports broadcasts, where the radio commentators had to describe the action in detail because the listeners could not ...

  3. Professional sports - Wikipedia

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    In the Indian Premier League in 2019, players earn an average of $101,444, and a median salary of $72,450, per week. [44] The top-paid players in international cricket in 2017 across the (at the time) 10 Test cricket nations earned anywhere from $90,000 to $1,470,000 (when looking only at contract and match fees).

  4. Sociology of sport - Wikipedia

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    Sociology. Sociology of sport, alternately referred to as sports sociology, is a sub-discipline of sociology which focuses on sports as social phenomena. It is an area of study concerned with the relationship between sociology and sports, and also various socio-cultural structures, patterns, and organizations or groups involved with sport.

  5. Race and sports - Wikipedia

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    The NCAA statistics show a strong correlation between percentage of black athletes within a sport and the revenue generated by that sport. For example, University of North Carolina's 2007–2008 men's basketball team (the team was 59% black relative to the 3.7% black population of the institution as a whole) generated $17,215,199 in revenue ...

  6. Amateur sports - Wikipedia

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    Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. The distinction is made between amateur sporting participants and professional sporting participants, who are paid for the time they spend competing and training. In the majority of sports which feature professional players, the professionals will ...

  7. Category:Sports occupations and roles - Wikipedia

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    Participants of sports (i.e. players/competitors) are listed at Category:Sportspeople. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

  8. Sport psychology - Wikipedia

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    Sport psychology is defined as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and effects of sport. [1] Sport is defined as any physical activity where the individuals engage for competition and health. [2] Sport psychology is recognized as an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from many related fields including biomechanics ...

  9. List of African-American sports firsts - Wikipedia

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    First African American to initiate the concept of free agency. He refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season, ultimately appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The trend of free agency expanded across the entire landscape of professional sports for all races and all cultures: Curt Flood (St. Louis Cardinals) [Note 3]