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Sports broadcasting contracts in India
Sports broadcasting contracts in India: commercial sale of TV, digital, and media rights, dominated by BCCI cricket and the IPL, from the 1992 $120,000 debut deal to the ₹48,390 crore IPL 2023-27 auction, under the 2007 Prasar Bharati sharing Act and competition-law scrutiny.
Sports broadcasting contracts in South Africa
Sports broadcasting contracts in South Africa are the agreements televising its sporting events, split between the public SABC and SuperSport, with listed-events rules protecting free-to-air coverage.
Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom
UK sports broadcasting contracts: the Broadcasting Act 1996 listed events regime protecting 'crown jewel' events for free-to-air TV, the Sky/TNT-dominated pay-TV rights market, the £6.7bn Premier League deal, and Media Act 2024 extension to streaming.
Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States
Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States: league media-rights agreements grounded in the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act antitrust exemption, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and college deals, including the NFL's $100 billion-plus and NBA's $77 billion contracts and the shift toward streaming.
Sports car
A sports car is a production car designed for speed, high acceleration, and maneuverability, typically low-bodied and seating two, built for high-speed touring on ordinary roads.
Sports Car (song)
Sports Car (2025) is a dance-pop single by Canadian singer Tate McRae from So Close to What, co-written with Julia Michaels, Ryan Tedder, and Grant Boutin. A whispered chorus, early-2000s comparisons, US No. 16, UK No. 3, and Bardia Zeinali's video distinguish it from other songs of the same name.
Sports Car Club of America
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), founded in 1944, is a not-for-profit American motorsports organization with more than 70,000 members, headquartered in Topeka, Kansas.
Sports car racing
Sports car racing: closed-wheel endurance circuit racing with GT and prototype cars, multi-driver teams, and races up to 24 hours. Anchored by the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA WEC and IMSA; Hypercar (LMH/LMDh) top class unified to a single platform from 2030.
Sports commentator
A sports commentator, or sportscaster, is a radio or TV broadcaster describing and analyzing sporting events. Roles include play-by-play announcer and color commentator; the field began with 1920s radio and now includes AI-generated multilingual commentary.
Sports day
Sports day: a school event, typically a day or afternoon of athletics contests such as races and the high jump (British usage); also Japan's Taiiku no Hi holiday, the UN's 6 April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, and European School Sport Day.
Sports Direct
Sports Direct, also known as SportsDirect.com, is a British discount sportswear retail brand founded by Mike Ashley in Maidenhead in 1982, now a fascia within Frasers Group plc.
Sports drink
Sports drink: also called carbohydrate-electrolyte or isotonic drinks. Beverages replacing fluid, electrolytes, and carbohydrate during exercise; invented as Gatorade at the University of Florida in 1965, most useful beyond about an hour of continuous exertion.
Sports economics
Sports economics is the branch of economics that studies sporting contests as economic objects, covering tournament and league design, athlete labor markets, club and media organization, and the public finance of stadiums and mega-events.
Sports equipment
Sports equipment covers devices, implements, apparel and protective gear used in laboratory, training and competitive sport. Key aspects: biomechanical injury-prevention design, advanced materials, governing-body equipment rules, and adaptive Para sport equipment access.
Sports fields
Sports fields: prepared grass or artificial-turf grounds for organized sport, from park pitches to stadiums. Covers their history in public parks, natural versus synthetic turf trade-offs, and access equity.
Sports governing body
Sports governing body: an organization (international federation, national governing body) holding recognized authority over a sport's rules, competitions, and discipline; examples include FIFA, the IOC-recognized IFs, and national NGBs, organized in pyramids from grassroots to elite level.
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI), American sports magazine launched August 16, 1954 by Time Inc. under Henry Luce; first Time Inc. title with bylines, home of the 1964-debut Swimsuit Issue; sold to Authentic Brands Group in 2019 for $110 million and now published under license by Minute Media as a monthly.
Sports Illustrated Stadium
Sports Illustrated Stadium, formerly Red Bull Arena, is a 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, home of MLS's New York Red Bulls and NWSL's Gotham FC, renamed in December 2024 under a 13-year Sports Illustrated Tickets naming rights deal.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (SI Swimsuit): annual swimwear edition of Sports Illustrated since January 1964, first cover Babette March; best-seller was 1989 Kathy Ireland 25th-anniversary issue; known for cover-model prestige, objectification criticism, and Pay With Change ad policy.
Sports in Canada
Sports in Canada: hockey (national winter sport, invented in Canada in the 1800s) and lacrosse (national summer sport) alongside soccer, the most popular children's sport; 55% of Canadians aged 15+ participate, under a federally funded sport system.
Sports in Los Angeles
Sports in Los Angeles: major pro teams (Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, Sparks, LAFC), a record $12.1B sports economy, and upcoming 2026 World Cup, 2027 Super Bowl, and 2028 Olympics.
Sports in the United States
Sports in the United States: the Big Four leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL), college sport under Title IX and the NCAA, the privately funded USOPC, record participation (8.06 million high school, 242 million total), and soccer's rise toward the 2026 World Cup.
Sports league
A sports league is an organization that arranges competition among sports teams or athletes, whether amateur or professional; professional leagues use closed franchise or open promotion-relegation models.
Sports medicine
Sports medicine, also called sport and exercise medicine (SEM), is the medical specialty for preventing, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating sports and exercise injuries, in athletes and nonathletes alike.
Sports Night
Sports Night is Aaron Sorkin's American half-hour comedy-drama about producers of a nightly cable sports newscast modeled on ESPN's SportsCenter; it ran two seasons on ABC (1998-2000), 45 episodes, won 3 Emmys, and was canceled for low ratings.
Sports nutrition
Sports nutrition: the evidence-based study and practice of diet, hydration, and supplements for athletic performance. Covers carbohydrate, protein, and fat guidance, energy availability (REDs), and supplement evidence from ACSM, ISSN, and IOC positions.
Sports teams in Florida
Sports teams in Florida: 10 major franchises (12 with Inter Miami CF and Orlando Pride) across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, plus Grapefruit League spring training for 15 MLB teams, minor and women's pro leagues, and championship history.
Sports-related curses
Sports-related curses: folk hexes blamed for team failures, chiefly baseball's Curse of the Bambino (Babe Ruth sale, ended 2004) and Curse of the Billy Goat (1945, ended 2016), plus Mayo, Colavito, and Ramsey curses.
SportsCenter
SportsCenter (SC) is ESPN's flagship daily sports news and highlights show, first aired September 7, 1979, hosted by George Grande and Lee Leonard; it pioneered the studio sports-highlight format and reached 50,000 episodes by 2012.
Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park, later Busch Stadium, was the St. Louis ballpark at Grand and Dodier, home of the AL Browns 1902-1953 and NL Cardinals 1920-1966, site of the 1944 all-St. Louis World Series, demolished in 1966.