Sports
- Under NCAA rules for men's basketball, the offensive team has 35 seconds to attempt a shot.
- The jersey number 35 has been retired by several North American sports teams in honor of past playing greats or other key figures:
- In Major League Baseball:
- The Atlanta Braves, for Hall of Famer Phil Niekro.
- The Chicago White Sox, for Frank Thomas.
- The San Diego Padres, for Randy Jones.
- In the NBA:
- The Boston Celtics, for Reggie Lewis.
- The Indiana Pacers, for Roger Brown.
- The Utah Jazz, for Darrell Griffith.
- In the NHL:
- The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Tony Esposito.
- In MotoGP, 35 is the rider number of British rider, Cal Crutchlow.
- In Major League Baseball:
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)