Double - Sports

Sports

  • Double (association football), the act of a wining a division and primary cup competition in the same season
  • Double (baseball), a two-base hit in baseball
    • The Double (Seattle Mariners), a specific instance of the above that occurred during the 1995 Major League Baseball season
  • Double, a snooker shot where the player tries to pot a ball via one cushion
  • Double (cricket), the feat of scoring a thousand first-class runs and taking a hundred first-class wickets in a single season
  • The Double (Gaelic games), the act of winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in the same year
  • The Double (auto racing), in auto racing, the act of a driver attempting to race in two races on the same day during the United States Memorial Day weekend.

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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)

    Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    Come, my Celia, let us prove
    While we may the sports of love;
    Time will not be ours forever,
    He at length our good will sever.
    Ben Jonson (1572–1637)