In Sports
- John Black (footballer) (born 1957), Scottish footballer
- John Black (footballer born 1900) (1900–1993), Scottish footballer
- John Black (baseball) (1890–1962), Major League Baseball first baseman
- John Black (sport shooter) (1882–1924), Canadian Olympic sport shooter
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Short of a wholesale reform of college athleticsa complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and powerthe womens programs are just as doomed as the mens are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if thats the kind of success for womens sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)