Sports
- Throw (grappling), a martial arts and grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent
- Throwing (cricket), bowling a delivery in cricket with an elbow flexion degree higher than that set by the ICC
- Knife throwing, the art of throwing a knife at a target
- Disc golf, golf-like sport played by throwing flying discs.
- Throwing events are:
- Discus throw
- Hammer throw
- Javelin throw
- Shot put
- Match fixing, or throwing a game, meaning to intentionally lose
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“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)
“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)