29 (number) - Sport

Sport

  • The Olympiad number of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • The retired S.L. Benfica shirt number in memory of Miklos Feher.
  • The number of CMS Baseball Star John "Zach" "Jay-Z" England
  • The highest possible score in a hand of Cribbage or Khanhoo.
  • The jersey number 29 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 John Smoltz.
      • The California Angels, now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Minnesota Twins, both for Hall of Famer Rod Carew.
    • In the NFL:
      • The St. Louis Rams, for Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson.
    • In the NHL:
      • The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Ken Dryden.
    • No NBA team has retired the number, which is rarely issued.
  • A 29er is a mountain bike with 29 inch wheels.

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Famous quotes containing the word sport:

    “How long, then, Catiline, while you abuse our patience? How long is this madness of yours to make sport of us?”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    “For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
    —Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)

    “If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can’t go at dawn and not many places he can’t go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking—one sport you shouldn’t have to reserve a time and a court for.”
    —Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)