In Sports and Games
- The usual par for an 18 hole golf course, especially those in tournament play.
- The number of victories the Chicago Bulls achieved during the 1995-96 NBA season, which is the National Basketball Association record.
- The number of spaces in a game of Parcheesi, from start space to "home."
- The year that the Colosseum was built.
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Famous quotes containing the words sports and/or games:
“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. Whats 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)
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)