Sports and Games
- Run (American football), an offensive action in American football
- Run (baseball), the unit of scoring in baseball
- Run (cricket), the unit of scoring in cricket
- Run, the unit of scoring in softball
- A variety of events in track and field athletics
- Run (cards), a series of playing cards with consecutive values
- Piste or ski run, a marked trail down a mountain for winter sports
- Run, in sailing, to sail downwind
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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. What’s 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)
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)