Others say it was a smart business move -- like his decision to create a regional sports network on cable television.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Research has linked participation in sports to positive effects like better self-image, fewer teen pregnancies and higher grades.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or the pool.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

The winter sports Americans like to take part in often depend on where they live.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

And people active in water-sports like to dive and row boats in kelp forests.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The trophies showed people doing sports like baseball, tennis or bowling.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Like many other sports, rock climbing can be dangerous.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Or they have no winter sports tradition,like Peru, But Jamaican, Kenyan and Peruvian winter Olympic hopefuls have found the perfect snowy training ground in the American West.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

It is truly the people! Nobody loves sports like the people of Chicago,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.16