"It's sort of like a world on its own. There's no other sport where you're really going up and down.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

There is literally concrete evidence of their work." Tony Hawk says skateboarding was once a sport on the edge of society.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

An international agreement on protecting endangered animals and plants provides for sport hunting of white rhinos in Africa.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Blacks were not permitted to play on professional baseball teams or in any other major league sport.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Experts say NASCAR is the second most watched sport on American television, behind footfall.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Curling is a team sport played on ice.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Bill DeMong says that growing up in Lake Placid, New York,with the 26-story tall large hill jump tower on the horizon, he was always exposed to the sport.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Demong told VOA sports that his main lesson of 2002 was to have fun on the slopes, and not worry about trying to earn the United States a first Olympic medal in the sport.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31