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	Sport - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The line between sports, games, exercise and play is certainly not clear; games are often redefined as sports when they involve particularly skilled participants, which gives them appeal to non-participants.
		Ice skating and Tai chi for example are sports which come close to artistic spectacles in themselves: to watch these activities comes close to the experience of spectating at a ballet.
		The closeness of art and sport in these times was revealed by the nature of the Olympic Games which, as we have seen, were celebrations of both sporting and artistic achievements, poetry, sculpture and architecture.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Sport (1796 words)

	West Michigan Whitecaps - Feature Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Minor league operators knew they were in trouble and met to discuss protection for their leagues and teams.
		Major league owners¹ motives may not have been altruistic, but minor league baseball was one of the few bright spots in a decade of major league baseball strife.
		The attitude among minor league operators is generally a positive one: the stability the PBA brings outweighs the additional expenses it stipulates.
	www.whitecaps-baseball.com /PRESSBOX/FEATURE98/minors.html (2800 words)

	MINOR LEAGUE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports.
		Junior and Senior hockey leagues are similar, but not exactly equivalent, to minor leagues due to their age and experience restrictions.
		Its only "official" developmental minor league is NFL_Europe.
	www.gottaorderflowers.com /minor_league (467 words)

	SPORT FACTS AND INFORMATION
		A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these.
		Ice skating and Tai_chi, for example, are sports that come close to artistic spectacles in themselves: to watch these activities comes close to the experience of spectating at a ballet.
		In Commonwealth_English, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the collective_noun "sport".
	www.whereintheworldisbush.com /en:Sport (1736 words)

	Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Even until the mid 20th century a person could have been banned from playing Gaelic football, hurling, or other sports administered by the GAA if s/he played or supported soccer, or other games seen to be of British origin.
		The GAA continue to ban the playing of soccer and rugby at Gaelic venues under the controversial Rule 42, although Gaelic games are frequently played on soccer and rugby arenas, particularly outside of Ireland.
		Sport in Africa, Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in France, Sport in India, Sport in Australia, Sports in the United States, Sport in New Zealand
	www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Sport (1716 words)

	Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sports involve competitions and use such physical capabilities as strength, stamina, speed, balance, and dexterity.
		Not only has professionalism helped increase the popularity of sports, but additionally the need to have fun and take a break from a hectic workday or to relieve unwanted stress.
		Similarly, there are other activities that have elements of sport and art in their execution, such as performance art, artistic gymnastics, Bodybuilding, Parkour, Yoga, etc.
	www.free-download-soft.com /info/sport.html (1796 words)

	A Proposal for the Realignment of AA Hockey Leagues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This league now has 31 franchises; as of this update 21 are experiencing a decrease in attendance since this time last season (there are also three new franchises not originally native to either league).
		The CHL was reborn in 1992 as a centrally owned league operated by Ray and Monte Miron and funded by Chicago businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur Horn Chen.
		A minor league version could feature the playoff champions of every AA league, as well as a few at-large teams to fill out the brackets should a single-elimination format be adopted.
	www.hockeyresearch.com /mfoster/realignment/proposal.html (4600 words)

	Sports leagues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The leagues top trophy, the Grey Cup, was donated by Governor-General of Canada Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey in 1909 to the team winning the Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada.
		From the 1930s to the 1950s the two senior leagues of the CRFU (the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union) gradually evolved from amateur to professional leagues.
		In the days when sports teams were financed almost entirely by ticket sales the two leagues were on equal footing and the CFL could sign top U.S. college football stars such as Raghib Ismail and Heisman Trophy winners Doug Flutie and Johnny Rodgers.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Sports-leagues (561 words)

	Where do the Minor Leagues play? Minor League Sports - A Primer (FAQs & Figures) - MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League ...
		People who want to see 'the sport,' sit closer to the action, or see a few games for the cost of one, come out to minor league teams in the 'burbs.
		Travel in and around the minor leagues has been on the rise for the last ten years.
		The minors are the real deal: Sports as it has been played PTVE (Pre Television Era) for centuries.
	www.minorleaguenews.com /features/primer/primer03.html (689 words)

	Minor Sports \| Developmental Leagues - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Minor League Baseball and Local Economic Development (Sport and Society)
		The Boys Who Would Be Cubs: A Year in the Heart of Baseball's Minor Leagues
		Former high school ballplayer Brett Mandel yearned to experience a year in the minor leagues, so he convinced the Ogden (Utah) Raptors, about to embark on their maiden season, to let him chronicle that season from the perspective of a uniformed player.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /minor_sports_\|_developmental_leagues.htm (134 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - American Basketball Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ultimately four ABA teams were absorbed into the older league: the New York Nets, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and San Antonio Spurs.
		The league undertook a new business model upon its return, resulting in an ambitious expansion program beginning with its 2004-2005 season.
		The expansion has had chaotic results, with many teams failing to meet its financial obligations and folding during the course of the season, others being forced to cancel games and curtail their schedules, and the playoff format being revised several times because teams that qualified were failing to appear for games.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/American_Basketball_Association (544 words)

	Open Directory - Sports: Hockey: Ice Hockey: Leagues: Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ottawa and District Minor Hockey Association - ODMHA dedicates itself to promote and foster amateur hockey through fair play, and to increase interest in the game of hockey by ensuring that all organized amateur hockey is developed within the Branch in accordance to prescribed standards.
		Strathroy District Minor Hockey Association - SDMHA is a member of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA).
		Sudbury Minor Hockey Association - Ice hockey in winter and roller hockey in summer for players from novice to Jr A. Team Ohio Hockey - Giving student athletes an avenue to gain the necessary exposure in order to optimize their future opportunities, without sacrificing the valuable experience of playing for their high schools.
	dmoz.org /Sports/Hockey/Ice_Hockey/Leagues/Youth (3060 words)

	sports information site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A sport can be operationally defined as an activity characteristically involving :
		This sports variant index site has been developed to help wayward users find the information they are looking for, no matter how they are mistakenly spelled or mistyped.
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	www.mistyped.info /sports.htm (1817 words)

	United Soccer Leagues (USL)
		The Detroit-based Michigan Bucks announced today the retirement of Jim Duggan as general manager of the minor league soccer franchise he co-founded in 1995 with his bother Dan and the late Paul Scicluna, effective at the end of the year.
		United Soccer Leagues announced Friday that Daniel Frias of the PDL finalist El Paso Patriots has been honored as the 2005 Most Valuable Player for the past regular season as voted on by team coaches and general managers.
		United Soccer Leagues announced Thursday the Premier Development League Coach of the Year award as voted on by the league’s coaches and general managers, honoring Indiana Invaders coach Methembe Ndlovu.
	pdl.uslsoccer.com (369 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Hockey / Minor leagues / For local pair, it's o, Canada
		That's just one of the many adjustments the 17-year-old defenseman has had to make in his two seasons playing in the QMJHL, one of the premier junior hockey leagues in the world and the breeding ground for NHL stars like Mario Lemieux and Martin Brodeur.
		Ryan and Andricopoulos turned down opportunities to play with the USA Hockey developmental program and decided to pass on possible college scholarships to join the Remparts in 2003.
		Last season, the two blueliners helped the Remparts, who were the league's youngest team, reach the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the first round.
	www.boston.com /sports/hockey/minors/articles/2005/01/06/for_local_pair_its_o_canada (521 words)

	Continental Basketball Association biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Continental Basketball Association is a professional men's basketball league in the United States.
		The league views itself as a minor league that develops talent for the National Basketball Association.
		Financial problems arising while Isiah Thomas was owner led to the CBA disbanding on February 8, 2001, with some of its teams moving briefly to the International Basketball League.
	continental-basketball-association.biography.ms (222 words)

	Onscore! Your Online Source to Local Youth and Adult Recreational Sports Leagues
		The Atlantic Coast Football League is in its ninth year and is the area's largest two-hand touch and flag football association with touch and flag football leagues in the winter, spring/summer and fall.
		The League is also seeking baseball scouts to scout the league and run local teams.
		The players in the league have a chance to be recommended as a candidate for the UDA national teams.
	www.onscore.com /sportsnews.htm (5404 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - National Indoor Football League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football association based in the United States.
		The NIFL has teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, AF2.
		In 2005, nine former NIFL teams left the league and formed United Indoor Football (UIF).
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/National_Indoor_Football_League (113 words)

	List of professional sports leagues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NBA D League - NBA Development League (Official Page)
		Adriatic League - competition for elite clubs throughout the former Yugoslavia
		North American Pro Sports Teams - Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues (188 words)

	ECHL biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The ECHL is a professional minor-league double-A hockey association based in the United States and Canada.
		In 2003, the ECHL absorbed the teams of the West Coast Hockey League (Alaska, Bakersfield, Fresno, Idaho, Long Beach, and San Diego) and has since realigned into two conferences with two divisions each.
		Following the merger, the official name of the league was changed from East Coast Hockey League to simply ECHL.
	east-coast-hockey-league.biography.ms (147 words)

	Encyclopedia: Minor leagues
		Updated 268 days 21 hours 16 minutes ago.
		See also: List of developmental and minor sports leagues
		Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Minor-leagues (532 words)

	The NEW Minor League Baseball Webring
		Ed Webbs Wilmington Blue Rocks website.......the Blue Rocks are a carolina league single A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox,they play their home games at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington De.
		MLN is the nation's only all-sport, all-minor league news magazine with original features on players, teams, leagues, business, rivalries and controversies in minor and independent baseball sports news.
		Blog documenting a summer 2005 journey to minor league parks around the country.
	w.webring.com /hub?ring=thenewminorleagu (461 words)

	List of professional sports leagues - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		North American Pro Sports Teams (http://www.angelfire.com/ns/agalley/napsl/napsl1.html) - Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about List of professional sports leagues contains research on
		List of professional sports leagues, Auto racing, Baseball, Basketball, Billiards, Boxing, Bowling, Cricket, Curling, Equestrian, American and Canadian football, Association Football (Soccer), Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Rugby, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Tennis, See also and External Links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sports_league (239 words)

	Banadir sports ice hockey leagues youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This site is dedicated to the advancement of Fair Play, SAFETY and RESPECT, in minor hockey.
		- A great development league for young players interested in improving their skills and possibly moving on to Junior or University hockey.
		- The Illinois Spring Hockey Leauge is a youth spring hockey league with over 330 teams that plays in the Chicagoland area.
	www.hamarey.com /banadir_sports_ice_hockey_league.htm (3834 words)

	Frisco RoughRiders - MindSharer Article Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Frisco RoughRiders are currently the Texas League East Division Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball club.
		The RoughRiders are based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco; they moved to the Metroplex from Shreveport, Louisiana in 2003.
		List of minor league baseball leagues and teams
	articles.mindsharer.com /html/Frisco_RoughRiders (85 words)

	ECHL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The ECHL is a professional hockey minor league based in the United States and Canada, generally regarded as being a tier below the American Hockey League.
		Alaska, Bakersfield, Fresno, Idaho, Las Vegas, Long Beach and San Diego began play in 2003-04 as expansion teams in the league.
		In a change reflective of the nationwide presence of the ECHL, the East Coast Hockey League changed its name to simply ECHL on May 19, 2003.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=ECHL (337 words)

	ECHL - Art History Online Reference and Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The League began play in 1988 with 5 teams, the Carolina Thunderbirds (now the Wheeling Nailers), the Erie Panthers (now the Victoria Salmon Kings), the Johnstown Chiefs, the Knoxville Cherokees (now the Pee Dee Pride), and the Virginia Lancers (the team is currently defunct, last playing as the Lexington Men O' War in 2003).
		Since that time, the League has steadily grown, reaching its largest size in 2003 of 31 teams before being reduced to 28 teams for the 2004 season.
		In 2004, the ECHL added its first Canadian team, the Victoria Salmon Kings of Victoria, British Columbia.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/ECHL (381 words)

	ECHL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Since that time, the League has met with great success, reaching its largest size in 2003 of 31 teams before being reduced to 28 teams for the 2004 season.
		Like any minor league, the ECHL has its share of defunct teams.
		Teams that no longer play within the ECHL are listed below.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/ECHL.htm (415 words)

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