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	Wild card
		Wild card: In playing card terms, a wild card is a card that can be assigned any value its holder desires.
		A wild card can be a pre-assigned card, such as any 2 (deuce) or the jack of spades, for example, or a special card, usually one of the jokers.
		In sport, the term wild card refers to a team that qualifies for that sporting league's (association; etc.) playoffs that is one of several high achieving teams that did not obtain the best win-loss record in their specific subdivision (usually called a conference or division) of that sporting league.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Wild_card.html (116 words)

	Golf (card game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Golf is not one, but two different card games where players try to earn the lowest number of points (as in golf, the sport) over the course of nine deals (or "holes" to further use golfing teminology).
		The first is a form of solitaire with a tableau of 35 face-up cards and a higher ratio of skill to luck than most other solitaire card games.
		Cards may be moved from the tableau to the foundation if they are either one rank higher or one rank lower than the top card of the foundation, regardless of suit, but nothing may be played on top of a King.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Golf_(playing_cards) (1112 words)

	Sports Fantasy: Fantasy Sports
		He started Wild Card Sports, because he was sick and tired of playing in fantasy sports leagues that fell apart quickly.
		Basketball is a sport where you can feel the excitement with the speedy ball as it goes through the basket.
		Water ski is a sport where your excitement would float and ski along with your players in the water.
	www.wildcardsports.com /aboutus.htm (351 words)

	Another Great Season with the Wild Card
		Before the Wild Card the playoffs were a four team affair and most of those slots would have been locked up already by the usual suspects - the Braves, Cardinals, Twins, and Yankees - who as usual are just figuring out the very best way to break the hearts of Red Sox Nation.
		The wild card race in the NL involves the Dodgers, Giants, Padres, Astros, Cubs, Marlins and at least statistically the Phillies too.
		While the main battle in the National League is for the Wild Card the Angels, Rangers and Red Sox are all struggling to unseat division favorites in the Yankee and A’s who've always seem to land atop their divisions in the immediate past.
	www.athomeplate.com /wildcard2.shtml (750 words)

	The Daily Texan - Wild card harms baseball
		Conveniently, the Cards were scheduled to face the Astros in what should have been a historic matchup of epic proportions, analogous to 1993's race between the Giants and the Braves for one postseason spot.
		No, thanks to the baseball goons that introduced the wild card 7 years ago, a nation of future fans of America's pastime were forever robbed of the beauty of experiencing a pennant race.
		Bear in mind that even with the addition of the wild card, the American League "pennant races" were decided weeks before the season's end, prompting even die-hard fans to become lackadaisical about a national pastime that was peaking in popularity before the 1994 strike.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=2e177f16-4c84-462a-957b-eac48bac2061 (892 words)

	XSNsports.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Champions from each of these individual tournaments, plus (2) two Wild Cards will be invited to play in the XSN Sports World Championships, which will be a live event held in Los Angeles over a two day period.
		This Tournament is open solely to residents of the 50 United States (except MD and VT), the District of Columbia, and Canada (except the province of Quebec).
		If the potential Wild Card winners cannot be reached after two attempts, those individuals will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected.
	www.xsnsports.com /XSWC/OfficialRules (2559 words)

	NASCAR.COM - Kahne earns 'wild card' entry in Winner's Circle - Mar 23, 2006
		Kahne joins the Winner's Circle Program as a "wild card," leaving one more "wild card" slot open to an additional race winner this season that is not already in the program.
		Two "wild card" slots are available each year, making a total of 12 maximum spots open for the program in any season.
		Kahne and the Evernham team are joining some of the biggest names in the sport on the Winner's Circle Program, including Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, and Matt Kenseth, as well as some of the sport's rising stars such as Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman.
	www.nascar.com /2006/news/headlines/official/03/23/kkahne.winners.circle/index.html (449 words)

	SI.com - Tennis - Wimbledon wild-card bids for Brits trimmed from six to four - Wednesday April 23, 2003 11:54 AM
		Bates said rankings will be used as a guideline for the four automatic wild cards into the men's singles draw.
		Felgate, who guided Tim Henman into the ATP top 10 rankings, said that all six wild cards were not being decided by the playoff tournament because some of the top players had earned the right to a wild card over the year.
		The announcement was made at the LTA's annual briefing where Felgate outlined his plans for the future of the sport in Britain.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/news/2003/04/23/brits_wimbledon (467 words)

	Mirror.co.uk - Sport - Tennis - WILD THINGS FEAR WORST
		Wild card Katie O'Brien takes on Belgian Kim Clijsters, back at SW19 after an injury-disrupted 18 months.
		Another British wild card, Rebecca Llewellyn, faces US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the No.5 seed who reached the Eastbourne semi-finals yesterday.
		British No.1 Elena Baltacha, who has also been handed a wild card, takes on a qualifier in her first-round match.
	www.mirror.co.uk /sport/tennis/tm_objectid=15641072&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=tennis--wild-things-fear-worst-name_page.html (137 words)

	DM: Tradition of MLB doesn't fit well with new wild card playoffs
		In its second full year, the wild card is keeping baseball fans tuned into the daily scores and standings more so than Septembers past.
		A short time ago I would have been gung ho about the wild card and what it has done for baseball, but I have made some strong stands as of late dealing with professional sports' most exciting game (I know, another argument for another time).
		To understand why the wild card hurts the tradition of baseball, you must first understand the tradition of baseball and its pennant races.
	www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/96/9609/960919/960919S4landry.html (1150 words)

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		Her sire is WILD CARD, an elite Hanoverian stallion standing at Stonecrop Farm in North Carolina.
		Wild Card, who was the AHS Sport Horse Stallion of the Year in 2001, set the auction record in
		The Damsire of Wild Rose is Calme (E), who has produced the most dressage horses qualifying for national awards of all Holsteiner stallions in the U.S. Wild Rose will be registered with ISR/Oldenberg NA.
	home.neb.rr.com /wildrose (148 words)

	Sport and Health Clubs Public News: Legg Mason Wild Card Challenge, June 6-15 at Arlington Y Sport & Health(May ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Arlington Y Tennis and Squash Club is part of Sport and Health Clubs, Washington’s largest family of health clubs, with 29 locations in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
		A USTA/Mid-Atlantic Section Sectional Championship event, the Legg Mason Wild Card Challenge at Sport and Health Clubs offers singles players and doubles teams from around the region the chance for a title that could be an important stepping stone in a burgeoning career.
		The main draws for this year’s Legg Mason Tennis Classic have been reduced to 48 singles players and 16 doubles teams (from 56 and 28, respectively), making spots in the main draw even more coveted, as wild cards are also diminished (five to four in the main draw and from three to two in doubles).
	www.sportandhealth.com /club/scripts/view/view_pubnews.asp?GRP=&pg=home&NS=&PID=2330&APP=57 (778 words)

	Jansher receives wild card -DAWN - Sport; September 11, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: Former world champion Jansher Khan has been granted a wild card for next month’s $25,000 CAS Open Squash Championship in Peshawar as he prepares to make his international comeback.
		But Jansher was refused the wild card for this month’s CNS Championship in Karachi that precedes the CAS tournament by the PSF, who told him he had to appear in the trials to be eligible.
		After that refusal by the PSF Jansher reportedly made attempts for a wild card for this December’s World Open in Belgium.
	www.dawn.com /2002/09/11/spt15.htm (300 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Tennis : Wild card for Sanam, Jeevan
		The Hindu : Sport / Tennis : Wild card for Sanam, Jeevan
		NEW DELHI: Sanam Singh, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan along with Purav Raja and Vijit Sehgal have been given the wild cards for the State Bank of Saurashtra National grass court tennis championship to be played at the DSOI Complex, Dhaula Kuan, here from Monday.
		In the women's section, the wild cards have gone to Vishaka Sheoran, Shweta Solanki, Shalini Sahoo and Renuka Keshwani.
	www.hindu.com /2005/12/18/stories/2005121809671600.htm (245 words)

	Celizic: Thankful for wild-card races - Baseball - MSNBC.com
		In the American, six teams are fighting for three playoff spots, including the AL East and West and the wild card.
		The Yankees are in the middle of the AL East and the wild card, carried along by a “Who’s he?” pitching rotation that includes Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon, a bullpen that’s come to rely on former Red Sox reliever Alan Embree and an infield that features another former Boston player, Mark Bellhorn.
		When Bud Selig slipped the wild card past the owners 10 years ago, a lot of people said it was an abomination and proof that the game was going to perdition in a hand basket.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/9220395 (849 words)

	Editorial: At Centre Court / Wimbledon tennis continues to transcend mere sport
		Moreover, he entered the tournament as a wild card, courtesy of the club; his world ranking had dropped to 125th.
		Venus Williams, the women's champion, seemed to be humbled by her decisive win, even though she is an old hand.
		As sports fads come and go, it's reassuring to know that there will always be a Wimbledon.
	www.post-gazette.com /forum/20010716edwim16p4.asp (235 words)

	Cool Running :: World Track and Field Championships in Athens: Expect A Wild (Card) Affair
		The most notable aspect of this world meet is the inclusion of star athletes through the back door via a wild card provision.
		Whether this is good for the sport remains to be seen, but that how it is and that's how it is going to be.
		Morceli, who dominated the sport for nearly all of the 90s, has looked extremely mortal recently, while El Guerrouj has been on a mission ever since he climbed off the tartan in Atlanta.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/6/6_1/253.shtml (1531 words)

	Legg Mason Tennis Classic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The deadline for entry into the 2003 Legg Mason Wild Card Challenge at Sport & Health Clubs is June 2nd.
		This tournament, held at the Arlington Y Tennis & Squash Club, is a fully sanctioned USTA/Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championship that offers a coveted singles and doubles main draw Wild Card into the 2003 Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
		For information on the Wild Card Challenge, rules and eligibility or for a downloadable.PDF application, please visit the 2003 Legg Mason Wild Card Challenge at Sport & Health Clubs Homepage.
	www.leggmasontennisclassic.com /news4.asp (86 words)

	Legg Mason Tennis Classic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Legg Mason Wild Card Challenge is the only regional event in the world to offer both a singles and doubles Wild Card into the main draw of an ATP Event.
		You must present a current USTA membership card or purchase a membership at the tournament (Cost: $25 per year).
		Sport and Health is 3 blocks on your left.
	www.leggmasontennisclassic.com /wildcard.asp (487 words)

	Wild Card for SA parks - SouthAfrica.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A Wild Card for individuals gives unlimited access to the national park of the buyer's choice for a year (or six months, for SADC residents), and costs R95.
		A Wild Card for couples (two adults) costs R175 for one national park or R225 for all national parks for a year.
		A family Wild Card (two adults and their dependent school-going children) costs R195 for one national park or R245 for all national parks for a year.
	www.southafrica.info /plan_trip/holiday/wildlife/wildcard.htm (514 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox / With everything in order, it may be just the start they needed
		We do not know what this game means for sure, other than it's baseball, and there is no more meaningless sampling in American sport than one baseball game.
		No one wants to hear any more talk about how good this team should be, and what it can accomplish.
		In their defense, last night was one of the few times this season Francona was able to write down all the names onto the lineup card that he wanted.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/07/07/with_everything_in_order_it_may_be_just_the_start_they_needed (225 words)

	How Wild Card Race Works Wonders-BlackAthlete Sports Network
		This season, the American League Wild Card race is contested between three teams: Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and Anaheim Angels.
		In addition to the Wild Card race, three of the four teams (Anaheim, Texas, and Oakland) are competing for the A. West division title.
		In addition to the Wild Card race, each team in their respective divisions has an opportunity to be competitive.
	www.blackathlete.net /Baseball/090404.shtml (951 words)

	Sport: Wild card by Joseph Romanos \| New Zealand Listener
		But when they have exceptional ability, like a John McEnroe or a Hurricane Higgins, their appeal can be irresistible.
		He has been disqualified from tournaments, suspended from the PGA tour, played while drunk, shot scores in the 80s and refused to sign his card, abused fellow players, walked out on his playing partners, smashed his putter during a round, been into alcohol and drugs rehab repeatedly, married four times.
		There will be better sport played this year, but for emotion and drama it will be hard to beat the scenes after the finish of the Buick event.
	www.listener.co.nz /printable,1554.sm (1392 words)

	Sport \| Navratilova gets Wimbledon wild card
		Martina Navratilova, 47, will play singles at Wimbledon for the first time since she lost the final against Spain's Conchita Martinez 10 years ago after being awarded one of the remaining three women's wild cards yesterday.
		Navratilova made her grand slam comeback in Paris last month when she was beaten in the first round 6-1, 6-3 by Gisella Dulko of Argentina.
		The other two women's wild cards are Britain's Emily Webley-Smith and Katie O'Brien, with three other British men's wild cards in Arvind Parmar, Mark Hilton and Richard Bloomfield.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4945895-108554,00.html (216 words)

	ESPN.com - TENNIS - One men's wild card still undecided
		LONDON -- Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia and Alexandra Stevenson of the United States were the only non-British players Tuesday to receive wild cards for singles at Wimbledon.
		One more wild card in men's singles is yet to be announced for Wimbledon, which begins June 25.
		The British players granted wild cards were: Lee Childs, Barry Cowan, Jamie Delgado, Mark Hilton, Martin Lee and Arvind Parmar in men's singles and Lucie Ahl, Elena Baltacha, Hannah Collin, Anne Keothavong, Louise Latimer, Julie Pullin and Lorna Woodroffe in the women's.
	sports.espn.go.com /tennis/news/2001/0612/1212916.html (168 words)

	Wild-Card Teams Are Baseball's Trump Play (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Baseball is an individual sport in a team framework.
		The wild card also eliminates an obvious inequity: If only divisional champions qualified, a team that deserves to be in the postseason could be frozen out because it's in the same division as an overpowering team.
		It would be unfair to keep them out of the postseason, but without the wild card, they'd be sitting at home in October.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/08/03/SP68077.DTL&type=special (769 words)

	ESPN.com: TENNIS - Philippoussis, Zvereva receive Wimbledon wild cards
		The other men's wild cards are James Auckland, Alex Bogdanovic, Jamie Delgado, Arvind Palmar and Barry Cowen.
		The women's wild cards are Lucie Ahl, Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong, Jane O'Donoghue, Julie Pullin and Rachel Viollet.
		Juan Carlos Ferrero, runner-up to Albert Costa in the French Open final Sunday, was paired with fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo for a men's doubles wild card.
	espn.go.com /tennis/news/2002/0610/1393200.html (167 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Tennis - Murray wild card a future investment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Goran Ivanisevic, a man better known for breaking British hearts after he beat Tim Henman in the Wimbledon semi-final of 2001, is a co-director of the event and offered Murray a wild card to come and compete for the £30,000 winner's cheque.
		So, to help him on his way, Ivanisevic gave the tournament's last wild card to Murray.
		Wherever Scotland's finest goes, he makes news and on the business side of running a sports event, all news is good news.
	sport.scotsman.com /tennis.cfm?id=145482006 (889 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Wild card pick Verplank in form for Ryder Cup
		RTÉ.ie Sport - Wild card pick Verplank in form for Ryder Cup
		Wild card pick Verplank in form for Ryder Cup
		Three weeks before the biggest tournament of his life, Scott Verplank carded a four-under-par 66 for a one-shot lead over Dicky Pride and Paul Gow after three rounds of the Canadian Open.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2001/0909/canadianopen.html (285 words)

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