SPORTS
(See also Entertainment; Games; Hobbies; Recreation; Relaxation; individual sports by name)
(Note centered headings below: List by Name; Quotations)
accidents: g79 10/22 31; g73 1/8 31
children: g76 5/22 30
announcers: g74 6/22 13
athletes:
“blood doping”: g85 5/8 30; g78 1/22 31; g77 2/8 8; g74 8/8 30
burnout: g84 8/22 29
highest-paid: g75 6/8 31; g73 9/22 30
second wind: g57 5/22 21-23
stars comment on glory received from: g77 7/22 4
use of stimulants: g58 7/8 12
Bible view: g84 8/8 10-12; g84 10/8 12-14; g82 5/22 10-11; g78 6/8 19-20; w76 622-623; yy 117-119; w75 502-503; g69 8/22 3-4; w65 692; w64 382, 535; g64 3/8 19; w63 363; w62 460-461; g60 12/8 28; g59 12/8 15; w52 46; w48 262; g41 11/12 26-28
chaplains: g73 3/8 29-30
cheating: g73 1/8 29; g69 6/22 4
college:
corruption: g51 5/22 17-21
cut down: g72 5/22 31
combat:
view of Witnesses: sj 29
competition: g84 8/8 12; g84 10/8 12-14
cost:
of collegiate: g72 5/22 31
of sporting equipment: g68 5/22 8-9
dangers: g81 12/22 20-23; w78 2/1 8; yy 118-119; g76 5/22 30; g75 4/8 31; g74 2/22 31; g74 4/22 31; g74 12/22 30; g60 7/22 8-10; g59 12/8 12-15; g56 10/8 22; g55 2/22 11; g48 4/8 12; g48 7/8 17-20; g41 11/12 27
permanent disabilities or fatalities caused by: g84 11/8 30-31
discussion: g82 5/22 3-11
effects: yy 118-119; g76 5/22 30; g71 9/22 7-8
experiences: w70 356, 603; yb70 157-158, 210, 216, 278-279; g70 8/8 4; g70 12/22 8-11; w69 573; yb68 237-238
basketball player explains why he quit: g75 2/8 29
basketball players accept truth: g85 5/22 21-25; g84 2/22 14-16
bicycle racer accepts truth: g75 8/8 7-8
boxers accept truth: g81 11/8 16-20; g80 9/22 16-21; w79 8/1 22; w76 204
boxer tames violent disposition: w83 10/1 6-7
discus thrower accepts truth: w76 293-294
football players accept truth: g75 9/22 16-21
girl gymnast accepts truth: g71 9/22 6-8
karate champion accepts truth: g84 12/22 12-16
life story of a former soccer player: g81 5/22 16-19
Rugby player enters full-time preaching work: w73 52-53
soccer players accept truth: yb82 101; g79 11/8 16-20; g78 6/8 20; g71 4/8 23
sports enthusiast accepts truth: w82 4/1 10
gambling: g85 4/22 29; g76 3/8 30; w74 579-580
gladiators: w79 6/1 6-7, 12-13; ad 621; g62 1/22 30; w61 251, 558; bd 9; g53 7/22 21-24; g41 11/12 26
Greece (ancient): ad 620-621, 689, 1423; g70 8/8 4
Greece (modern): g82 9/22 31
dogs trained to deal with unruly fans: g77 4/8 30-31
hatred toward opponents: g76 9/8 29
hero worship: g79 11/8 19-20; w74 145-146; g73 5/22 29-30; g73 9/8 30; w72 539; w52 46
international sports:
real objective: g80 6/22 30
involving cruelty to animals: g80 6/22 7
lessons that can be learned from: g81 7/22 25-27
motives for engaging in: w78 2/1 8
Olympics: g84 8/8 3-11; g77 2/8 5-9; g73 2/22 13-15; g72 10/8 30; g72 10/22 29; w70 355; g68 4/8 30; g68 8/8 24-26; w67 399-400; g64 3/22 29; g64 12/22 23-24; bf 190; g57 3/8 3-4; g52 11/8 5-7, 25-27; g48 6/22 9-10
cheating: g77 2/8 8
effect of nationalism on: g84 8/8 6-8
gold medals: g84 8/8 7
history: g77 2/8 6
Olympic flame: g84 8/8 10-11
Olympic Oath: g84 8/8 6
origin: g84 8/8 4-5, 10
religious aspect: g84 8/8 10
use of drugs: g84 8/8 8
participation: g72 11/22 9-10
recreational athletics:
injuries from: g78 10/22 30
religious: g75 6/8 29; g73 6/8 31
riots at sports events: g81 1/22 30; g81 6/22 30; g80 6/8 29-30; g78 6/8 17-18; g74 6/22 13; g73 10/22 30; w70 356; g67 11/8 30; g64 7/8 29; g64 8/8 17-19
priest leads riot: g78 4/22 29-30
school sports: sj 23; w75 502-503
Soviet Union: g72 12/8 30
spectators: g79 3/8 22-24
violence caused by nationalism: w85 9/15 13
stadium in Hawaii: g76 5/8 15
television’s effect: g53 3/22 16-18
thanking God for a victory: w80 9/15 14
ticket scalpers: g73 7/22 31
vandalism: g70 2/22 6-7
violence: w85 9/15 13; g82 4/22 31; g82 5/22 4-8; g79 11/8 19; g75 5/8 30; g75 6/22 29; g74 1/22 30
comment of an umpire: g83 7/8 28
witch doctors: g74 7/22 31
zeal for: w68 462-463
List by Name
automobile racing: g81 12/22 23; g80 6/22 31; g70 3/22 6-7
baseball: g76 5/22 30; g58 5/22 13-15; g57 11/8 21-24; g57 12/22 17-20; g53 3/22 17-18
injuries: g79 7/22 30
restrictions on beer sales at major league games: g85 8/8 30
basketball: g75 2/8 29; g75 6/8 29
injuries: g79 7/22 30
Meyers, David (life story): g85 5/22 21-25
bicycle racing: g75 8/8 7-8
boating: g60 7/22 9-10; g59 8/8 18
boxing: g75 6/8 31; g74 6/8 29; g71 5/8 30; g70 3/22 6; w64 295, 382; g63 5/22 30; g62 4/22 16; w61 372; g61 2/22 25; g60 9/22 20; g60 12/8 28; g59 12/8 12-15; g51 1/22 17-19; g48 7/8 18-20
Christian view: w81 7/1 30-31
deaths from: g81 1/8 31
doctors’ view of: g83 11/22 29
effect on brain: g84 7/22 29
harmfulness of: w83 2/15 27
increase in homicide after prizefights: g85 4/8 30
life story of French national champion: g85 12/22 18-22
rigged fights: g80 9/22 17
San José, Francisco and Carlos (life story): g80 9/22 16-21
bullfighting: g69 8/22 7-8; g67 1/8 20; g52 4/22 13-14; g51 6/8 23; g48 4/8 12-16; g41 11/12 27
cockfighting: yb85 14; ad 362; g62 5/22 31; g61 2/8 22-23; g52 4/22 15; g50 1/8 20-23
fish fighting: g52 4/22 14-15
fishing: w67 766; g62 9/8 11; w61 542; g60 1/22 8; g55 2/22 10-11; w54 286-287; w50 155
football (American): g82 5/22 4-6; w76 421-422; g75 4/8 31; g75 9/22 16-21; g73 3/8 29-30; g72 12/8 30; g71 11/22 29; w70 355-356; g61 12/22 30; g55 2/22 21-23
comment by John McMurtry: g84 8/8 12
far more Americans watched (the Super Bowl) than bothered to vote in the 1984 presidential election (quote): g85 4/22 29
gambling: g85 4/22 29
games in U.S. have all the external trappings of religious festivals (quote): g80 12/22 22-23
injuries: g84 4/22 30; g79 5/22 30; g79 7/22 30; g76 6/8 30
instilling a winning spirit: g78 3/22 31
players’ blood pressure: g78 8/8 30
prayer for victory: g76 11/8 30
Simpson’s (O. J.) comment on his success: g77 12/8 29
Super Bowl: g85 4/22 29
footracing: w58 560-561; w56 241, 245-246, 248-249; g54 6/22 29
golf: g70 12/22 8-11
gymnastics:
time required to become an expert gymnast: g84 10/8 13-14
hang gliding: g81 12/22 22-23; g77 9/22 29
dangers: g78 5/8 30
hiking: g73 8/22 24-27
hockey: g75 5/8 30; g74 1/22 30; g74 8/8 30
parents taking their children’s playing too seriously: g78 3/22 31
horse racing: g80 8/8 3; g74 7/8 30; g72 10/22 26; g52 4/22 14; g48 10/8 18-19
hunting: w83 7/15 25; g83 5/22 3-13; g76 3/22 18-19; ad 803-804; w67 766; g62 5/8 15; g62 9/8 8-11; w61 542; g60 1/22 8; w54 286-287; w50 155; g50 12/22 6; w49 347-349; g41 11/12 27; s 288-289; w38 356-361; en 65
ice skating: g58 12/22 10-11
jogging:
addiction to: g84 5/8 30-31
discussion: g80 12/22 5-11
first-person article: g80 12/22 27-28
injuries: g78 11/8 31
jogger fined for running into woman: g81 1/22 29
judo: sj 29; g75 12/8 28-29; g72 9/8 8
karate: sj 29; g75 12/8 28-29
Bible view: g84 12/22 15-16
dangers: g84 12/22 12-13, 15
dishonesty in tournaments: g84 12/22 13-14
La Rose, Harold (life story): g84 12/22 12-16
kite flying: g73 3/22 24-26
mountaineering: g81 12/22 21-22; g70 3/22 7; g30 12/24 195-203
roller skating:
injuries: g79 12/8 31
savate (French boxing):
life story of Christian Paturel: g85 12/22 18-22
skiing: g74 3/8 30-31; g73 1/8 31; g65 2/22 29; g58 12/22 8-9; g47 2/8 14-15
accidents: g80 9/22 31
despite blindness: g78 6/22 30
injuries: g79 7/22 30
skin diving: g66 8/8 17-20; g63 8/8 24-27; g55 2/22 9-11
skydiving: g70 3/22 7; g67 11/8 29-30
snowmobiling: g71 1/22 30
soccer: g82 5/22 6-7; g81 1/22 30; g81 5/22 16-19; w80 9/15 14; g80 6/8 29-30; g79 11/8 16-20; g78 6/8 16-19; g77 4/8 30-31; g75 6/22 29; w70 356; g64 7/8 29; g64 8/8 17-19; g62 11/8 24-26
riots: g85 8/22 29
World Soccer Cup (1982): g83 1/8 17-19
speedway racing: g79 9/22 21-23
stock car racing: g73 9/8 30
sumo wrestling:
life story of a former sumo wrestler: g83 6/8 16-19
rate of diabetics among sumo wrestlers: g77 9/8 30
surfing: g82 8/22 12-16; g82 9/22 31; g73 7/22 16-19; g53 11/22 16
swimming: g82 1/8 31; g78 4/8 26; g73 6/22 17-19; g72 1/22 30; ad 1563; g71 7/8 10-12; g71 8/8 16-19; g65 1/8 19; g61 8/8 16-18, 31; g60 7/22 8-9; g59 8/8 18; g56 10/8 21-23
tennis: g74 12/22 30
time required to be a tennis champion: g84 10/8 13
track: w71 334; w67 630-634; g62 3/22 30
reflections of an Olympic track star: w76 419-426
“tubing”: g78 5/8 30
wrestling: g70 3/22 6; w64 382; w61 372; g60 12/8 28; g53 3/22 19-20
Quotations
governments have shown a historical tendency to use sports as a political tool: g84 8/8 30
human anatomy not constructed for games men play today: w78 2/1 8
sports asked to serve as handmaiden to politics, militarism, and patriotism: g84 8/8 7
sports should be fun for the participant: g84 10/8 14