Sports
By Amelia Vogler
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September 8, 2010
What is considered a sport?
That's the age-old question, isn't it? A few nights ago, my friends and I, being the philosophical types that we are, arrived at this basic yet puzzling question.
We pondered this perplexity for a few moments, but in the end decided it is truly too hard to draw out a list that is absolute.
I'm discussing this topic because of the looming NASCAR races at Richmond International Raceway this Friday and Saturday, which my friends and I are planning on attending (P.s., you don't say: "We're going to NASCAR." You say: "We're going to the race." That's the proper race lingo.)
But really, who decides what is considered a sport anyway?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines sport as: (n.) 1.