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WHAT IS A SPORT?

I have often heard people, in bars, at games, on the web, debate the age old question "What is a "SPORT"?

I have come up with a very accurate description of what the definition of a sport is. Try it. It works.

Here is my simple criteria:

If the activity in question can be engaged in without any appreciable drop off in performance while smoking a cigarette, it is NOT a sport.

Try a few:

Hockey? IS a sport. Clearly cant be played while smoking a cigarette.

Football? IS a sport. Same as hockey.

Car racing? IS a sport. You can drive a car while smoking a cigarette but, RACE one? No way.

Bowling? IS a sport. You can smoke while bowling but you kind of have to put the cig down before rolling.

Pool and billiards? Borderline. Ive see some good pool players shoot with cigarettes in their mouths, but I tend to believe they would be even better if they put the butt down before shooting.

Baseball? IS a sport. You could get away with smoking if the ball was never hit to you. But BATTING? No way.

Golf? IS a sport. You can smoke while riding or walking to the next hole but you have to put down the cig when actually hitting the ball.

Poker? NO WAY! (Sorry, ESPN!) You can play poker with TEN lit cigarettes in your mouth and it wouldnt change a thing. It might even make you BETTER.

So, there it is. Try it yourself. (Rugby, soccer, tiddly winks, chess, checkers, surfing and snowboarding (I said CIGARETTES!), bungie jumping, horse racing, etc.) Works every time!

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• Los Angeles (5),
• Anaheim Ducks (5),
• NHL (5),
• Opinion (5),
• NHL Pacific (2),
• 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs (2),
• Teemu Selanne (1),
• Soccer (1)

The Short List What Tigershark thinks about sport's most pressing questions

• Favorite Athletes

  Barry Sanders, Zoe Bell, Secretariat, Teemu Selanne, Ray Nitschke, Max Mcgee, Kelly Slater, Chris Pronger, Scott Stevens, Marty Turco, JS Giguere, Jack Lambert, Martin Brodeuer, Jurgen Klinsmann, Layne Beachley, Mia Hamm, Scott Niedermeyer, HOPE SOLO!!, Bonnie Blair

• Favorite Sports Teams

  Green Bay Packers, Anaheim Ducks, UCLA, Los Angeles Lakers

• Favorite Coaches

  Phil Jackson, Juergen Klinsmann

• All Time Sports Moment

  1980 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey - USA 4 : USSR 3 // Secretariat wins the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths.

• Most Memorable Game Attended

  Anaheim Ducks beat the Sens in Game 5 to win the Stanley Cup // My first trip to Lambeau Field.

• Most Unbreakable Sports Record

  Brett Favre's streak of 275 consecutive starts while contemplating retirement.

• Ruth or Mays?

  Mays.

• Unitas or Montana?

  Montana. No contest.

• Jordan or Russell?

  Russell (11 Championships in 13 years)

• Gretzky or Orr?

  Dave Schultz

• Pele or Maradona?

  Diego Maradona is an obnoxious little squirt who INVENTED diving as a legitimate strategy. Now, they ALL do it. Pele in a landslide.

• Federer or Sampras?

  Kournikova

• Tiger or Nicklaus?

  Tiger.

• Petty or Earnhardt?

  Richard "The King" Petty

• Schumacher or Senna?

  Raikkonen (Sorry, I like Finland.)

• Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

  Pac 10

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