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The Olympic Games |
Date: 776 BCE Platform: Field games (various) Region of Origin: Ancient Greece Significance: -International competition -Amateurism? -Nationalism --Dark side: Germans as racially superior duringNazism --Eg: Eero Mantyranta and his Primary Familial andCongeital Polycythemia -Sports as a proxy for politics/war |
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Association Football (Soccer) |
Date: 1848 Developer: Unknown Platform: Ball game Region of Origin: England Significance: -Most popular sport in the world -Very team oriented -Very simple for a team sport -Elegant, ease of play -The side effects of simplicity |
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Cricket |
Date: ~1700s CE Developer: Unknown Platform: Bat and Ball game Region of Origin: England Significance: -2nd most popular sport -Team sport, but very individualized -Slow paced, long matched (5 days standard)o --Spirit of the game (“that’s not cricket”) --Have to adhere to high standard of sportsmanship -- Strong sportsmanship --Playing the game right-->To violate = cheating the game itself |
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Basketball |
Date: 1891 CE Developer: James Naismith Platform: Ball game Region of Origin: America Significance: - Can be traced from the exact origin -Tremendously popular -Action -Basic rule are simple, but allows for complex strategy -Different roles (classes) based on skills, size, and strength |
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Tennis |
Date: ~1100 CE Developer: Unknown Platform: Ball and racket game Region of Origin: France Significance: -Player vs. player (rivalries) -Popular for men and women -Old sport, the “game of palms”, played byroyalty -Game defined by contemporaries --Stature of players raised/lowered by competition --Greatplayers playing at the same time--> the best = best ever |
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Golf |
Date: ~1400 CE Developer: Unknown Platform: Ball and club game Region of Origin: Scotland Significance: -Player vs. physics --> competing with thecourse -Player vs. nature -Indirect competition -Nature modified-->creation of gamelandscape --Can compete against self to beat record |
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Formula One |
Date: 1946 Developer: N/A Platform: Motorsport Region of Origin: England Significance: -Sport as atool to magnify human quality -Formula 1 was conduit to being in a world = wayof communicating to people --> where drivers are more than just athlete + tool |
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Madden NFL (series) |
Date: 1988 CE Developer: Trip Hawkins et al. Platform: Sports simulation Region of Origin: USA Significance: -Most popular sport simulation -First real sports simulation -In development since 1985 -Accuracy vs. Enjoyment -Allows players to be general managers andcoaches |
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American Football |
Date: 1862 Developer: Walter Camp Platform: Ball game Region of Origin: USA
Significance: -Most popular American sport -Strategic, turn based, like chess with people -Raw aggression vs. aesthetic beauty -Violence, balancing rules for safety vs. stayingtrue to the game -Super Bowl is the most watched annualsporting event |
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