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., aaron, accordion, acoustic gramophone, althea gibson, ante, arm, arthur ashe, arthur robert ashe, ashe, assist, auto-changer, b. b. king, babe ruth, baccarat, back, bad, bagpipe, balk, ball-hawking, ball carrier, bandsman, baseball card, baseline, base runner, beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, berra, bid, bidding, big bill tilden, billie jean king, billie jean moffitt king, blindman's bluff, blindman's buff, blocker, bobby orr, body english, boodle, break, bridge player, budge, bush leaguer, caddie, caddy, call in, cardsharp, cardsharper, card shark, card sharp, card sharper, carl yastrzemski, cartridge, catcher, cat and mouse, cat and rat, cello, center, center field, changer, charades, check, chemin de fer, chess master, chicago, chinese checkers, chinese chequers, chrissie evert, christine marie evert, chris evert, connolly, connors, contractor, cork, cornerback, corner kick, court, crib, cribbage, cue ball, cut, cut down, cut out, cy young, danton true young, davis, deal, declarer, die, dimaggio, disqualified, don budge, doubleton, double dribble, draw, draw poker, dribbler, duke ellington, dunker, dwight davis, dwight filley davis, edward kennedy ellington, elder hand, eldest hand, ellington, embouchure, error, euchre, evert, fabulously, fair catch, fake, field, field general, first, first base, five hundred, football hero, fruit machine, gambit, game misconduct, gehrig, george herman ruth, gibson, gin, gin rummy, give-and-go, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, going to jerusalem, golf caddie, graf, gramophone, grandmaster, gretzky, hand, handoff, hank aaron, hat trick, helen newington wills, helen wills, helen wills moody, henry louis aaron, henry louis gehrig, hooker, impress, innings, interception, interlude, international grandmaster, ivan lendl, jackie robinson, jack roosevelt robinson, james scott connors, jimmy conors, joe dimaggio, john donald budge, john joseph mcgraw, john mcgraw, joseph paul dimaggio, juke, jukebox, jumper, jump rope, jump shot, kicker, king, knock rummy, laver, lawrence peter berra, left field, lendl, leroy robert paige, linebacker, lineman, line backer, little leaguer, little mo connolly, loose, lou gehrig, lucky dip, man-to-man, mantle, margaret court, martina navratilova, maureen catherine connolly, mays, mcgraw, michigan, minor leaguer, misplay, monica seles, moody, most-valuable, most valuable player, mound, mousetrap, mouthpiece, move, musial, musical chairs, mvp, navratilova, netkeeper, netminder, newmarket, nickelodeon, old maid, one-on-one, orr, outcall, over, own goal, paige, pass, passing, passing game, passing play, pass catcher, pass receiver, patzer, perfect game, piano accordion, pickup, pipes, pisha paysha, pit, pitcher, plate, poker face, position, pull, quarterback, radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph, raise, ravi shankar, readmit, receiver, record changer, return, right field, riley b king, robert orr, robinson, rodney george laver, rod laver, run, runner, running, running game, running play, ruth, safety, satchel paige, scorer, second, second base, seles, server, shankar, shogi, shooter, short, shortstop, shuffler, signal caller, spin the bottle, spin the plate, spin the platter, squeeze box, stalemate, stanley frank musial, stan musial, stan the man, steffi graf, stephanie graf, stops, straight poker, strip-jack-naked, strip poker, stud, stud poker, stylus, sultan of swat, surface noise, swing, switch, switch-hitter, tackle, tackler, tag, technical, technical foul, ted williams, theodore samuel williams, the say hey kid, third, third base, tilden, time, trap play, triple-crown, triple-crown season, utility man, violoncello, virginia wade, wade, wayne gretzky, williams, willie mays, wing, winger, worst, yastrzemski, yogi, yogi berra, young

contestant, performer, performing artist

actor, histrion, instrumentalist, musician, participant, role player, thespian