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A sport is a physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess.

A game is a recreational activity involving one or more players, defined by a goal that the players try to reach, and some set of rules that determines what the players can do. Games are played primarily for entertainment or enjoyment, but may also serve an educational or simulational role.

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Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements. In 2006, at the age of 30, he won his eleventh and twelfth professional major golf championships and has more wins on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer. He is the only active golfer in the top 10 in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins.

Among his achievements, Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year a record eight times, and he has led the money list seven times (one behind Jack Nicklaus' record). He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year four times, a record he shares with Lance Armstrong.

With the announcement, "Hello World," Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996, and signed endorsement deals worth $40 million from Nike and $20 million from Titleist. He played his first round of professional golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open tying for 60th place, but went on to win two events in the next three months, and qualify for the Tour Championship. Woods was named Sports Illustrated's' 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Rookie of the Year.

The following April, Woods won his first golf major, The Masters, by a record margin of 12 strokes, became the youngest Masters winner, and the first winner of African or Asian descent. He set a total of 20 Masters records and tied 6 others. He won another three PGA Tour events that year, and on June 15, 1997, in only his 42nd week as a professional, rose to number one in the Official World Golf Rankings, the fastest ever ascent to world No. 1. He was named PGA Player of the Year, the first golfer to win the award the year following his rookie season.

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Navy Midshipmen tailback Reggie Campbell runs for a touch down during second-quarter play of the 106th Army-Navy Game in Philadelphia. The Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy defeated the Army Cadets 42-23.

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Did you know ...

• ...that the layback spin (pictured) was invented by 1936 Winter Olympics silver medalist Cecilia Colledge?
• ...that modern billiard chalk, which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?
• ...that even though Denis Potvin retired in 1988, fans of the New York Rangers still practice a tradition aimed at insulting him?
• ...that tug of war was included in the Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920?
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• November 17 Pairs skaters Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent are credited with performing the first throw quadruple jump ever performed in international competition. This is the first quadruple ever in pair skating.
  
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• September 1 The Appalachian State University Mountaineers defeated the Michigan Wolverines in the 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game. This upset is the only time a lower division team has ever defeated a ranked Division I-FBS team.
• August 25 - Damon Huard earns his first start as quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs after playing as a backup for eleven years. (USA Today)
• August 25 - Michael Vick is suspended indefinitely without pay by Roger Goodell after admitting bankrolling Bad Newz Kennels. (AP via Yahoo)
• August 22 - In the first game of a doubleheader, the Texas Rangers set a modern-era (post-1900) Major League Baseball single-game record by scoring 30 runs in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (AP via Fox News
• August 21 - After seven decades playing in the Orange Bowl, the University of Miami (Florida) Hurricanes will move after the 2007 season to Dolphin Stadium in nearby Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP via ESPN.com)
• August 19 - Minnesota Twins pitcher Johan Santana strikes out 17 batters in eight innings against the Texas Rangers to set a franchise record for strikeouts in a game. Twins closer Joe Nathan adds two strikeouts in the ninth and combines with Santana in a two-hit shutout. Minnesota wins, 1-0. (AP via Yahoo)
• August 15 - In NBA basketball, referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation regarding gambling on NBA games. (USA Today)
  
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