Athletics may refer to:
Sports
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking.
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, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
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Track and field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
, a sub-category of the above sport
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Athletics (physical culture)
Athletics is a term encompassing the human competition, competitive sports and games requiring physical skill, and the systems of training that prepare Sportsperson, athletes for competitive performance. Athletic sports or contests are competition ...
, competitions based on human qualities of stamina, fitness, and skill
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College athletics
College sports or college athletics encompasses amateur sports played by non- professional, collegiate and university-level student athletes in competitive sports and games. College sports have led to many college rivalries.
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, non-professional, collegiate- and university-level competitive physical sports and games
Teams
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Athletics (baseball)
The Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in West Sacramento, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West ...
, an American professional baseball team currently based in West Sacramento, California, with no city designation, previously known as:
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Philadelphia Athletics
The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, they became the Oakland ...
(1901–1954)
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Kansas City Athletics
The Kansas City Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1955 to 1967, having previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Philadelphia Athletics. After moving in 1967, the team became the ...
(1955–1967)
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Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...
(1968–2024)
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Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876)
The Philadelphia Athletics, also known as the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia, was a prominent National Association, and later National League, professional baseball team that played in the second half of the 19th century.
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, an American professional baseball team
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Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)
The Philadelphia Athletics were a professional baseball team, one of six charter members of the American Association, a 19th-century major league, which began play in as a rival to the National League. The other teams were the Baltimore Ori ...
, an American professional baseball team, 1882–1890
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Philadelphia Athletics (1890–1891)
The Philadelphia Athletics were a short-lived Major League Baseball franchise that existed for two seasons from to . Known alternatively as the Philadelphia Quakers, and sometimes informally as "Buffinton's Beauties", they played their first se ...
, an American professional baseball team
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Philadelphia Athletics (NFL)
The Philadelphia Athletics was a professional American football team based in Philadelphia and founded in 1902. The team was a member of what was referred to as the National Football League. This league has no connection to the National Footba ...
, an American professional football team, 1902–1903
Other uses
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Athletics (band)
Athletics are an American post-rock band from Asbury Park, New Jersey
Asbury Park () is a beachfront city located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As o ...
, an American post-rock band
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Athlete (disambiguation)
An athlete is a person who participates regularly in a sport or sports that involve physical exertion, especially Sport of athletics, athletics (sports involving competitive running, jumping, throwing and walking).
Athlete or athletes may also ref ...
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Athletic (disambiguation)
Athletic may refer to:
* An athlete, a sportsperson
* Athletic director, a position at many American universities and schools
* Athletic type, a physical/psychological type in the classification of Ernst Kretschmer
* Athletic of Philadelphia, a ba ...
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