athletics
noun
Origin of athletics
Pronunciation note
Examples from the Web for athletics
Contemporary Examples of athletics
For thousands of kids, particularly poor kids in the South, where football is a way of life, athletics has been a road out.
Afterwards, in the afternoon, campers pick between theater, dance, athletics, and crafts.
A Camp Away From Terror: Where Israeli and Palestinian Kids Find Common GroundNina Strochlic
August 4, 2014
That is, like all things, a matter of perspective (as well as being a question of whether one is a Giants or an Athletics fan).
I can't help but notice that most of the people who are making this case went to schools where athletics are an afterthought.
Certain forms of talent we easily respect: talent at athletics, talent for entertainment.
Historical Examples of athletics
Walter hated books and studying, and athletics, too, for that matter.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
It's the thing to be alive in athletics and a dub in everything else.
The HarborErnest Poole
Rowing is now a form of athletics at every college where facilities permit.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
My son held that brain as well as muscle was needed in athletics.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
He participated in every phase of school life and was devoted to athletics.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.