How to Use athletics in a Sentence

athletics

noun
  • The athletics program will enter the Big 12 in just about a year.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Dive into the best of Broward County high school athletics for the Fall of 2022.
    Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2022
  • High school athletics is still the last pure level of sports.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Brian Estridge has spent more than two decades as the voice of TCU athletics.
    Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Over the past two years, the world of college athletics has turned into a whole new ball game.
    Ariana Freeman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • At that time, the restaurant will present a check to Mayfield High School athletics.
    cleveland, 9 June 2022
  • All of this is the latest black eye for Dallas-area high school athletics.
    Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And as Jean writes, the current push to restrict trans rights goes far beyond athletics.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 12 May 2022
  • This is the first time for a Red Out, according to a tweet from Arkansas athletics.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Inskeep added that while athletics could use the building, there are no plans for basketball hoops or goal posts.
    Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022
  • The relaxing of name, image and likeness rules in college athletics has led to a free-for-all of sorts across the country.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Basketball has been a strong point for Stonehill athletics, on both the men's and women's sides.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Before the law was enacted in 1972, elite athletics were more or less out of reach for women.
    Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • In his late teens, Huss wanted to pursue a career in athletics.
    Fox News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Auburn is looking for a new director of athletics, and UConn’s David Benedict is likely to be on the school’s radar.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The chair is Wren Baker, director of athletics at North Texas.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The divide in college athletics is in line with similar trends in youth sports.
    New York Times, 2 July 2022
  • For this games, the women's marathon will follow the men's event and will close the athletics program for the first time since its integration into the 1984 Olympics.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Red Devils last posted about athletics teams Dec. 8.
    Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The new world of college athletics has its benefits and its downsides.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The exact details on UA’s plan to add alcohol sales to athletics events have not been announced.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 15 June 2022
  • But the transfer portal is front and center for college athletics in 2023.
    oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Kyle Kallander has a unique perspective on the latest round of chaos in college athletics.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 8 July 2022
  • Notably, a stopover in college athletics wasn’t a part of Yormark’s résumé.
    Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
  • There was no way Marvella Bayh could've known a bill passed with little fanfare would change the landscape of academia and athletics for women.
    IndyStar, 20 June 2022
  • The day is coming when the hypocrites who run college athletics finally will have no choice but admit their hypocrisy.
    Rob Oller, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • Sam Terrell has been around coaching and athletics his entire life.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2022
  • Al Glick, who started a small business and became one of the biggest donors for University of Michigan athletics, died Feb. 8 at the age of 95.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The goal is to enhance public safety at on-campus athletics venues, UC said in the announcement about the policy.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
  • As A Long Talk’s website shows, the company is working with athletics programs at more than a dozen colleges.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022

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