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    Ernest Hemingway claimed that only three sports are real sports and all the rest are games. What are the three real sports?

    Question #115078. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 03 10 5:53 PM)


    SiegeTank55

    		Ernest Hemingway said, "There are but three true sports--bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing. The rest are merely games." There are several variations found of the quote found here, but they all restate to the same three.
    http://www.theknese.com/pages/Hemingway.php

    Ernest Hemingway himself took part in in a number of sports—boxing, track and field, water polo, and football.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

    Jun 03 10, 6:04 PM

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