Complete Clue List
Across
1. Ballgame with fanatical following Down Under, __ Football (9,5)
9. Basketball, throw sideways over the head at goal, pl (4,5)
10. American poker pro, "the Comeback Kid", Stu (5)
11. Broad term for people who compete in annual WEIO games (7)
13. Japanese dance-drama form (3)
14. Aussie term for a member of Test Cricket's Barmy Army (3)
15. British actor __ Elba, trained in kickboxing (5)
16. Some frustrating soccer matches end with this score (3,6)
19. Matti Nykanen was possibly the greatest (3,6)
23. Equipment needed for the sport of calf-roping (5)
25. Soviet born ice hockey centre, NY Islanders __ Komarov (3)
26. Sporting body governing 1A, inits. (3)
27. US WNBA All-Star player, Breanna __ (7)
28. Welsh name for their homeland (5)
29. Jim Abbott, former White Sox __ pitcher(3-6)
31. Annual automobile event in the French Riviera (5,5,5)
Down
1. Group of sporting events, includes track and field (9)
2. A cue sport played with 22 balls on a billiard table (7)
3. Ana __, Slovenian former top skier, became one of the world's top chefs (3)
4. What a fan does during a sporting event (5,2)
5. Islington, London, based football team (7)
6. Dog breed sometimes used in sheepherding trials (5,6)
7. Type of bowling, the ball breaks to left (3,4)
8. Method of restarting play in Rugby (5)
12. In body-building competitions, symmetry and this quality are judged (11)
17. Form of hockey favoured in North America (3)
18. Many athletes' dreams start out with the school ___ (6,3)
20. Long-distance triathlon event (7)
21. Second-rate prize fighter (7)
22. Washington Wizards player, MVP 2016-17, ___ Westbrook III (7)
24. Chicago Black Sox ____ saw 8 players banned (7)
25. Temporary replacement (5)
30. Basketball, this shot misses the basket, __ ball (3)