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Leonard, Bobby (Robert Leonard)

(Encyclopedia) Leonard, Bobby (Robert Leonard), 1932-2021, American basketball player and coach, b. Terre Haute, Ind. Leonard played basketball and tennis in high...

snowshoes

(Encyclopedia)snowshoes, footgear enabling the wearer to walk on soft snow without sinking. A snowshoe consists of a light frame of tough wood or aluminum, roughly the shape of a large tennis racket, which is strun...

badminton

(Encyclopedia)badminton bădˈmĭntən [key], game played by volleying a shuttlecock (called a “bird”)—a small, cork hemisphere to which feathers are attached—over a net. Light, gut-strung rackets are used....

Richmond, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Richmond. 1 City (1990 pop. 87,425), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Pablo Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1905. It is a deepwater commercial port and an industrial center with oil refiner...

Agassi, Andre Kirk

(Encyclopedia)Agassi, Andre Kirk änˈdrā, ăgˈəsē [key], 1970–, American tennis player, b. Las Vegas, Nev. Trained by his Armenian immigrant father, he turned professional in 1986. By 1988 he had won a half ...

repetitive stress injury

(Encyclopedia)repetitive stress injury or repetitive strain injury (RSI), injury caused by repeated movement of a particular part of the body. Often seen in workers whose physical routine is unvaried, RSI has becom...

nominalism

(Encyclopedia)nominalism, in philosophy, a theory of the relation between universals and particulars. Nominalism gained its name in the Middle Ages, when it was contrasted with realism. The problem arises because i...

Hereditary Western European Titles of Nobility (table)

(Encyclopedia)HEREDITARY WESTERN EUROPEAN TITLES OF NOBILITY ...

Major Planets of the Solar System (table)

(Encyclopedia)Major Planets of the Solar System ...

Sites of the Modern Olympic Games (table)

(Encyclopedia)Sites of the Modern Olympic Games Summer Games Winter Games ...