“I’ve lost you. Shouldn’t this article be in the Features section? Or next to sudoku? Poker is clearly not a sport.
Why not? The sports desk dictionary (the cover and pages up to “Alabama” have fallen off due to overuse, so forgive me for not being able to tell the edition) defines “sport” as “an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often taking a competitive form”. Poker fits.
Other definitions might require a “sport” to involve physical exertion, which some would claim rules poker out. On the contrary, there are few sports that require the stamina, physically and mentally, necessary to beat 8000 poker players.”
The Herald (07/09/07)
