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Questions about the equipment used for a particular sport. This tag should always be combined with a tag for the specific sport in question.
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Why do skiers use poles in slalom and downhill?
I'm watching the Olympics. The skiers in the "classic" events like giant slalom or the downhill carry poles. But they never seem to use them for anything. I don't see the poles touch the ground unless …
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Are Major League Baseball players allowed to wear nonstandard hats in the dugout?
On Sept 30th, the Blue Jays clinched the divisional title in the first game of a double-header. There were many shots, in the last few minutes of the first game, of players in the dugout waiting to ce …
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Are the gender differences in Olympic uniforms simply a style choice? Whose choice?
There are a number of sports in the Olympics where men and women do similar things in very different outfits:
from http://olympic.ca/sports/artistic/
from http://olympic.ca/sports/beach-volle …