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	* Email [[bedtime story]] — [[Moses Malone]] is supposedly a buddy of [[The Cheat]].		* Email [[bedtime story]] — [[Moses Malone]] is supposedly a buddy of [[The Cheat]].
	* Email [[candy product]] — Coach Z gets a basketball stuck on his head.		* Email [[candy product]] — Coach Z gets a basketball stuck on his head.
	* Email [[concert]] — In an ~~easter~~ egg, [[Mary Palaroncini\|Mary]] and [[Larry Palaroncini]] watch basketball on [[ESPN Classic]], specifically mentioning former players [[Danny Ainge]] and [[Kevin McHale (basketball)\|Kevin McHale]]. Mary eats a basketball.		* Email [[concert]] — In an Easter egg, [[Mary Palaroncini\|Mary]] and [[Larry Palaroncini]] watch basketball on [[ESPN Classic]], specifically mentioning former players [[Danny Ainge]] and [[Kevin McHale (basketball)\|Kevin McHale]]. Mary eats a basketball.
	* Email [[specially marked]] — The cereal [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked\|Fundament-O's]] features a fundamentally-sound college basketball player on the front of the box.		* Email [[specially marked]] — The cereal [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked\|Fundament-O's]] features a fundamentally-sound college basketball player on the front of the box.
	* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — In the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad\|Teen Girl Squad]] episode, the girls go to a Sub-JV basketball game.		* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — In the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad\|Teen Girl Squad]] episode, the girls go to a Sub-JV basketball game.
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	* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — [[The Umpire]] claims to have gotten the kickball from [[Mookie Blaylock]] in 1984.		* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — [[The Umpire]] claims to have gotten the kickball from [[Mookie Blaylock]] in 1984.
	* [[Where U Goin' 2?]] — [[The Cheat]] practices "flaming lay-up drills".		* [[Where U Goin' 2?]] — [[The Cheat]] practices "flaming lay-up drills".
	* [[Homestar Runner Goes for ~~the Gold\|Homestar Runner Goes For~~ the Gold]] — Homestar has a basketball goal that has been bent out of shape over the entrance to his garage.		* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] — Homestar calls Marzipan to gush about [[Jeremy Lin]].
	* [[Trogdor Was ~~Dragon~~ Man]] — The Trogdor man holds a basketball under his arm, and occasionally spins it.		* [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] — Homestar has a basketball goal that has been bent out of shape over the entrance to his garage.
			* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] plays basketball for [[Team Kneepads]], using dead animals as his kneepads.
			* [[Trogdor Was A Man]] — The Trogdor man holds a basketball under his arm, and occasionally spins it.
			* [[Six-Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Expando Deck\|Six-Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Expando Deck‎]] — Senor Cardgage returns to play basketball for Team Kneepads. Also, the Troghammer Rejection emergency card features an illustration of [[Trogdor]] blocking a shot at the basket with his beefy arm.

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	* [[Shopping For ~~Danger\|Shopping for~~ Danger]] — After [[Gunhaver]] mentions that [[Blue Laser]] will use all their savings to make a button to make it snow at the beach, [[Silent Rip]] asks, "What about beach volleyball?", to which Gunhaver responds "There won't be anymore beach volleyball!"		* [[Shopping For Danger]] — After [[Gunhaver]] mentions that [[Blue Laser]] will use all their savings to make a button to make it snow at the beach, [[Silent Rip]] asks, "What about beach volleyball?", to which Gunhaver responds "There won't be anymore beach volleyball!"
	* [[An Important Rap Song]] — Part of the lyrics go "Beach volleyball slammajamma" and are accompanied by Silent Rip and [[Firebert]] playing beach volleyball against [[Blue Laser Commander]] and a [[Blue Laser Minion\|minion]] at [[The Beach\|the Beach]].		* [[An Important Rap Song]] — Part of the lyrics go "Beach volleyball slammajamma" and are accompanied by Silent Rip and [[Firebert]] playing beach volleyball against [[Blue Laser Commander]] and a [[Blue Laser Minion\|minion]] at [[The Beach\|the Beach]].
	* [[Somber Vacation]] — [[Strong Sad]] plays beach volleyball with pieces of algae-covered chunks of styrofoam coolers that he adds googly eyes and pipe cleaners to.		* [[Somber Vacation]] — [[Strong Sad]] plays beach volleyball with pieces of algae-covered chunks of styrofoam coolers that he adds [[Googly Eyes\|googly eyes]] and pipe cleaners to.

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	* Coach Z's old timey counterpart is a football player named "[[Fort Wayne Locomotive]]".		* Coach Z's old timey counterpart is a football player named "[[Fort Wayne Locomotive]]".
	* [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Strong Mad's costume is [[William Perry (American football)\|William "Refrigerator" Perry]], a famous football player from the 1980s.		* [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Strong Mad's costume is [[William Perry (American football)\|William "Refrigerator" Perry]], a famous football player from the 1980s.
			* Email [[website]] — Strong Bad suggests a website about your cat, or your The Cheat, both of which prompt a picture of the respective animal thinking "It's 4th and 10", referring to a common scenario in football.
			** Email [[hygiene]] — An Easter egg memorializes the cat with a slightly altered version of its picture from [[website]].
	* Email [[island]] — The message inside the bottle is really a flyer for [[Super Bowl XIX]]. In an Easter egg, one pair of hallucinations that Strong Bad and Homestar have of each other are of the helmets worn by the two teams in said [[Super Bowl]]: the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (Homestar's hallucination of Strong Bad) and the [[Miami Dolphins]] (Strong Bad's hallucination of Homestar).		* Email [[island]] — The message inside the bottle is really a flyer for [[Super Bowl XIX]]. In an Easter egg, one pair of hallucinations that Strong Bad and Homestar have of each other are of the helmets worn by the two teams in said [[Super Bowl]]: the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (Homestar's hallucination of Strong Bad) and the [[Miami Dolphins]] (Strong Bad's hallucination of Homestar).
	* [[Superbowl Dealie]] — The entire toon is about the annual professional football championship.		* [[Superbowl Dealie]] — The entire toon is about the annual professional football championship.
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	* Email [[caffeine]] — Strong Sad claims while hyper, "I don't even watch football! I don't even watch football!"		* Email [[caffeine]] — Strong Sad claims while hyper, "I don't even watch football! I don't even watch football!"
	* Email [[crying]] — Strong Bad "quotes" Li'l Brudder as saying "I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up. I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards."		* Email [[crying]] — Strong Bad "quotes" Li'l Brudder as saying "I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up. I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards."
	* [[Senorial Day]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] and ~~Strong Bad "play catch" with~~ a ~~football~~.		* [[Senorial Day]] — Strong Bad gets [[Senor Cardgage]] to sign a football, and twice asks him to throw a pass (which Senor Cardgage doesn't do).
	* Email [[high school]] — "Middle School" Coach Z dreams of being "craptain of the foortball torm".		* Email [[high school]] — "Middle School" Coach Z dreams of being "craptain of the foortball torm".
	* [[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town's scheme to get the Poopsmith to smell better somehow involves a game of football.		* [[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town's scheme to get the Poopsmith to smell better somehow involves a game of football.
	* [[Ever and More!]] — Strong Mad's helmet is a football helmet, with an image of a nacho on the side.		* [[Ever and More]] — Strong Mad's helmet is a football helmet, with an image of a nacho on the side.
	* [[Everything Else, Volume 3]] — On the Holidays menu, one of the powerups The Cheat collects is a football.		* [[Everything Else, Volume 3]] — On the Holidays menu, one of the powerups The Cheat collects is a football.
	* [[Toikey TV]] — Strong Mad, Strong Bad, and The Cheat wind up watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.		* [[Toikey TV]] — Strong Mad, Strong Bad, and The Cheat wind up watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
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	* [[4 Gregs]] — [[The Gregs]] go to a football game, and [[D n' D Greg]] attempts to explain how the game is played.		* [[4 Gregs]] — [[The Gregs]] go to a football game, and [[D n' D Greg]] attempts to explain how the game is played.
	* Email [[dictionary]] — Strong Bad is holding a football while describing the specific sounds used to express disinterest in Coach Z, Marzipan, and Strong Sad.		* Email [[dictionary]] — Strong Bad is holding a football while describing the specific sounds used to express disinterest in Coach Z, Marzipan, and Strong Sad.
			* [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] ([[Decemberweenvent Calendar\|Day 15]]) — Strong Bad is unable to check the day's song as he's freaking out over a football somehow wearing his pants while Strong Bad himself is still wearing them.

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	* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — Coach Z claims to be playing [[Gender Confusion\|women's]] lacrosse.		* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — Coach Z claims to be playing [[Gender Confusion\|women's]] lacrosse.
	* Email [[videography]] — Strong Bad pretends to videotape a lacrosse match.		* Email [[videography]] — Strong Bad pretends to videotape a lacrosse match.
			* Email [[parenting]] (Easter egg) — While modeling for the "Dads at the Playground" collection, Homestar says he talks about coaching lacrosse, and coaching lacrosse.

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	* Email [[dangeresque 3]] — Homestar and Strong Bad are seen playing racquetball in the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong\|Basement]].		* Email [[dangeresque 3]] — Homestar and Strong Bad are seen playing racquetball in the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong\|Basement]].
	* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Sad mentions slow-pitch racquetball.		* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Sad mentions slow-pitch racquetball.
			* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad says he is The Cheat's "ultimate dictator and racquetball partner".

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	* [[Sloshybowl]] — A member of [[sloshy]] says they played soccer in high school. Strong Sad is hit by a soccer ball at the end.		* [[Sloshybowl]] — A member of [[sloshy]] says they played soccer in high school. Strong Sad is hit by a soccer ball at the end.
	* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — At the Homsar Reservation, before being enlightened to Homsar's way, he says, in response to Strong Bad trying to speak like him, "Sign me up for soccer class, Debra!"		* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — At the Homsar Reservation, before being enlightened to Homsar's way, he says, in response to Strong Bad trying to speak like him, "Sign me up for soccer class, Debra!"
	* [[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — The [[Blue Laser Minions]] appear on a soccer field and imply that they were at soccer practice.		* [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]] — The [[Blue Laser Minions]] appear on a soccer field and imply that they were at soccer practice.

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	* [[John McEnroe]] is a commonly referenced tennis player.		* [[John McEnroe]] is a commonly referenced tennis player.
	* Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad and Coach Z play tennis on the moon.		* Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad and Coach Z play tennis on the moon.
			* [[Sample of Style]] — One of the things Matt Chapman says in Coach Z's voice is [[Björn Borg]], a [[Scandinavia\|Swedish]] tennis player.
	* [[Senorial Day]] — Bubs holds a tennis racquet and has a John McEnroe wig on.		* [[Senorial Day]] — Bubs holds a tennis racquet and has a John McEnroe wig on.
	* [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — Strong Bad admits he likes tennis player [[Martina Navratilova]].		* [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — Strong Bad admits he likes tennis player [[Martina Navratilova]].
	* Email [[the paper]] — During The Paper's preppy phase, it is seen wearing a sweater with the word "tennis".		* Email [[the paper]] — During The Paper's preppy phase, it is seen wearing a sweater with the word "tennis".
			* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — While [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)\|answering an e-mail]], Strong Bad explains in an extended tennis metaphor that he could beat [[Trogdor]] because he created Trogdor. He then realizes that Trogdor is a dragon who breathes fire and thinks he needs to come up with a non-tennis-related plan to beat him instead.

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The folks in [[Free Country, USA]] seem to enjoy playing, watching, and discussing '''sports'''.

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* [#Badminton 1 Badminton]
* [#Baseball 2 Baseball]
* [#Basketball 3 Basketball]
* [#Beach_Volleyball 4 Beach Volleyball]
* [#Bowling 5 Bowling]
* [#Competitive_Swimming 6 Competitive Swimming]
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* [#Golf 8 Golf]
* [#Hockey 9 Hockey]
* [#Ice-Skating 10 Ice-Skating]
* [#Kickball 11 Kickball]
* [#Lacrosse 12 Lacrosse]
* [#Martial_Arts 13 Martial Arts]
* [#Racquetball 14 Racquetball]
* [#Soccer 15 Soccer]
* [#Tennis 16 Tennis]
* [#Track_and_Field 17 Track and Field]
* [#Fantasy_Sports 18 Fantasy Sports]
* [#Invented_Sports 19 Invented Sports]
* [#See_Also 20 See Also]

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"I dunno. Maybe there ''is'' a goodminton."

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* [[Where's The Cheat?]] — [[Strong Bad]] mentions the sport.
* Email [[labor day]] — [[Strong Mad]] and [[The Cheat]] are shown with badminton racquets.
* Email [[army]] — Strong Bad and Strong Mad discuss the sport and wonder what the official rules are.
* [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] — Strong Bad writes in the [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog|10 Jul 2008 entry]] he's playing badminton.

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Waiting on Homestar to find his hat.

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* [[Mark Lemke]] of the [[Atlanta Braves]] is a commonly referenced baseball player.
* [[Coach Z]] is usually seen wearing an unbranded baseball cap.
* A [[Detroit Tigers]] baseball cap is worn by Pom Pom and Strong Mad as part of their respective costumes in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] and [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], respectively.
* [[Where My Hat Is At?]] — [[Homestar Runner]] looks for his hat so he can play baseball.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]] — [[Thomas]] repeatedly clubs [[What's Her Face]] in the shins with a baseball bat (which hurts her) when she starts fawning for the [[No "I" in Team Boy|No "I" In Team Boy]].
* Email [[big white face]] — While scrolling through various pictures of Homestar characters, trying to find [[Strong Sad|the guy with the white face and gray body]], Strong Bad comes across a picture of Marzipan, but says that "her head is more like a baseball bat".
* [[Sketchbook 2005]] — Strong Bad is drawn as [[Dreamaway Johnny]] from [[part-time job]]; and he is wearing a baseball glove and a hat, and carrying a baseball bat.
* Email [[keep cool]] — [[Strong Sad]] mentions that baseball games are at two, eleven, and three.
* [[Strongest Man in the World]] — [[The Grape Fairie]] claims he got the [[Golbol|golbol]] in 1974 from [[Mookie Wilson]]. Mookie Wilson was a professional baseball player during the 1980s and early 1990s best known for playing for the [[New York Mets]], the team referenced in the golbol Easter egg.
* Email [[trading cards]] ([[trading cards|DVD Commentary]]) — Matt mentions that he has a [[Dwight Gooden]] rookie trading card. Dwight Gooden is a former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player, one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League during the mid-1980s. This leads Matt and Mike to a further discussion about other baseball players, during which they mention such names as [[Robin Yount]] and [[Tony Peña]].
* [[Baddest of the Bands]] — Coach Z compares [[Marzipan]] to a [[Marzipan Being Compared to a Broom|baseball bat in a dress]]. Later, Strong Bad asks him, "Still striking out with ol' baseball bat? I mean Marzipan?"
* [[Haunted Photo Booth]] — Homestar dresses up as [[Dale Murphy]], and he asks if The Cheat (as Maxwell from [[Scribblenauts]]) if he's dressed up as Baseball Glove On Head Man.

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* [[Pom Pom, Too]] — one of the Poms is colored like an [[ABA Basketball|ABA basketball]], and two of them look like NBA basketballs.
* Email [[helium]] — Strong Bad mistypes "Shack" as "[[Shaquille O'Neal|Shaq]]".
* [[A Decemberween Pageant]] — [[Pom Pom]] is cast as [[Kobe|Kobe #1]] and Strong Mad is cast as [[Kobe|Kobe #2]].
* [[Strong Bad's Character Video]] — one of his accepted forms of payments is "[[Denver Nuggets]]".
* Email [[new hands]] — one of the options for Strong Bad's hands is an ABA basketball.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]] — The [[No "I" in Team Boy]] is spinning a basketball on his finger.
* [[New Boots]] — The Cheat draws Strong Bad dribbling and spinning basketballs.
* Email [[autobiography]] — Strong Bad supposedly played on a basketball team with "[[The Deke]]".
* Email [[different town]] — Strong Bad says "Pom Pom wouldn't change at all / 'cept he'd look like an ABA basketball."
* Email [[lunch special]] — clicking on "Larry, legend" brings up a screenshot from the basketball video game ''[[Jordan vs. Bird: One on One]].''
* Email [[secret recipes]] — Coach Z doesn't appear to know what a basketball is, referring to one as "a bounce thing".
* [[Halloween Fairstival]] — Strong Mad dresses as [[Ben Wallace]] of the [[Detroit Pistons]].
* Email [[bedtime story]] — [[Moses Malone]] is supposedly a buddy of [[The Cheat]].
* Email [[candy product]] — Coach Z gets a basketball stuck on his head.
* Email [[concert]] — In an Easter egg, [[Mary Palaroncini|Mary]] and [[Larry Palaroncini]] watch basketball on [[ESPN Classic]], specifically mentioning former players [[Danny Ainge]] and [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]]. Mary eats a basketball.
* Email [[specially marked]] — The cereal [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked|Fundament-O's]] features a fundamentally-sound college basketball player on the front of the box.
* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — In the [[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad]] episode, the girls go to a Sub-JV basketball game.
* [[Hremail 2000]] — Homestar tries to play basketball with Marzipan and refers to [[John Stockton]].
* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — [[The Umpire]] claims to have gotten the kickball from [[Mookie Blaylock]] in 1984.
* [[Where U Goin' 2?]] — [[The Cheat]] practices "flaming lay-up drills".
* [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] — Homestar has a basketball goal that has been bent out of shape over the entrance to his garage.
* [[Trogdor Was A Man]] — The Trogdor man holds a basketball under his arm, and occasionally spins it.
* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] plays basketball for [[Team Kneepads]], using dead animals as his kneepads.
* [[Six-Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Expando Deck|Six-Sadded Die - Trogdor!! The Board Game Expando Deck‎]] — Senor Cardgage returns to play basketball for Team Kneepads. Also, the Troghammer Rejection emergency card features an illustration of [[Trogdor]] blocking a shot at the basket with his beefy arm.

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* [[Shopping For Danger]] — After [[Gunhaver]] mentions that [[Blue Laser]] will use all their savings to make a button to make it snow at the beach, [[Silent Rip]] asks, "What about beach volleyball?", to which Gunhaver responds "There won't be anymore beach volleyball!"
* [[An Important Rap Song]] — Part of the lyrics go "Beach volleyball slammajamma" and are accompanied by Silent Rip and [[Firebert]] playing beach volleyball against [[Blue Laser Commander]] and a [[Blue Laser Minion|minion]] at [[The Beach|the Beach]].
* [[Somber Vacation]] — [[Strong Sad]] plays beach volleyball with pieces of algae-covered chunks of styrofoam coolers that he adds googly eyes and pipe cleaners to.

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* [[Main Page 4]] — This [[Main Pages|Main Page]] takes place in a bowling alley.
* [[Labor Dabor]] — The Cheat [[Powered by The Cheat|makes some bowling animations]].
* Email [[mini-golf]] — One of the "fun-time emporiums" that Strong Bad mentions is called "Kosmik Bowling".

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* Email [[other days]] — Strong Sad mentions that they will be late for swim practice (although earlier in the email Strong Bad [[Blatant Lies|denies]] that he goes to swim practice).

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* Coach Z's old timey counterpart is a football player named "[[Fort Wayne Locomotive]]".
* [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] — Strong Mad's costume is [[William Perry (American football)|William "Refrigerator" Perry]], a famous football player from the 1980s.
* Email [[island]] — The message inside the bottle is really a flyer for [[Super Bowl XIX]]. In an Easter egg, one pair of hallucinations that Strong Bad and Homestar have of each other are of the helmets worn by the two teams in said [[Super Bowl]]: the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (Homestar's hallucination of Strong Bad) and the [[Miami Dolphins]] (Strong Bad's hallucination of Homestar).
* [[Superbowl Dealie]] — The entire toon is about the annual professional football championship.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]] — The [[No "I" in Team Boy]] is holding a football.
* Email [[caffeine]] — Strong Sad claims while hyper, "I don't even watch football! I don't even watch football!"
* Email [[crying]] — Strong Bad "quotes" Li'l Brudder as saying "I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up. I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards."
* [[Senorial Day]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] and Strong Bad "play catch" with a football.
* Email [[high school]] — "Middle School" Coach Z dreams of being "craptain of the foortball torm".
* [[KOT's VOQPCS!]] — The King of Town's scheme to get the Poopsmith to smell better somehow involves a game of football.
* [[Ever and More]] — Strong Mad's helmet is a football helmet, with an image of a nacho on the side.
* [[Everything Else, Volume 3]] — On the Holidays menu, one of the powerups The Cheat collects is a football.
* [[Toikey TV]] — Strong Mad, Strong Bad, and The Cheat wind up watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
* [[Sloshybowl]] — Strong Sad watches sloshy on the Superbowl half-time show.
* [[4 Gregs]] — [[The Gregs]] go to a football game, and [[D n' D Greg]] attempts to explain how the game is played.
* Email [[dictionary]] — Strong Bad is holding a football while describing the specific sounds used to express disinterest in Coach Z, Marzipan, and Strong Sad.
* [[Decemberweenvent Calendar|Day 15]] of the [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] — Strong Bad is unable to check the day's song as he's freaking out over a football somehow wearing his pants while Strong Bad himself is still wearing them.

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* Email [[little questions]] — The sender asks "Has you some time play football?" and Strong Bad answers by saying that he loves football (referring to American football).
* [[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]] — Strong Bad shouts "football!", a reference to a soccer song.

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* Email [[mascot]] — The Cheat uses a golf club to hit things on the [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] Golf Club Team.
* Email [[the paper]] — [[The Paper]] has the word "golf" visible under its polo shirt during its preppy phase.
* Email [[mini-golf]] — The entire email is concerned with the miniature version.

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* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]] — Homestar, pretending to be Coach Z, asks [[Marzipan]] why she missed field hockey practice.
* [[Superbowl Dealie]] — Homestar shows up in a [[Boston Bruins]] jersey.
* [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] — Strong Sad, dressed as Cameron Frye from [[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]], wears a [[Detroit Red Wings]] jersey.

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* [[Theme Song Video]] — One of the scenes consists of Homestar skating.
* Email [[rock opera]] — An Easter egg consists of a scene from the ice show ''[[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque: Put 'Em on Ice]]''.
* [[Happy Dethemberween]] — One scene consists of [[The Thnikkaman|the Thnikkaman]] skating.

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* [[Theme Song Video]] — Strong Bad rolls a kickball to Homestar, and he kicks it.
* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — The whole cartoon is about the characters playing kickball.

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* [[Kick-A-Ball]] — Coach Z claims to be playing [[Gender Confusion|women's]] lacrosse.
* Email [[videography]] — Strong Bad pretends to videotape a lacrosse match.
* Email [[parenting]] (Easter egg) — While modeling for the "Dads at the Playground" collection, Homestar says he talks about coaching lacrosse, and coaching lacrosse.

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* [[Theme Song Video]] — Pom Pom is seen practicing martial arts.
* Email [[pom pom]] — Pom Pom manages to "beat the everloving snot" out of Strong Bad.
* Email [[montage]] — Homestar participates in the "[[Champeenship]]," which seems to be a judo/karate type tournament.
* [[Summer Short Shorts]] — Pom Pom is seen wielding a [[Bō|bo]] and performing impressive acrobatics in one of the segments.

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* Email [[dangeresque 3]] — Homestar and Strong Bad are seen playing racquetball in the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement]].
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Sad mentions slow-pitch racquetball.

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* Email [[little questions]] — Strong Bad mentions that he hates soccer.
* Email [[ghosts]] — Strong Bad tells the ghost of the Tandy "The Cheat has soccer practice."
* Email [[caffeine]] — [[Hyperactive Strong Sad]] asks Coach Z if he wants to play some soccer.
* [[Happy Hallow-day]] — [[Bubs]] is dressed as Coach McGuirk, the soccer coach in the television series [[Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]].
* [[Sloshybowl]] — A member of [[sloshy]] says they played soccer in high school. Strong Sad is hit by a soccer ball at the end.
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] — At the Homsar Reservation, before being enlightened to Homsar's way, he says, in response to Strong Bad trying to speak like him, "Sign me up for soccer class, Debra!"
* [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]] — The [[Blue Laser Minions]] appear on a soccer field and imply that they were at soccer practice.

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* [[John McEnroe]] is a commonly referenced tennis player.
* Email [[flashback]] — Strong Bad and Coach Z play tennis on the moon.
* [[Sample of Style]] — One of the things Matt Chapman says in Coach Z's voice is [[Björn Borg]], a [[Scandinavia|Swedish]] tennis player.
* [[Senorial Day]] — Bubs holds a tennis racquet and has a John McEnroe wig on.
* [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — Strong Bad admits he likes tennis player [[Martina Navratilova]].
* Email [[the paper]] — During The Paper's preppy phase, it is seen wearing a sweater with the word "tennis".
* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — While [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)|answering an e-mail]], Strong Bad explains in an extended tennis metaphor that he could beat [[Trogdor]] because he created Trogdor. He then realizes that Trogdor is a dragon who breathes fire and thinks he needs to come up with a non-tennis-related plan to beat him instead.

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''See [[Racing]] for more examples.''

* Homestar is seen running several times, most notably at the beginning of [[Bug In Mouth Disease]].
* Email [[autobiography]] — [[The King of Town]] is seen "running".
* Email [[disconnected]] — "Head Bad" attempts to beat Homestar in a race, only to find that Homestar didn't enter.

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* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] ([[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4|commentary]]) — After Mike mentions that he wouldn't mind making a [[Growlbacks]] shirt, Matt jokingly says "It could be a fantasy football team!"
* Email [[from work]] (Easter egg) — A [[Dullard]] comic mentions fantasy foosball.
* [[4 Gregs]] — [[D n' D Greg]] claims to be an expert at fantasy football.

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* [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] — Homestar and Pom Pom play a combination of football and basketball. They are shown on a football field with at least one basketball hoop and both kinds of ball being thrown. Strong Bad comments on it in the [[In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary|commentary]] and Homestar replies that it is America's pastime.
* [[A Jorb Well Done]] — A strange sport is shown where Pom Pom seems to earn points for bouncing on Strong Sad after the latter is tackled by Homestar. Later in the cartoon, Homestar seems to earn points for changing directions while running.
* Email [[1 step ahead]] — The viewer is allowed to play a new sport: the [[Peg Strong Sad]] game.
* Email [[mascot]] — [[The Cheat]] is the head of the "Golf Club Team" of [[Crazy Go Nuts University]]. The "sport" he plays is beating the opposing "team" with a golf club.
* Email [[theme park]] — [[Homsar]] says it is time for "tasteball". How tasteball is to be interpreted is a mystery, though by its name it seems to be a sport of some kind.
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Coach Z reminds Marzipan of upcoming "shin" tryouts. The sport apparently involves shin-guards, shin-pads, shin-protectors, and shin-balls. Presumably, the sport is played with one's shins.
* Email [[the paper]] — Homestar and Homsar play Strong Bad and [[The Paper]] in what appears to be basketball, but played with an American football.

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* [[Olympics]]
* [[Professional Athlete References]]
* [[Reg Having the Ball|Reg Having The Ball]]
* [[Racing]]
* [[Sports Teams]]

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