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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 has a basketball goal that has been bent out of shape over the entrance to his garage.
* [[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.
* [[Trogdor Was A Man]] — The Trogdor man holds a basketball under his arm, and occasionally spins it.
* [[Trogdor Was Dragon 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, &quot;What about beach volleyball?&quot;, to which Gunhaver responds &quot;There won't be anymore beach volleyball!&quot;
* [[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, &quot;What about beach volleyball?&quot;, to which Gunhaver responds &quot;There won't be anymore beach volleyball!&quot;
* [[An Important Rap Song]] — Part of the lyrics go &quot;Beach volleyball slammajamma&quot; 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 &quot;Beach volleyball slammajamma&quot; 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 and pipe cleaners to.
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* Email [[high school]] — &quot;Middle School&quot; Coach Z dreams of being &quot;craptain of the foortball torm&quot;.
* Email [[high school]] — &quot;Middle School&quot; Coach Z dreams of being &quot;craptain of the foortball torm&quot;.
* [[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|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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* [[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 &quot;Dads at the Playground&quot; collection, Homestar says he talks about coaching lacrosse, and coaching lacrosse.


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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, &quot;Sign me up for soccer class, Debra!&quot;
* [[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, &quot;Sign me up for soccer class, Debra!&quot;
* [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]] — The [[Blue Laser Minions]] appear on a soccer field and imply that they were at soccer practice.
* [[2 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 &quot;tennis&quot;.
* Email [[the paper]] — During The Paper's preppy phase, it is seen wearing a sweater with the word &quot;tennis&quot;.
* [[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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Revision as of 01:53, 14 July 2026

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

  • [#Badminton 1 Badminton]
  • [#Baseball 2 Baseball]
  • [#Basketball 3 Basketball]
  • [#Beach_Volleyball 4 Beach Volleyball]
  • [#Bowling 5 Bowling]
  • [#Competitive_Swimming 6 Competitive Swimming]
  • [#Football 7 Football]
    • [#Soccer_referred_to_as_Football 7.1 Soccer referred to as Football]
  • [#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]

File:Goodminton.png

"I dunno. Maybe there is a goodminton."

Baseball

File:UmpireHomePlate.png

Waiting on Homestar to find his hat.

Basketball

File:Abapompom.png

We all long for the days of the ABA

Beach Volleyball

Bowling

Competitive Swimming

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

Football

  • 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 "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 DaySenor 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 GregsThe 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.

Soccer referred to as Football

  • 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 — Strong Bad shouts "football!", a reference to a soccer song.

Golf

  • Email mascot — The Cheat uses a golf club to hit things on the CGNU Golf Club Team.
  • Email the paperThe 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.

Hockey

Ice-Skating

Kickball

  • 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.

Lacrosse

Martial Arts

  • 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 bo and performing impressive acrobatics in one of the segments.

Racquetball

Soccer

Tennis

Track and Field

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It's a dark day for Track and Field

See Racing for more examples.

Fantasy Sports

Invented Sports

  • 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 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 mascotThe 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 parkHomsar 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.

See Also