Professional Football Researchers Association — The Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) is an organization of researchers whose mission is to preserve and, in some cases, reconstruct professional football history. It was founded on June 22, 1979 in Canton, Ohio by… … Wikipedia
Professional go handicaps — were a system developed in Japan, in the Edo period, for handicapping professional players of the game of go against each other. With the abolition of the Oteai system, which from the 1920s had used some handicap games to determine the go ranking … Wikipedia
Professional sports — Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are those in which athletes receive payment for their performance. While men have competed as professional athletes throughout much of modern history, only recently has it become common for women … Wikipedia
Professional sports league organization — Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways. The most common are those in the North American mode and those in the European mode. Generally, the North American structure is characterized by its use of franchises and closed… … Wikipedia
Professional sport in Toronto — has a long and distinguished history. The city is home to a few historic clubs such as: Granite Club (est. 1836), the Royal Canadian Yacht Club (est. 1852), the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (est. pre 1827), the Argonaut Rowing Club… … Wikipedia
Professional Arena Soccer League — Founded 2008 Cups US Open Arena Soccer Championship Copa America Nations … Wikipedia
Professional baseball in Japan — first started in the 1920s, but it was not until the Nihongo|Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club|大日本東京野球倶楽部|Dai nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu was established in 1934 that the modern professional game had continued success.HistoryBaseball was introduced … Wikipedia
Professional ice hockey — has existed since after World War I. From the first professional ice hockey league based out of Michigan in the United States, it quickly grew into Canada and to many other countries, as diverse as Switzerland, Ukraine, Great Britain or Austria.… … Wikipedia
Professional foul — redirects here. For the Tom Stoppard play, see Professional Foul (play). In sports, a professional foul is a deliberate act of foul play, usually to prevent an opponent s scoring. Contents 1 Association football 2 Rugby league 3 Rugby union … Wikipedia
Professional baseball in Taiwan — started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams. The competing Taiwan Major League ran from 1997 until its absorption by the CPBL in 2003.The … Wikipedia
