Galactic Games, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

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(SF Sports) Twenty stories of sport and contest in various settings--fron Earth to space, with competitors ranging from human to alien. (81,800 words; Time: 4h:32m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average

The Great Ignorant Race, by Robert Reed

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(Sports SF) The human team awakens naked, with no memories, but speaking a shared language, and ready to compete--at something. (4,200 words; Time: 14m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

Recommended By: RHorton:4

Last Shot, First Shot, by Dean Wesley Smith

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(Sports SF) Van Lifting is Earth's greatest golfer, but before he retires, he wants to win the Shepard Open on the moon--where the rules are very different. (3,900 words; Time: 13m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended

Mars Court Rules, by Brad R. Torgersen

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(Sports SF) Back on Earth, JayDee was one of the best basketball players in his school, but Mars is a whole different ball game. (8,100 words; Time: 27m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Stress Cracks, by Anthony R. Cardno

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(Sports SF) Cyndric hopes to win the mens downhill figure skating, and he wishes the media would focus on him not his family. (4,900 words; Time: 16m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended

Green Moss River, by David Farland

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(SF Sports) To earn the right to mate, Panapy females race against hunters from around the galaxy. (6,400 words; Time: 21m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended

Petra And The Blue Goo, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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(SF Humor) Petra is all that stands between the rare books in the library and the alien scavanger hunt that threatens to destroy them all. (4,300 words; Time: 14m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average

Pompoms And Circumstance, by Esther M. Friesner

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(Sports SF Humor) KayT means to lead her girls to victory in the cheerleading event at the Galactic games, provided the Snargs don't eat them first. (7,100 words; Time: 23m)

Rating: ★★★★☆, Recommended

Recommended By: RHorton:4

Minor Hockey Gods Of Barstow Station, by Beth Cato

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(Sports SF) Gloria and her friends play one last game of hocky before they leave the alien space station they've been stuck on ever since their dreams of interstellar competition collapsed. (5,300 words; Time: 17m)

Rating: ★★★★★, Award-Worthy

Shooter Ready, by Larry Correia

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(Sports SF) Years ago, Scott used to be the best competition marksman. Machines and augmented humans far outclass him now, but a diehard fan has a proposal. (4,700 words; Time: 15m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

For The Sake Of The Game, by Gray Rinehart

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(Sports SF) Pawl Maricelli, a referee in the althletic contest meant to strengthen the fragile peace between humans and Errellians, is threatened by those who don't want peace. (6,400 words; Time: 21m)

Rating: ★★★★☆, Recommended

Advantages, by Louise Marley

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(Sports SF) At the 2144 Olympics, hosted by the thriving space colonies who survived Earth, Zory aims to win despite her lack of augments. (7,200 words; Time: 24m)

Rating: ★★★★☆, Recommended

Earth, Corner Pocket, by Lezli Robyn

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(SF) Ruby plays a high-stakes game of pool, with the future fate of Earth's oceans in the balance. (6,100 words; Time: 20m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average

Regulations, by Seanan McGuire

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All across the solar system, women's roller derby is a big sport, but the injury rate is a bit too high. (4,700 words; Time: 15m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended

Little Games, by Mercedes Lackey

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(Sports SF) Dimitrios is determined to compete in the Olympics, even if they don’t seem as impressive since the Galactics came. (2,300 words; Time: 07m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended

With Fones, by Todd McCaffrey

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★★★★☆ Recommended

(SF Humor) If Liz can just get a few more species to participate, she can get bowling added as an event in the Intergalactic Games. It's a bad time to have fone problems. (6,200 words; Time: 20m)