National Geographic Kids USA - August 2017

The Netherlands’s

Eva de Goede watches

from behind the goal

during a women’s field hockey

match at the 2012 Summer

Olympics in London, England.

From left, Baltimore Orioles outfielders Félix Pie, Nick Markakis, and Adam

Jones celebrate after winning a 2011 baseball game in New York.

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SUZANNE PLUNKETT / REUTERS (1); RAY STUBBLEBINE / REUTERS (2); JULIO MUNOZ / EPA / REX / SHUTTERSTOCK (3); MARTY MELVILLE / GETTY IMAGES (4)

BY KELLEY MILLER

Eek!

A rat!

sports

fun

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ie

sports

fun

n

ie

uh-oh!

Sevilla’s midfielder Lautaro Acosta reacts after scoring a goal

during a 2009 soccer match in Sevilla, Spain.

Arf!

arf! arf!

throw me a

chew toy!

Australia’s Jaryd Harris

dribbles past Japan’s

Saki Tshikoshi at

a 2010 unicycle

basketball game

in Wellington,

New Zealand.

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3

your

dribbling is

ok, but wait

till you see my

unicycle dunk

shot.

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if my

skills don’t

scare the other

team, at least

this mask will

distract

them.

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