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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{compound|en|sports|ball}}. Based on {{m|en|football}}, {{m|en|basketball}}, {{m|en|baseball}}, etc.

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|humorous|mildly|derogatory|sometimes|ironic}} Any [[sport]], especially one involving a [[ball]]; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2016-11-23|author=Tricia Romano|title=How To Have The Worst Thanksgiving Ever (On Purpose)|journal=The Stranger|location=Seattle|page=18|text=It may seem counterintuitive, but I hate watching sports in a sports bar. Sports bars are where other '''sportsball''' fans go, and generally speaking, I’m not really into '''sportsball''' fans, especially not a roomful of drunk and angry ones.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date=2018-10-20|author=Anonymous|title=Hot hockey players|work=The Data Lounge|url=https://datalounge.com/thread/22290825-hot-hockey-players-|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903052016/https://datalounge.com/thread/22290825-hot-hockey-players-|archivedate=2024-09-03|text=I don't know much about most '''sportsball''' teams, but hockey players seem to be the hottest.<br>Who's your favorite?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=A Novel Approach to Politics: Introducing Political Science through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture|author=Douglas A. Van Belle|year=2020|passage=To use a '''sportsball''' analogy that might be a metaphor, judicial oversight of executive institutions is roughly the equivalent of policing acts of foul play that could result in a player being ejected from the '''sportsball''' game, such as attempted decapitation {{...}}}}

====Usage notes====
The term generally carries the connotation that, for the purposes of the given context, all sports may be regarded as interchangeable and equal.