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| Little League |
in the United States, a baseball league for players at or under the age of twelve. |
| major league |
a league of the highest level in any sport. [1/2 definitions] |
| mandate |
a commission given to a country to administer territory on behalf of an international body such as, formerly, the League of Nations. [1/6 definitions] |
| mandatory |
holding a mandate, as from the League of Nations. [1/3 definitions] |
| minor league |
any league of professional sports teams in the United States that is not considered a major league, esp. in baseball. |
| National Basketball Association |
a major US sports league that organizes and regulates the highest level of men's professional basketball competition. (abbr.:NBA) |
| NBA |
abbreviation of "National Basketball Association," a major U.S. sports league that organizes and regulates the highest level of men's professional basketball competition. |
| Negro leagues |
(sing.) a single baseball league within the Negro leagues. [1/2 definitions] |
| pennant |
the annual championship, or the flag symbolizing it, in a professional baseball league. [1/3 definitions] |
| Super Bowl |
in the U.S., an annual football game held in late January or early February in which the winning teams of the American and National Conferences play for the National Football League championship. The Super Bowl attracts vast television audiences. |
| Treaty of Versailles |
the treaty, signed in 1919, that officially ended World War I. The Treaty of Versailles, signed by Germany and the Allied Powers, forced Germany to pay enormous reparations, to substantially reduce the size of its military, and to recognize territorial changes that substantially reduced its land holdings. The treaty also established the League of Nations. The United States, represented by President Woodrow Wilson, played a crucial role in the treaty negotiations, but the U.S. Congress subsequently refused to ratify the treaty, based largely on opposition to American participation in the League of Nations. |
| Triple Crown |
in baseball, a player's leading his or her league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in, in the same season. [1/2 definitions] |
| WNBA |
abbreviation of "Women's National Basketball Association," a U.S. sports league formed in 1996 that organizes and regulates the highest level of women's professional basketball competition. |
| Women's National Basketball Association |
a U.S. sports league formed in 1996 that organizes and regulates the highest level of women's professional basketball competition. (abbr.: WNBA) |
| Woodrow Wilson |
the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), who initially kept the United States out of World War I and then, in his second term, asked Congress to declare war on Germany. After the war, Wilson was instrumental in the creation of the League of Nations, an organization dedicated to promoting world peace (b. 1856--d.1924). |
| World Court |
the primary judicial agency of the United Nations, reorganized in 1945 from a similar agency of the League of Nations, that arbitrates disputes between nations; International Court of Justice. |
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