Sport
- Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer
- Jon Wood (born 1981), NASCAR driver
- John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
- John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
- John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer
- John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
- John Wood (English footballer), British footballer
- John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish football forward
- John Wood (soccer), English footballer
- John Wood (canoer) (born 1950), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
- John Wood (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1980s for Great Britain, and Leigh
- John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), 19th-century baseball player
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““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“Drag racing is a sport of egos, and it’s all male egos.”
—Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney (b. 1940)
“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)