Sport updates How a card game keeps competitive juices flowing for NBA players, celebrities David May 9, 2026 Share this:Share Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky There’s a connection between athletes and card games, particularly spades. But what makes it so alluring? And so competitive? Like this:Like Loading... Related Continue Reading Previous: From YouTube to the Giro d’Italia: How the Unibet Rose Rockets prepared for their debut Grand TourNext: UFC 328 picks, odds: Heated rivals Khamzat Chimaev, Sean Strickland meet with belt on the line Leave a ReplyCancel reply Related Stories Sport updates Are more World Cup upsets to come? Here are 4 picks for group-stage surprises David June 24, 2026 Sport updates Unified Colombia are 90 per cent of the way to proving themselves as World Cup contenders David June 24, 2026 Sport updates 2026 World Cup data notebook: Red cards rising, the return of the through ball, and summer of rebounds David June 24, 2026