Football, Baseball, Basketball, Racquetball, dodgeball are just a few sports that are nouns.
A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.Examples of nouns related to sports are:arenaballbaseballbasketballbatblockerbowlingcatchercoachgoalgoaliegoal posthockeyice rinkjockeykickerlinebackermarathonnetpitcherpolopuckquarterbackracketreceiverrunnersoccerstadiumswimming pooltennis rackettrackwater
Yes, they all are
Yes, they are proper nouns and would need to be capitalized.
There is no specific collective noun for sports, however, any appropriate noun that suits the situation will do. Some examples are a field of sports, an arena of sports, a venue of sports, etc.
Team is a common noun. Proper nouns are the unique names of people, places, or things. Common nouns are the words for general things. If a common noun is part of a name, it becomes a proper noun. Pronouns always replace proper and common nouns.
It depends on the usage. In reference to specific activities "sports" is the plural of "sport". Example: "Baseball is a sport; basketball and football are my favorite sports." As a category of entertainment "sports" is primarily treated as an uncountable (a.k.a. group) noun like "rice" or "advice". Uncountable nouns are treated as singular nouns for subject/verb agreement, but not for other grammar rules such as article usage. Example: "Sports is my favorite thing to watch on TV." In British English "sport" is used as the group noun and "sports" is typically only used as the plural of "sport".
Some common nouns for Yankee Stadium are:arenabuildingbusinessfieldlandmarkstructurework placevenue
Kinds of Nouns: singular and plural nouns common and proper nouns abstract and concrete nouns possessive nouns collective nouns compound nouns count and non-count (mass) nouns gerunds (verbal nouns) material nouns (words for things that other things are made from) attributive nouns (nouns functioning as adjectives)
Proper nouns are general nouns while common nouns name specific nouns
The types of nouns are: Singular or plural nouns Common or proper nouns Concrete or abstract nouns Possessive nouns Collective nouns Compound nouns
Some examples of compound, sports related nouns:backboardballparkbaseballbasketballfootballfullbackoutfieldscoreboardshortstopstopwatchswimsuittouchdownSome examples of open spaced compound, sports related nouns:diving boardend zoneface guardgoal posthead gearhockey rinkhockey stickice skatesskating rinkswimming poolwrestling matchyard line
The two nouns in your sentence are words and nouns, they are plural, common nouns.