The term Athletics serves as a disambiguation page covering several distinct meanings, most prominently referring to the sport of athletics, which includes competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking, with track and field as its major sub-category. It also broadly applies to college athletics (university-level sports) and physical culture competitions based on human stamina and fitness. In professional baseball, the Athletics team has a storied history, having played as the Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967), and Oakland Athletics (1968–2024), and it now resides in West Sacramento, California, without a city designation. Earlier Philadelphia Athletics baseball teams existed from 1860–1876 and 1882–1891, and a Philadelphia Athletics NFL team competed from 1902–1903. Additionally, Athletics is the name of an American post-rock band. The page ultimately links to related terms like Athlete and Athletic, clarifying the many contexts in which the word is used.