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The Story of a Halo 2 Champion
Sam Machkovech writes "My buddy Paul Kix of The Dallas Observer did some digging to uncover the life of Matt Leto (aka Zyos), whose track record places him in the top rankings of worldwide Halo & Halo 2 competitions. Professional gaming leagues are nothing new to those who know about the CPL, but this story shines a light at console-focused leagues like the MLG that may very well get the mainstream crowd interested in gaming as a viable sport, along with gamers like Zyos who buck negative stereotypes associated with hardcore gamers -- 'perhaps surprising, Leto's not a nerd. He's an athlete' -- while still kicking virtual ass. Show this article to your parents/spouses next time they harass you about your habit."
hmm...well actually, the original definition of a sport (which you can still see as the first entry in webster) was an amusement or diversion -- which video games definately count as.
The problem is that most sports that (up till now) the mainstream media would cover, where those that were heavily athletic. So, in most peoples minds sports = athletics. However, this is just simply not true. (you can still hear people calling something that was fun "good sport")
So in the end we find that most diversions and compititions are actually sports. HOwever, not all of them are athletic. SO video games = sport != athetic.