Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sporting

 adjective  Date: 1799  1.  a. of, relating to, used, or suitable for sport; especially trained for trapping or retrieving game ~ dogs  b. marked by or calling for sportsmanship  c. involving such risk as a sports contender may expect to take or encounter a ~ chance  2. of or relating to dissipation and especially gambling  3. tending to mutate freely  • ~ly adverb