ballgame
noun
Definitions
Any game played with a ball.
Example: Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.
A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.
Example: George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.
A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.
Example: The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.
Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.