QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 26, 2011 -> 12:44 PM)
Yes and no. Athletically they are but to me, what differentiates sports from skills is interaction with your competitors. It's not cut and dry but with the activities I mentioned, you can't really affect the other person at all (pool you kind of can). It's just who does better. At least with poker, there is a direct interaction with your adversary and what you do or don't can and does affect the other.
Then poker is a sport, but track and field isn't.