More on the migration of sports into sport: a Nike gift card.
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Or, maybe Nike is just trying to be grammatically correct. Think about it. For how many sports at once can one buy Nike products for $25? (“Pick a sport, any sport, on which to use your gift card.”)
They are games, anyway.