I'm desired in one sport and despised in another. I help another light the way and can bring workers a better day. What am I?

You built your algorithm, this by this, The wolf blew, but his effort went amiss. When you break your phone, it becomes me.

The monarch of the glen wears this crown, An ever-growing symbol of the strength beneath, Dropped each year but picked up again anew, Built of blood and bone, with velvet sheath

a dagger. a knife. a razor. an ice skate. a leaf of grass. a windshield wiper. Wesley Snipes.

Often just a large pit, where buried rock becomes something useful. Fred Flintstone worked at one with Barney, using dinosaurs as heavy equipment.