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Sudden death has been perceived as a poor fit for gridiron football [citation needed] because the process gives an inherent advantage to the team who starts with possession of the ball: they can end the game immediately by driving a relatively short distance into field goal range and then kicking a field goal, but defensive scores such as the pick-six or the safety are much more rare.
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
Philipp Lahm about to take a shot in the 2012 UEFA Champions League final penalty shoot-out. In association football, a penalty shoot-out (previously known as kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as extra time (if used) has expired (for example ...
When a quarterback has to complete a short pass, commonly to a running back or tight end, as a last resort in their read progression. chip shot A very short field goal, usually of 25 yards or less, that is almost certain to be successful. Named after the golf term of the same name, for the ball's high and short trajectory. chop block
With the College Football Playoff field expanding to 12 teams, the CFP committee added first-round games at the site of the higher at-large teams to the new format. The vote to include eight more ...
In gridiron football, the red zone is the area of the field between the 20-yard line and the goal line. Though some professional stadiums may have a decorative stripe indicating the 20-yard line (usually either team colors, or a red-white-blue stripe; some fields have it placed at the 25-yard line instead), the zone is not red-colored, and ...
A baseball box score includes so much more than just runs, hits, and errors charged to teams. Teams' lineups are shared through box score, as well as an array of other statistics: Hits, at-bats, runs, RBIs (runs batted in), strikeouts, walks, batting average, pitching stats (e.g., innings pitched, earned runs, strikeouts).
Any ground gained during each down short of these ten yards is kept, and any ground lost must be regained in addition to the ten yards. Thus, if a team gains four yards on first down, it then has three more downs to gain the six remaining yards; if a team loses four yards on first down, it must gain a total of fourteen yards over the next three ...