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Navy quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada puts the ball over the goal line for a two-point conversion at the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl. In gridiron football, a two-point conversion, two-point convert, or two-point attempt is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown.
The team that was trapped in its own end zone, therefore conceding two points to the other team, kicks the ball from its own 20-yard line. This can be a place kick (in the NFL, a tee cannot be used), drop-kick, or punt. In the NFL and high school, a free kick may be taken on the play immediately after a fair catch; see "fair catch kick" below.
The inbound pass or throw-in is used to restart play after the ball has gone out of bounds, after a successful field goal or free throw by the opposing team, or after a non-shooting foul. Throw-ins are difficult to defend against and so are not usually strongly contested except in the last few minutes of a close game.
SMU edged out Alabama for the final at-large spot in the College Football Playoff — meaning just three SEC teams (No. 2 Georgia, No. 5 Texas and No. 9 Tennessee) are in the 12-team field. This ...
The Knicks finished last season 22nd in the share of their shots that came at the rim, and 26th in shooting percentage at the basket. With Brunson and Towns on the floor together, though, New York ...
If self-inflicted drama that teases future problems is the end goal, the Eagles are already there. Give them the rings. Name A.J. Brown the fiasco MVP.
A rebound is credited to a team when it gains possession of the ball after any missed shot that is not cleared by a single player (e.g., deflected out of bounds after the shot, blocked out of bounds, bounced directly off the rim out of bounds). A team rebound is never credited to any player, and is generally considered to be a formality as ...
Though the Bulls pushed ahead in the third quarter and jumped to a nine-point lead after a pair of Ayo Dosunmu free throws late in the period, the Cavaliers rattled off an 11-2 run to tie the game ...