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In college basketball, there is a break at the first dead ball after 4-minute intervals (beyond the 16:00, 12:00, 8:00, and 4:00 minute mark of each half). [3] Additionally, the first timeout requested by either team in the second half shall become the length of a timeout called for by the electronic-media agreement. [ 4 ]
One in five to six years has a 53rd week which is usually appended to the last quarter. It is then 98 days instead of 91 days long, which complicates comparisons. In the Chinese calendar, the quarters are traditionally associated with the 4 seasons of the year: Spring: 1st to 3rd month; Summer: 4th to 6th month; Autumn: 7th to 9th month
Three minutes before the start of the game, the referee meets with captains from both teams for a coin toss. The visiting team calls the toss before the coin is flipped, since 1998. The winner of the toss may defer their choice to the start of the second half, or they may take the first choice of:
The last quarter of the year is the fourth quarter or Q4. This quarter takes place in October, November and December. Q4 is the time when most companies have to hustle.
The first half of Thursday night’s game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers had a few snow flurries, and that was novel. It was the first snow of the NFL season.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis's advance estimate of third quarter US gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy grew at an annualized pace of 2.8% during the period, below the 2.9% growth ...
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning calls for a time-out during a 2011 National Football League game.. In sports, a time-out or timeout is a halt in the play. This allows the coaches of either team to communicate with the team, e.g., to determine strategy or inspire morale, as well as to stop the game clock.
A standard football game consists of four 15-minute quarters (12-minute quarters in high-school football and often shorter at lower levels, usually one minute per grade [e.g. 9-minute quarters for freshman games]), [6] with a 12-minute half-time intermission (30 minutes in the Super Bowl) after the second quarter in the NFL (college halftimes are 20 minutes; in high school the interval is 15 ...