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Break point: Point which, if won by the receiver, would result in a break of service; arises when the score is 30–40 or 40–ad. A double break point or two break points arises at 15–40; a triple break point or three break points arises at 0–40. [27] Break: To win a game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve. At high ...
Another way of listing the score of the tiebreak is to list only the loser's points. For example, if the set score is listed as 7–6 (8), the tiebreak score was 10–8 (since the eight is the loser's score, and the winner must win by two points). Similarly, 7–6 (3) means the tiebreak score was 7–3.
Refers to a boxer leaving his chin, a vulnerable point, unprotected. AHDI dates this usage to the "mid-1900s"; [44] OED cites Erle Stanley Gardner in 1949. [45] last man out Baseball: a person who is ignored. Comes from when the team comes in and the last person comes straggling in feeling small and ashamed or disgraceful. light the lamp
The NBA star’s sprawling Highland Park, Illinois property, known as Champions Point, is becoming a timeshare, ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help.
A Lim Kim wins Tournament of Champions; Nelly Korda takes 2nd ... in the second half and No. 18 Illinois rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Ohio State 87-79 on Sunday. ... saying traded for ...
The first spread Andrews comes to for an NFL game is simple math, using the power ratings: If Team A is 90, Team B is 91 and at home with a 2.5-point home-field advantage, the line is Team B -3.5.
That year, when only two East Division teams qualified—compared to four Western teams—the rules mandated the two Eastern teams play a two-game total-points series over two weekends (the two-game total point series was used as the CFL's playoff format prior to 1973), while the four Western teams played a single-elimination playoff over the ...
Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell, billed as The Battle of Champions, was a professional boxing match contested on February 6, 1967, for the undisputed heavyweight championship. [1] The fight went 15 rounds, with Ali winning through a unanimous decision.