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Typical senior day recognition, this time for the 2013 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's volleyball team. Senior day or senior night (depending on the time the game is held) is a term used in high school sports and college sports, most notably football and basketball, to describe the team's last regular season home game of the season. [1]
Back home to watch the World Series with his family after covering the ALCS, Francoeur gave four quotes to live by for sports parents: (Questions and responses are edited for length and clarity.)
Sports critic Bill Mayo disagrees, saying that sports clichés are used "just the right amount," and "it is what it is." Former New York Giants quarterback -turned CBS broadcaster Phil Simms devotes a large portion of his 2004 book Sunday Morning Quarterback to examining football clichés such as "winning the turnover battle", "halftime ...
Undokai (2005) Sports day, called undōkai (運動会) in Japanese, is usually held on a Saturday or Sunday in Japanese schools.During weeks preceding the sports day, students practice their events which they would like to show their parents and friends, within their class of physical education, which often includes tamaire, performances by the school band and presentations by various school ...
OED cites boxing usage to 1811, figurative usage to 1948. The phrase the old one-two is cited in 1960, but quotes it from "a more vulgarly robust age". [56] out for the count See down for the count, above.:: out in left field: Baseball: Someone who is not where they should be or does not understand something. In baseball, left field (or right ...
This is for sports events restricted to competitors older than those in the most competitive or open category. Some such event have "senior", "masters", or "veteran" in their title. The restriction may involve a formal minimum age (e.g. 50 for golf's U.S. Senior Open ) but not necessarily (e.g. the tennis ATP Champions Tour allows players under ...
Reading and sharing inspirational Veterans Day quotes from important figures throughout history is one way to commemorate the day. Whether you have family members, friends, or neighbors who served ...
The film Ferris Bueller's Day Off was a catalyst for several Senior Skip Days in the 1980s and mid 1990s. [4] At Caltech , "Ditch Day" has become an annual tradition. [ 3 ]