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  2. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    Ball games: To remain alert. In most games involving balls, it is important for players to keep track of the ball. AHDI dates to circa 1900. [37] keep the ball rolling (keep the ball bowling) Some ball games: To keep a conversation or endeavour from flagging. In some games, the ball must be kept moving or play stops.

  3. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - Wikipedia

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    "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. Harrison wrote the song as a tribute to Frank Crisp, a nineteenth-century lawyer and the original owner of Friar Park – the Victorian Gothic residence in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, that Harrison purchased in early 1970.

  4. Laissez les bons temps rouler - Wikipedia

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    The expression Laissez les bons temps rouler (alternatively Laissez le bon temps rouler, French pronunciation: [lɛse le bɔ̃ tɑ̃ ʁule]) is a Louisiana French phrase. The phrase is a calque of the English phrase "let the good times roll", that is, a word-for-word translation of the English phrase into Louisiana French Creole.

  5. Let's roll - Wikipedia

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    "Let's roll" is a colloquialism that has been used extensively as a command to move and start an activity, attack, mission or project. They were the last recorded words of passenger Todd Beamer on board United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks in 2001, before he and other passengers attempted to storm the cockpit and retake the ...

  6. Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error - Wikipedia

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    Aware of Wilson's speed, Buckner tried to rush the play. As a result, the ball rolled beside his glove, through his legs, and into right field, allowing Knight to score the winning run from second base. [8] Had Buckner fielded the ball with Wilson safe at first, the score would have remained tied for the next Mets batter.

  7. Pride beat Courage 2-1 in NWSL and move one point out of ...

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    Emily Fox cut the ball back from the left, and Haley Hopkins let the ball roll under her feet to Matsukubo, who ran onto the ball and shot into the right corner with her first touch.

  8. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Roll Shot : An attacker hits the set softly putting extreme topspin on the ball so that it will clear the block and drop quickly and directly over the block Sprawl : A type of dig in which the player does not dive forward, but rather places their hands on the ground and pushes their body forward and down.

  9. Glossary of bowling - Wikipedia

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    Roll: The third phase of ball motion, in which the ball gains full traction upon leaving the hook phase. [95] Roll finger: The middle finger, so named because when positioned directly behind the ball at delivery, applies forward roll to the ball and causes low axis tilt. Compare: turn finger. [96]