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What happens if the team receiving the kickoff in overtime drives the ball for almost 10 minutes (unlikely but possible) and then kicks a field goal as the 10 minutes run out? Do they win?

Why are women compensated the exact same as men in major tournaments but only play maximum three sets to men's five? I don't find that to be equal?

I bought this ball at goodwill. It is on a 2007 all star game official ball but have not been able to find a matching signature. Is there a way to bump a picture of the signature against a database ...

Major league rules. What happens if team used the entire roster and now a player gets hurt ???

For an NBA game, I see a market for Spread and one for Winning Margin. The Spread market lists "Team A -5.5: 10/11". The Winning Margin markets lists "Team A, 6 points or more: 3/4". Shouldn't the ...

I need a material to make a fence to catch stray bbs on my outside field. I require about 6-8 meters in height and 40 meters long (preferably something that wont bankrupt me). What materials would be ...

Unkown signature could not find out who it was glad it doesn't look that to the eye wen in hand zoom dose it no justice lol and what is it worth enter image description here

For the first time in the history of the MLB, the 2018 season saw the total number of batter hits be less than strikeouts. See chart below: Hits have consistently been about 10,000+ higher than ...

Can I change my playing hand anytime in the game? What is the specific rule for hand change in table tennis? Is it allowed to play using one paddle by holding it any of the hands?

In what TV show or the like can I find technical commentaries of NBA games? I mean comments like "Gold State Warriors used this scheme where the power forward set a screen on the opponent and so the ...

A basketball team fields 6 players, they score four points before the violation is noticed. What is the correct decision by the officials?

We have similar question for men: Who is the best striker (best goals/appearances ratio) with 25/50/100+ national caps? So it seems quite natural to ask about women, too. Which female footballers ...

Who are the footballers with most free kicks scored? We all remember Juninho Pernambucano, but who else?

I'm an enthusiastic club tennis player. I'm larger and stronger than most of the women since I'm a man, and bigger than almost any under-18 girl. However, for humility I occasionally ask myself ...

I'm designing a football (soccer) tournament for youth sides, and there are nine teams playing. When this was done before, byes were given to 7 teams, in a single elimination tournament. This is ...

If a player receives a red card during the final of a football tournament and leaves the pitch, can he goes back and celebrate the title, if his team wins? Do you remember such a case?

With the Browns just finishing their third overtime game this season (in week 5), does anybody know what is the most overtime games played by a single team during a season? This page seems to have a ...

The Washington Capitals dominantly beat the Boston Bruins 7 to 0 on their opening game of 2018 season. The Capitals won the Stanley Cup the previous season for the first time in their team history. ...

On October 6, 2018, the Bills, Lions, Browns and Jets all won. When was the last time the Bills, Lions, Browns, & Jets won on the same day? Or even the same week?

When a basketball player shoots a 3-point shot, I've noticed that a referee will raise one arm straight over his head while the ball is in the air. This presumably signals to everyone that the shot is,...

After pocketing the last ball, the cue ball bounces back to pot the 8 ball, leaving my opponent with 4 object balls. In this situation, who is considered to be the winner? Is it the the opponent or ...

Including with respect to a tiebreak game.

On a free hit, suppose the ball hits the bails and dislodges them, then goes to the wicketkeeper's hands. If they then remove a stump from the ground while the batsman is out of their crease, is this ...

Is there a time limit within which you have to serve the ball? I experienced a strange game where one of the players just turned his back (as he was about to serve) to his opponent and said you took ...

This article shows an image where most popular sport by country can be checked. It's a bit old (from 2006), but I guess not old enough for having changed a lot since then. Clearly, soccer is the most ...

This question applies to all levels of American football from pee wee football all the way up to the NFL. If a running back is past the line of scrimmage and is running towards the sideline with the ...

I've been eyeballing a volleyball match right now (apparently, it's world championships :), and have noticed that they show "spike speed" for spike replays. How is that speed measured? Is the ball ...

Why did the Flyers change/upgrade their mascot to Gritty? I tried searching on many news websites, but they seem to focus on the responses that those on social media left, rather than why.

During earlier IPL events, all Indian News TV Channels were giving Highlights, Point Tables, Etc. We were getting too much updates. During IPL 2018, there was no coverage in Prime Time on all ...

Jeff Fisher cut Deon Long for bringing a woman to his dorm room. What's the big deal? https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/08/09/jeff-fisher-cut-deon-long-for-bringing-a-woman-to-his-camp-dorm-...

I was reffing a boys high school soccer game. Home team player dribbled into the box and before the defender could challenge he got a shot off on net that was saved by the keeper. Half a second after ...

So during a soccer game I refereed, a kid took a goal kick and somehow managed to kick the ball out of bounds before it left the box, like in my beautiful diagram below. Would this be a redo of the ...

Looking at Befair tennis, what is the percentage of broken service games? If both players are fairly evenly matched, how many times does a player lose his service game?

In the following rally: https://youtu.be/XVAVbaX6c64?t=487 the marker called the ball "down", however the other player didn't hear and continued to play. This resulted in a let ball... I couldn't find ...

When was the last time the Lions and Browns both won on the same weekend? They both won on September 23rd, 2018, but they are notorious for being the two 0-16 teams in NFL history.

Watching football games and highlights I often notice the referee saying something to a player who has just scored a goal. I can imagine if the player has celebrated too much it would be related to ...

I was reading this answer to the question "Who gets Super Bowl rings?" which says Also, in some cases, players traded during the season will get them too, if they suited up and played during they ...

Here is the play. It was yesterday in a Copa Libertadores match. The header ended in the goalkeeper's face. The referee decided to send off the player with the VAR. The rules of soccer are not really ...

I'm not a big sports fan, but I know Auburn, the SEC, the Yankees are winners, but then the Mets, the Cubs, the Browns tend to lose. I would think over years that there would a more cyclical win/lose ...

I've played golf a few times this season and had a handful of putts for birdie 10 feet and under. Although I was happy with all but one of my putts, each putt missed low. For another putt (about 25 ...

I am a occasional football watcher from Europe, so please excuse my stupid question. My question is the following: The standard outcome of a punt is a catch by the defending team and some running ...

Regarding doubles match: On our opponents second serve to me, I called it out. Our opponents contested my call. My partner said she did not see exactly where the ball bounced. Out opponents said ...

The 18th hole of the TOUR championship used to be a par-3, but I found out that is no longer the case since it is now the 9th hole. When did this change take place and why?

I thought jerseys have last names (or nothing) on the back of them. However, I recently saw dots on a jersey. When did jerseys get dots on them? What do they represent? It sorta looks like scoreboard ...

I've read that a normal Q Angle for a male knee is 14 degrees, but from photos it appears Usain Bolt's Q Angles are less than that. I'd like to get official values for his Q Angles (maybe they have ...

Say there are men on second and third with one out. So the pitcher intentionally walks a batter to load the bases and set up a possible double play. Maybe the pitcher didn't want to pitch to a good ...

In professional tournaments/championships and across sports, can different games be started at the same time? When or why would the organisers do that?

For those who don't know this is a genetic illness, where among some other symptoms, the one suffering it would feel no pain. I know combat sports are quite the opposite of what a patient with that ...

In the history of the IndyCar Series from the 1996 IRL season (Scott Sharp and Buzz Calkins) up to the recently concluded 2018 season (Scott Dixon) What's been the biggest points deficit an eventual ...

If the shuttle hits the player then lands, what is the line judge supposed to call? If the player then hits the shuttle out on their own side (does not reach or go past the net), or hits it directly ...