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I am very close to negative buoyancy. When learning to swim front craw if I exhale my head will sink down very quickly. Is there a technique to keep my upper body at the right angle when doing front ...

On April 17, 2019, in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg between Manchester City and Tottenham there were some requests to VAR. In particular, one was made regarding Llorente's goal in ...

I am wondering if there is a database compiling match/player stats for leagues (or maybe UEFA Champions League) which have VAR in place. I'm particularly interested in stats surrounding VAR itself, ...

With the Islanders' Jordan Eberle having accomplished this against the Penguins during the 1st round of the 2018-2019 NHL playoffs, how many players have ever gotten a goal (not just a point) in every ...

Recieving a serve .....is it a foul to cross the short service line once the shuttle is delivered from the server while receiving a serve. As per the BWF rule book, definition of service delivered is ...

How legal was Ashwin's Mankading of Joe Buttler in the IPL match between RR and KXIP? According to me, Ashwin had stopped his action and was almost waiting for Buttler to leave the crease. The ball ...

I have been climbing for a short while and loving it. Now that I've gotten a fair bit of practice with indoor climbing I'm thinking about where this new love of mine can take me. The obvious answers ...

If in a game of football 4 players get sent off for one team and then that team refuses to play the rest of the match, and walk off, are they entitled to receiving any points for that game?

As far as I know in table tennis, it is not allowed to serve over the sideline i.e. on the first hit of the ball, it is not allowed that the ball will go over the side of the table on the opponents ...

How much does being on a power play improve an NHL team's chances of scoring a goal? I know the likelyhood of a team scoring on a power play is about 20%. But what is the likelihood of a team scoring ...

Rawling Major league baseball(https://i.stack.imgur.com/BRxhH.jpg)

If 2 penalties are called on the same play. 2 minors, 2 minutes each, and so they are put on the board at the same moment. If a goal is scored on the following 3v5 powerplay, one of those penalties ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in a sweep in the 1st round of the 2018-2019 NHL playoffs. Outside of this occurrence, what was the worst result for a President's Trophy ...

This image is from the Sochi Winter Olympics: Why is Women Body Checking different from a regular Body Check? I mean, pretty sure not every penalty was preceded by Women's in the match (like Women ...

Inspired by this question: Which MLB team had the shortest "longest winning streak" in a pennant-winning season? Which NBA team had the shortest longest winning streak during a championship-...

Found this baseball while cleaning out my parents garage. The baseball is a Cal Ripken SR. Collegiate League Baseball.

We had a player already in the penalty box. With 11 seconds left in that penalty, the opposing team scored a goal while we had a delayed penalty. It was my assumption that the delayed penalty is ...

Say there is a runner on first base. The batter hits it to the outfield and the baserunner advances to second base but over-runs the bag by making an aggressive turn. On the throw back, he gets tagged ...

What are the benefits or drawbacks of using a snooker cue rather than a standard cue on a regular pool table?

Which team won the pennant but never won more than X games in a row, with X being the lowest number? For example, the hypothetical team the Rainbow Sox won the pennant in 1717, but never won more ...

It seems that in NHL playoffs, referees tend to be a lot less likely to call a penalty. What is the reason and is this an official rule in the referee handbook or is it more of an unspoken rule?

Looking for a list of players from most to least that made it to consecutive playoff appearances.

It's known that athletes perform best at certain times of day - most studies suggest that late afternoon / early evening seems to be the best time for peak performance. See this link for an article ...

A goal was scored and the referee blew his whistle and directed players back to the centre for kick off. The opposition complained and so the ref went to speak with the linesman and the referee then ...

Baseball fields often have a display of the number of balls, strikes, and outs. Does this group have a name? As far as I can cell, "Count" refers to just balls and strikes and are for individual ...

If a bowler's front foot lands on the line and some part of the foot is outside the line and some part of the foot is on the line but no part of the foot is behind the line, is it a fair delivery?

Air raid quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes, Jared Goff, and Baker Mayfield are seeing success now and Kliff Kingsburry, who ran his offense out of the shotgun 90% of the time at Texas Tech, is heading ...

Any idea who this signature is from? Most likely early 2000s Red Sox ](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KKas6.jpg)

Bases loaded two outs. Ball is hit to shortstop, who boots the ball and then runs down the runner going to third and tags her out. Runner from third crossed the plate before the tag was made. Does the ...

There is a runner on third with one out and batter hits a ground ball to first baseman who opts to throw home before stepping on bag or tagging batter. The runner is safe at home and the batter is ...

I have a Yonex badminton non-marking shoe, and most advice from the internet is that I shouldn't be playing on concrete floor as it would spoil the shoe badly. I was wondering about moset floor such ...

In the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game, with 22.5 seconds left in the second half, Texas Tech had Norense Odiase, a 62% free throw shooter, at the line for what CBS announcer ...

I walk to my local climbing gym and the setters mark their routes with some difficulty mark. I will use the European scale. After some time I noticed, that there are routes of a lower difficulty, ...

Note: I was torn between asking this question in SE.Travel or here but I feel it will be better answered by "locals", rather than "travellers". Please let me know if this is an incorrect assumption. ...

what determines if a successful stolen base is against the catcher or pitcher? for instance, a ball thrown in the dirt after the runner breaks for the next base. This surely can not be held against ...

I have been watching snooker for a few months now and I have never seen a player hit the wrong type of ball. Personally, I often get confused and forget which type the player is on (color or red) and ...

My understanding is that the remaining energy from a battery can be approximated using several different methods e.g. measuring the battery voltage. However, I am yet to find a method that is ...

Has anyone got the excel formula for the IPL T20 tournament please ? I have tried various methods but they do not match the real IPL table. Thanks

Playing a little league game we had a runner on first and the batter hit a ground ball. Runner on first went to second and stopped, batter made it to first and then turned trying to go to second, but ...

If a player hits the double 1 then that would be game over but if he throws his second dart and hits the board then is that a bust?

How safe or dangerous is boys lacrosse, compared to other boys high school sports? This would be a 10th grader playing JV as a defender. My son, trying to convince me that he would not get a ...

The other day my team played a match. It was0-0 on the 90th minute and the referee gave us a penalty. We took it and the keeper saved it. We then scored the rebound but the ref blew the final whistle ...

I have read that better cross trainer devices offer more flywheel mass with 5kg bare minimum. Now I have found one offer which tells me there is a flywheel with 9kg having a working mass of 24 kg. ...

I use Aquasphere googles for swimming and when they are new they seal really well. I swim for at least 60 minutes and if I leave them alone, my eyes stay dry for the whole session. However, when the ...

I saw many cricketers which play for another country instead of his own country.But is it necessary to get nationality of this country for playing international cricket for this country?

Apparently, there are many motorsport competitions out there. I understand I can run, say, a cricket league in Russia. As long as I have enough people to compete and a lawn, I don't need much funding, ...

In Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds, the phrase "give it weight" is occasionally muttered by a caddie before a player attempts a putt. I always thought since the game is a caricature of golf, the phrase ...

Inspired by this question: What team has shortest longest losing streak within a season in MLB history? What team has shortest longest losing streak within a season in NBA history? Off the top of my ...

I was curious to understand how an NRR (Net Run Rate) of -0.519 was given to Royal Challengers. So I browsed few sites, found the following formula. NRR = (Run scored / Over played) - (Run conceded / ...

Real Madrid is evidently in pursuit of such high profile players as Kylian Mbappe and Sadio Mane. Both those players are young and good...and valuable. Any world-class club would like to build around ...