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Why do the players in this video appear to be trying not to get a touchdown?
So there are really 2 things happening regarding to your question: what you're asking, and what those players are actually doing, which is very different than what you asked. I'll explain both ...
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Is it possible for a tennis match to last forever?
Depending on the competition it is very well possible to have a match last forever. Tennis itself has no rules about a time limit. See the longest match ever played, which took 11 hours in total. ...
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What does the superscript used in tennis scores mean?
When a set reaches 6-6, a tiebreaker is used to determine the winner of the thirteenth game and hence the set. The first player serves once, then the players alternate serving twice consecutively, ...
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What is the lowest possible winning score in snooker?
Given these requirements, the minimum winning score is 22 points.
Firstly, under these conditions, the lowest total score is 42 points (all reds sunk with no colour, plus all colours in sequence to ...
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Sac fly and sac bunt
These are both covered by MLB Rule 9.08:
The Official Scorer shall:
(a) Score a sacrifice bunt when, before two are out, the batter advances one or more runners with a bunt and is put out at first ...
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Longest time between goals in NHL playoffs
The longest time between two consecutive NHL playoff goals for a player is 11 years, which has been done by 5 players:
Craig Ludwig: 103 games apart, 4079 days
04/09/1988, Montreal @ Hartford
06/10/...
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What was a "try" in ancient football?
A try, at least originally, did not affect the score directly, and is only recorded to mark a key aspect of that game: there were very few scoring opportunities at all.
What it did was provide that ...
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Has there ever been a Euros or World Cup champion that never conceded a goal?
Germany at the World Cup in 2007 conceded zero goals! Naturally, their goalkeeper Nadine Angerer won Best Goalie of the tournament.
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Is a shuttle touching the floor of the court not a fault?
Law 7.3 is what you're after:
The side winning a rally shall add a point to its score. A side shall win a rally, if the opposing side commits a "fault" or the shuttle ceases to be in play ...
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Meaning of '4:1 (3:0)' as score in football (World Cup match)
The parenthetical shows the halftime score. This is confirmed from the list of scores:
Lucien LAURENT (FRA) 19'
Marcel LANGILLER (FRA) 40'
Andre MASCHINOT (FRA) 43'
Juan CARRENO (MEX) 70'
Andre ...
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In basketball, what does 'two for fifteen' mean?
Went two for 15. Seven points.
This specific player made two field goals (FGM - field goals made) out of 15 attempts (FGA - field goals attempted) for a total of seven points (PTS).
He finished ...
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Which team is mentioned first in the score in NBA games?
The American convention is that the away team is first - you can think of this as "Golden State at Milwaukee". This convention extends to how the fixtures are listed; for example, picking today's ...
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Scoring Errors in Defensive Judgement
Example 1 is a bit tricky for me, only because I think it's difficult for a scorer to tell the difference between a CF that is intentionally throwing home versus one that has misplayed a throw to ...
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Has there ever been a Euros or World Cup champion that never conceded a goal?
No, there was no such champion neither in the men's World Cup nor in the men's Euros which didn't concede at least one goal during the tournament.
Even in pre 1976 Euros when championship basically ...
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Lowest average to bowl a 300 game?
Surf Bowl in Santa Cruz CA in 1978. Diane Ponza bowled a 300 with a league average of 112. I was the pinsetter mechanic on duty when she did it. She used an 8lb pink house ball, rolled 10 straight ...
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Points are given in tennis 15-30-40. Why 40?
Another theory on this scoring system (15, 30, and 40 scores) is:
The scoring nomenclature came from the French game jeu de paume (a
precursor to tennis which initially used the hand instead of a
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Laver Cup: Why are the doubles played without No-Ad rules
Laver Cup is an exhibition tournament that is not regulated by the ATP or ITF, and therefore the organizers can decided what rules to play with.
In 2017, for the first version of this tournament, the ...
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NFL football goal to go situation
In general, the answer is simply that they keep getting halfway. The NFL Rulebook states (14.2.1):
If the enforcement of a distance penalty would move the ball more than half the distance from the ...
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Why is it a considered a passing touchdown in cases when the receiver gains most of the yards?
The short answer is that it is considered a passing touchdown because it is, by definition, a touchdown that occurred on a forward pass. The receiver would still be credited with a "Receiving ...
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Sac fly and sac bunt
The important detail here is likely that this is a detail only of scoring - it does not have any meaning on the field itself.
When the bunt or fly occurs, it is just like any other fly ball or bunt; ...
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What does this number mean in PGA Tournament scores?
The 1 means they have completed 1 hole. The 17 meant they had completed 17 holes. Once you finish, they show the total score for that round.
This image illustrates it. The first number is the players ...
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Confusing presentation of cricket score
I suspect this is mostly a carry-over from the traditional scoring notation: the one "guaranteed" run for a wide is not explicitly indicated, while the number of leg byes needs to be ...
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Chan Ho Park's Earned Runs Allowed on April 23, 1999
There was no error on the home run plays, but there was an error in between. Once you get to a point in the inning where you would have had 3 outs with errorless play, all further runs are considered ...
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Fastest power play goal in the history of the NHL
Adrian Kempe of the LA Kings broke the record on January 9, 2020. He scored 1 second (actually 0.9, since it was inside the last minute of the period and the clock was showing tenths) into the power ...
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In Table Tennis, does a 7-0 lead mean that set is won?
Nothing happens (officially).
According to the ITTF Rules:
2.11 A Game
A game shall be won by the player or pair first scoring 11 points
unless both players or pairs score 10 points, when the ...
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Points-based scoring systems for non-automotive sports with more than two competitors played over a season
A variety of different sports run competitions in such a way.
Golf
The PGA Tour is a series of golf tournaments, each one deciding a final rank for which points are assigned. These points are ...
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How can a touchdown catch be made when the receiver lands outside the End Zone?
From a NFL Rulebook Rule 11: Scoring
SECTION 2, ARTICLE 1. TOUCHDOWN PLAYS
A touchdown is scored when:
2. a ball in possession of an airborne runner is on, above, or behind the plane of the goal line,...
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Is it more common to score on a kickoff return or a punt return?
I charted the KRs and PRs returned for a touchdown since 1994 (the complete play by play era of PFR). This data is lightly edited to remove inaccuracies due to issues in the PFR system.1 This ...
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If a runner reaches second on an error and then scores the next play, does that count as an earned run against the pitcher?
It depends.
The definition of an earned run is one that would have occurred "without the benefit of an error or a passed ball." The official scorer attempts to reconstruct the inning as it would have ...
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