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A round in boxing is one of a set number of short contests (usually three minutes) that make up the entire match. OED dates the boxing term to 1812, extends it to battling animals in 1846, then to a figurative sense in 1937. [67] run interference American football: To handle problems for another person or to clear the way for another.
This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope. These are not merely catchy sayings.
A short-season minor league in which high-level prospects from all thirty Major League Baseball clubs are organized into six teams on which players have the opportunity to refine and showcase their skills for evaluation by coaches, scouts, and executives. Such teams are referred to as "scout teams" and "taxi squads".
To be or act tough or aggressive. Refers to the comparison between balls in baseball and softball. As a synonym for baseball, OED dates this use of "hardball" to 1883; its non-baseball use appears in 1973. [51] "Hauser would like to extend its three-year contract with Bristol-Myers, becoming a supplier of the material for semi-synthetic Taxol.
Ski-U-Mah (/ ˌ s k aɪ juː ˈ m ɑː / SKY-yoo-MAH) is a slogan used at the University of Minnesota since 1884, when the newly emerging football team was coached by Thomas Peebles, a philosophy professor and former Princeton University faculty member.
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Tampa Bay flipped a 49er muffed punt into a touchdown, a short 9-yard pass to Rachaad White that tied the game at 10. San Francisco retook the lead with a 33-yard field goal, but Mayfield led the ...
Softball, a form of team sport similar to baseball; Softball squash, the international form of squash, as distinguished from hardball squash, the North American form; Softball cricket, a form of cricket using an alternative cricket ball; Soft-ball stage, a stage in candy-making corresponding to 85% sugar; Softball (band), a Japanese all-girl ...