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Ekiden (駅伝) is a long-distance running multi-stage relay race, mostly held on roads. [1]: 812 [2]The original Japanese term had nothing to do with a sport or a competition, but it simply referred to the age old post-horse or stagecoach courier system which transmitted communication by stages, instead of one horse or a man covering the entire long distance.
A runner legally touching a base is "safe"—in most situations he may not be put out. Runners may attempt to advance from base to base at any time (except when the ball is dead). A runner that must attempt to advance is forced, when all previous bases are occupied and a batted ball that touches the ground is a fair ball. The runner forced to ...
Example: "Banged up Braves ready for playoff rematch with Astros." A bang-up game is an exciting or close game. Example from a sports headline: "A Real Bang-Up Finish." A bang bang play is one in which the runner is barely thrown out, a very close call, typically at first base. Perhaps reflecting the "bang" of the ball in the first-baseman's ...
There will be three weeks without a network television game, two in April and one in September. The Thursday games on September 14 and 21 and Saturday game on September 30 will feature flexible scheduling, similar to the NFL schedule format since 2006, allowing Fox to schedule games with playoff implications to air in the national time slots ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details: Gail Devers United States: 10.82 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica: 10.83 Irina Privalova Unified Team ( Russia) 10.84 200 metres details: Gwen Torrence United States: 21.81 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica: 22.02 Merlene Ottey Jamaica: 22.09 400 metres details: Marie-José Pérec France: 48.83 Olha Bryzhina Unified ...
The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. David Nied was the starting pitcher in a game the Rockies lost, 3–0. The franchise's first home game at Mile High Stadium, and first win in franchise history, came four days later with an 11–4 win over the Montreal Expos.
Bowie was born on August 27, 1990, in Sand Hill, Rankin County, Mississippi. [5] When she was two years old, her mother placed Bowie and her sister into foster care. Her grandmother gained guardianship over her, becoming caretaker, instilling in Bowie a work ethic about which she recounted, "My grandmother's number-one rule was that once you start something, you don't quit...She never let me ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1948 London details: Olga Gyarmati Hungary: 5.695 m Noemí Simonetto Argentina: 5.60 m Ann-Britt Leyman Sweden: 5.575 m 1952 Helsinki details: Yvette Williams New Zealand: 6.24 m Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union: 6.14 m Shirley Cawley Great Britain: 5.92 m 1956 Melbourne details: Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland: 6.35 m ...