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  2. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    American football: To improvise, often in the spur of the moment. The term is based on the practice of changing a play right before the play is run in American football. [4] carry the ball American football, rugby, etc: To take charge, to assume responsibility. In some ball games (for example American or Canadian football, rugby, etc.), the ...

  3. Player-coach - Wikipedia

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    The player-coach was, for many decades, a long-time fixture in professional basketball. Many notable coaches in the NBA served as player-coaches, including Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens. This was especially true up through the 1970s, when the league was not as financially successful as it is today, and player-coaches were often used to save money.

  4. Face-off - Wikipedia

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    Rule 76.2 also dictates that, with some exceptions, a face-off following a penalty must occur at one of the two face-off dots of the offending team's end. [1] An official may remove the player taking the face-off if the player or any players from the same team attempt to gain an unfair advantage during the face-off (called a face-off violation).

  5. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...

  6. Gatorade shower - Wikipedia

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    Chris Denorfia of the Chicago Cubs is hit with a double Gatorade shower. The Gatorade shower, also known as the Gatorade dunk or the Gatorade bath, is a sports tradition that involves players surreptitiously dumping a cooler full of liquid (most commonly Gatorade mixed with ice) over the head of their coach (or occasionally a high-profile assistant coach, star player, or team owner in ...

  7. Florida State's Mike Norvell gives emotional postgame speech ...

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    Following FSU's 63-3 defeat by Georgia in the Orange Bowl, coach Mike Norvell gave an impassioned, emotional speech to his players in the locker room.

  8. List of sports clichés - Wikipedia

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    This is immediately followed by a dramatic montage with tear soaked hugs of players and coaches who are genuinely better off for the experience. After a supreme achievement on the sports field/court/diamond, the achiever will, for no apparent reason, extend his arm and use his forefinger to point, for an extended period of time, to a team-mate ...

  9. Shahzad Anwar - Wikipedia

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    Shahzad Anwar (born 26 April 1978) [1] is a Pakistani football manager who is the current head coach of POPO FC.. Anwar began his coaching career in 1997 at a local school in Sargodha, subsequently enrolling in certificate coaching courses provided by the Pakistan Football Federation. [2]