Word: balling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, it was an accident that Gallagher ever played basketball. "I probably would have preferred to play football," he said, "but the only places to play any kind of ball were the basketball courts." "City streets made pretty poor football fields," he said...
Back in the lineup at the start of the second half Johnson ignited a quick burst by stealing the ball from the Eli's Bob McCallum...
Harvard was sluggish, so Wilson inserted his youngbloods -- sophomores Jerry O'Neil, Ernie Hardy, and junior Johnson. It was a smart move. After about five minutes of frustratingly sloppy ball-handling and shooting, Hardy began to clear the boards. Johnson moved the ball, and O'Neil heated...
Then came the decisive play of the evening. Harvard stole the ball but missed the shot and the Bruins' Greg Donaldson brought the ball up court. Pressed by Eric Gustavson he lost the ball toward the sideline. In the ensuing scramble the referee called a foul on Gustavson...
Face-Off. Hockey's version of the jump ball in basketball, in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing players to initiate play. Besides the blue center circle, eight red face-off dots are positioned at strategic points about the rink to get the puck back into action after a referee's whistle stops the game. Among the most common: the "end-zone face-off," which usually occurs after a goalie blocks a shot at the net, and the "last-play face-off," which takes place at the point where play has been stalled...