Word: grounde
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...what's the fuss about? Sepak takraw looks and scores like volleyball, except players use anything but their hands to get the ball over the net. If the ball hits the ground on the opponent's side, or if the return is hit out of bounds, a point is scored. There are three players per side, though variations exist. But the game's telegenic oomph (and there's plenty) comes from sustained volleys, deadly serves-the hard plastic ball reaches speeds up to 100 km/h-and the cartwheel spike, a power move of agility and aggression where a player backflips into...
...Others, however, strongly support Hume’s greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse in either case, merely a problem of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In any case, there is much to be said on both sides...
...exalted these leaders for a purpose had reason to believe they'd been betrayed. It was a bitter irony to see the bookstores filling with accounts of the rise of a new American Theocracy: what many conservative Christians saw was that the boardroom, not the sanctuary, was Republican hallowed ground. When their interests clashed with the G.O.P. business wing, the money talked: concerns about persecution of Christians in China, disgust with Internet pornography, alarms about global warming, respect for workers' right to wear religious clothing, would not translate into policies that might inconvenience American business...
...occasional attacks on fans, players and coaches; the lack of anything resembling team spirit or a work ethic, and the undisguised selfishness on the field. Instead, they have filled stadiums in the hope of seeing his 1,000th goal, and those that can't make it to the ground have crowded around TV sets in bars and homes...
Bobzin, who served as a co-captain for the team this season, picked up a league-leading 3.27 ground ball per contest while also ranking fourth in the Ivies in causing 1.47 turnovers per game. In a game against 11th-ranked Penn this year, she picked up a season-high eight ground balls...