It cuts between a small boy beating a bigger opponent in a soccer match, short versus tall players in a basketball game, a bear being scared off by a beaver and cartoon character Popeye punching Bluto into mid-air.

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Basketball's shot clock was the idea of a college basketball coach to stop delaying tactics by the team that was ahead in a match.

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Think ESPN basketball announcer Dick Vitale or a public address announcer at a professional boxing match.

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Basketball drew a big crowd for Argentina against Serbia-Montenegro, and so did a marquee match in water polo between defending Olympic champion Hungary and Serbia-Montenegro.

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