-
The 1986 season brought the shot clock, which prevented superior teams from playing stall ball.
WSJ: The Elusive Undefeated Season��1976 Indiana Hoosiers
-
Meanwhile, Khawaja, playing the ball late from a high back-lift with hands low on the bat handle, consolidated intelligently as the skies darkened overhead.
BBC: Ashes: England on top as rain hits Sydney Test match
-
But Silva was eventually tempted into playing at a ball from left-armer James Franklin which was angled across him and Fleming made no mistake at slip.
BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Sangakkara produces brilliant ton
-
Most bowl games trend towards offensive showcases that owe themselves to either rust from time off or playing an attractive brand of ball for recruiting purposes.
FORBES: Shortages, Surpluses, and Relevancy Explain Differing Demand for NFL v Collegiate Postseasons
-
Both Dr Brady and Dr Aguilar have tried to play ulama themselves, but Dr Aguilar says that, although some of his graduate students persevered for longer, the bruises he sustained from the heavy ball caused him quickly to abandon playing the game.
ECONOMIST: Sports anthropology
-
Or, we could be playing a team that shifts the ball wide and we need direction from the back.
BBC: Paul Wellens and James Graham to captain St Helens
-
Murphy skilfully evaded Lewis Stevenson before playing a teasing low ball towards O'Brien, who was inches away from making a scoring connection.
BBC: Motherwell striker Jamie Murphy
-
At Breezy Point, some of the restrictions include a ban on ATVs on federally protected land from March 15 through August, and no picnicking, kite-flying or ball-playing near the nests.
WSJ: Wrecked Beaches Could Aid Plovers
-
Ireland were doing a great job of turning over possession as they prevented the England ball carrier from getting to ground, and Kidney's side were also playing with pace and width in attack.
BBC: 2011 Six Nations: Ireland 24-8 England
-
There was also an incredible moment on the long-on boundary when Angelo Mathews, realising he could not make a clean catch, parried the ball upwards, then dived to claw it from over the ropes back into the playing area.
BBC: Sri Lanka secure win over Windies
-
No sooner did England begin their attempt to salvage the game than Alistair Cook fell lbw to Mitchell Johnson for six - playing across his front pad, and Ravi Bopara misjudged the length of a straight ball from Ben Hilfenhaus and was also adjudged lbw for one.
BBC: Jonathan Agnew column