Meanwhile, the huge crowd at the downstairs official ball had its own entertainment.
Indeed, individual tickets and bundled tickets to the official Inaugural ball have been going for thousands of dollars on both eBay and Craigslist.
He stared at his official National League ball, reimagining what had happened.
Edison Cavani outpaced Carragher and crossed for Hamsik, who turned in a shot at goal which was cleared from the Reds goalmouth by Konchesky and the official behind the goal ruled the ball had not crossed the goal-line.
But umpire Billy Bowden checked with the TV official as he suspected a possible no-ball, and to the disbelief of Aussie fans Cook was reprieved.
After pleading with the official for a foul, Cousins got the ball back and he forced a 3-point miss before Bryant's final free throws sealed Sacramento's latest loss.
"I played better than yesterday because I played higher, I played close to the lines, and my feeling is I had more control on the ball, " Nadal told the official ATP Web site.
An example: When New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter broke Gehrig's record last season for the most hits as a Yankee, an MLB official authenticated all items, including his jersey, ball and bat.
Heorhi Kazulka, a forestry official who lost his job because he refused to play ball, is waging an online battle to publicise the park's destruction.
"I gave myself a lot of chances from ten, 15 feet and just really rolled the ball nicely today, " he told the official Tour Web site www.europeantour.com.
The try was not clear-cut, however, as Williams seemed to have lost control of the ball in the challenge, although television match official Tony Rowlands awarded the score.
Television match official Bevan needed several long hard looks to decide the ball had been grounded properly, but decided to award the score despite some disbelieving looks from the Ospreys.
Hogg went over the line after receiving replacement Matt Mustchin's pass but the lock forward was adjudged by the television match official to have been in touch when he released the ball.
The Australian official adjudged Pietersen had made contact with his bat before the ball looped up to Prince at gully, although replays proved inconclusive.
Robinson weaved his way through Northampton's defence and thought he had grounded the ball on Saints' line, but television match official Ed Morrison ruled otherwise.
Prior, too, finally had to depart, nicking a high bouncer from Ben Hilfenhaus - although the dismissal was delayed as umpire Billy Bowden radioed the third official to check Hilfenhaus had not sent down a no-ball.
The reality, we found out later from Dylan himself, was that no government official had blocked Dylan but rather a poorly organized promoter had dropped the ball.
Rooney is now reportedly waiting for an official response before deciding his next move, but 1966 World Cup-winner Ball believes swallowing his punishment will make him a better player.
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The Dutch official appeared to give the penalty, before reversing his decision and awarding a drop ball.
"I hit the ball really well this afternoon, " he told the PGA Tour's official website.
"In the beginning I was trying to shoot as hard as I could, and I was making a lot of mistakes -- so I knew I had to start putting the ball back in the court more, " Li told the WTA Tour's official website.
Two challenges are allowed per innings but while the TV official uses pictures and some of the Hawkeye technology, the part where the computer predicts where the ball is going is not used.
"I don't know how he hit the golf ball feeling the way he was feeling, " Adcox said on the PGA Tour's official website.
Ulster continued to throw the ball around and Paul Marshall thought he had notched a try in the 10th minute but the television match official judged otherwise.
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