Archive for April, 2009
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Greyhound racing today
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Several greyhounds before a race. Today greyhound racing continues in many countries around the world. The main greyhound racing and gambling countries are: Australia Ireland United Kingdom United States In the United States there are greyhound tracks in the following 15 states Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Colorado Connecticut Iowa Kansas Massachusetts New Hampshire Oregon Rhode [...]
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Golf Scoring and Fee
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
In every form of play, the goal is to play as few shots per round as possible. Scores for each hole can be described as follows: Term on a scoreboard Specific term Definition -4 triple-eagle (condor) four strokes under par -3 double-eagle (albatross) three strokes under par -2 eagle two strokes under par -1 birdie [...]
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Soft tip boards and darts
Friday, April 24th, 2009
A selection of soft tip darts and components; included are brass, nickel/silver and nickel/tungsten bodies, various tips, and different shafts and flights. A relatively new type of board is the soft tip board, which is made of plastic and cast with small holes (about .08 inches, or 2 mm) in the face. The soft tip [...]
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Equipment for cross-country skiing: Bindings/boots
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Three different binding systems are used in modern cross-country skiing: NNN (New Nordic Norm) – including the new R4 NIS variant SNS (Salomon Nordic System) Profil SNS Pilot Older styled three-pin bindings (Nordic Norm), with or without cables, are still used by backcountry and Telemarking enthusiasts. NNN New Nordic Norm (NNN) bindings, made by Rottefella, Rossignol, [...]
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The playing field in cricket
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
A standard cricket ground, showing the cricket pitch (brown), close-infield (light green) within 15 yards (13.7 m) of the striking batsman, infield (medium green) inside the white 30 yard (27.4 m) circle, and outfield (dark green), with sight screens beyond the boundary at either end. The cricket field consists of a large circular or oval-shaped grassy ground. There are [...]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
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Play of a single point in tennis
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Peer Vs Chakvetadze The players (or teams) start on opposite sides of the net. One player is designated the server, and the opposing player, or in doubles one of the opposing players, is the receiver. Service alternates between the two halves of the court. For each point, the server starts behind his baseline, between the [...]
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Play of the golf game
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Every game of golf is based on playing a number of holes in a given order. A round typically consists of 18 holes that are played in the order determined by the course layout. On a nine-hole course, a standard round consists of two successive nine-hole rounds. A hole of golf consists of hitting a [...]
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Darts scoring
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
A double bullseye. The standard dartboard is divided into twenty numbered sections, scoring from one to 20 points, by wires running from the small central circle to the outer circular wire. Circular wires within the outer wire divide each section into single, double and triple areas. Various quite different games can be played (and still [...]
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Equipment for Cross-country skiing: Skis and poles
Friday, April 10th, 2009
The skis are long and thin, to distribute the weight of the skier and allow the skier to move quickly. Typical ski dimensions are 2 metres in length, about 5 centimetres in width and one to four centimetres in thickness, depending on the ski brand and which point of the ski is measured. Depending on [...]
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Players and officials in cricket
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Players A team consists of eleven players. Depending on his primary skills, a player may be classified as a specialist batsman or bowler. A balanced team usually has five or six specialist batsmen and four or five specialist bowlers. Teams nearly always include a specialist wicket-keeper because of the importance of this fielding position. A [...]
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Rugby Rules
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Distinctive features common to both rugby games include the oval ball and the ban on passing the ball forwards, so that players can gain ground only by running with the ball or by kicking it. Set-pieces of the union code include the scrum, where packs of opposing players push against each other for possession, and [...]
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Popularity of the American football
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Since the 1960s, football has outranked baseball as the most popular spectator sport in the United States [2]. The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is the most popular and only major professional American football league. Its championship game, the Super Bowl, is watched by nearly half of U.S. television households, and is also televised in [...]
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Nature of the football game
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
A goalkeeper dives to stop the ball from entering his goal. Football is played in accordance with a set of rules, known as the Laws of the Game. The game is played using a single round ball (the football), and two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team’s [...]
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Mediæval football – Calcio Fiorentino
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
An illustration of so-called “mob football”. The Middle Ages saw a huge rise in popularity of annual Shrovetide football matches throughout Europe, particularly in England. The game played in England at this time may have arrived with the Roman occupation, but there is little evidence to indicate this. Reports of a game played in Brittany, [...]