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(baseball) The American League Championship Series, a best of seven game series played to determine the champion of the American League.
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(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
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(sports) To call a timeout.
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(Ireland) international rules football
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(soccer) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football — the governing body for the sport in the aforementioned region, also including the South American countries of French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname.
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The awarding of a match to a wrestler after their opponent has been counted out (usually after ten seconds of being outside the ring) by the referee.
adj
(soccer) Passed from one side of the pitch to the other.
n
(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any two of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.
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(US, colloquial) Achieving two results from one action.
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(sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.
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(soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
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(sports) In a one-sided sporting contest, when junior varsity players (i.e., second- and third-string players) play a majority of a varsity game.
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(sports, UK) An additional period played at the end of a game if the score is tied after the standard allocation of time.
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Alternative form of FIFA [FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)]
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(sports) goals against average, a sports statistic
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The number of points necessary to win a game.
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Alternative spelling of goalsquare [(Australian rules football) One of the squares, measuring 9 by 6.4 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.]
n
The art of a goalkeeper.
adv
(sports) Into the inbounds area
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(sports) Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.
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The sum of one and the wins by one team and losses by an opponent necessary for the team to ensure the opponent cannot catch it in the standings by the end of the regular season. In Major League Baseball, with a regular season of 162 games, the magic number M is calculated as M = 163 - W₁ - L₂, in which W₁ is the leading team's current win total, and L₂ is the opponent's current loss total. A magic number of 0 indicates that the trailing team cannot catch the leading team.
adj
Analogous in importance to a major league sports team.
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(by extension) The application of advanced analytics to any domain in order to improve outcomes.
n
(sports) Initialism of most valuable player. [(sports) A player chosen as having made the best contribution to a team during a match, often awarded a small prize.]
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(American football) In the AFL, a warning given with one minute to go before the end of a half, after which special rules apply, eg, stoppage of the game clock after very first down.
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Any pinball tournament held under the auspices of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
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(sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
v
To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
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The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
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(tennis) A countdown of the time remaining within which the current server must serve the ball.
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(sports, especially baseball) For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
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(US, sports) The statistics of a given player, as recorded in a line in a table
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(sports) Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.
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(sports, games) A period or mode of play in which the next player or team to score wins instantly; often in an extra period of time following a tie at the end of the regular period of play.
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Alternative form of super cup [(soccer) A competition featuring a single game between winners of different cups]
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(Australian rules football) The period of time added on at the end of each quarter to compensate for time being stopped during regular time.
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(sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
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(basketball) A three-point field goal.
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(baseball) Initialism of World Series, a best of seven game series played annually to determine the championship of United States professional baseball. [(US, baseball) The best-of-seven game series played annually in late October-early November to determine the year's championship of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, played between two teams, one each in the National League and the American League.]
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(idiomatic, sports) The fundamental elements of a play.
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(soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
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