By the Numbers
Five players from each team are normally on the court at one time in this sport.
Basketball
Moving illegally with the ball without properly dribbling results in this basketball violation.
traveling
This Canadian physical-education instructor created basketball in 1891.
James Naismith
Love, deuce, baseline, and service box.
Tennis
This American football player normally receives the snap and directs the offense.
Quarterback
An offense normally gets this many downs to gain ten yards in American football.
four
This rule prevents an association football attacker from waiting near the opponent's goal for a pass.
Offside
The National Hockey League was founded in this year.
1917
Competitors wrestle inside a ring called a dohyō.
Sumo
When a hockey penalty leaves one team with more skaters than its opponent, the advantaged team is said to be on this.
power play
A regulation association football match consists of this many minutes before added time.
90 minutes
In rugby union, players may kick the ball forward, but they may not intentionally do this to a teammate.
Pass or throw forward
The Formula One World Championship began in this year.
1950
Players toss bags toward a raised board containing a hole.
Cornhole
The first position on a Formula One starting grid is known by this term.
pole position
An NHL game contains three regulation periods of this many minutes each.
20
In ice hockey, this line is central to determining whether an attacking play is offside.
Blue line
This offensive play was legalized in American football in 1906 and dramatically expanded the game's possibility space.
forward pass
Players send a ball over a net using their feet, legs, chest, and head, while hands and arms cannot be used to play the ball.
sepak takraw
A score of 40–40 in tennis is called this.
deuce
In a full rugby union scrum, this many players from each team normally bind together.
Eight
In Formula One, this flag tells a driver that a faster or lapping car needs to be allowed through.
Blue flag
Rugby union officially became an open professional sport in this year.
1995
Try, scrum, lineout, conversion.
Rugby Union
This rugby union restart commonly follows the ball going into touch.
lineout