• However, the one area where Baines has got an advantage over Warnock is in his ability with the dead ball.

    BBC: World Cup scouting: left-backs

  • Ian Humphreys pounced for a second try, punishing Aironi's blunder in trying to usher the ball over the dead ball line.

    BBC: Ulster 30-6 Aironi

  • He is also something of a dead ball specialist, with many of his goals coming from free-kicks or from the penalty spot.

    BBC: Mutu key to Chelsea hopes

  • Dead ball specialist Matt Lockwood's second penalty success of the week sealed three points for Leyton Orient during a 2-0 victory against Scunthorpe.

    BBC: L Orient 2-0 Scunthorpe

  • Reggie Greenwood, the conference coordinator of officials, said afterward that because the play happened during a dead ball, by rule the foul was a technical.

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  • After the winger rounded the posts he clashed with Kameli Ratuvou in the dead ball area prompting an all-in melee on both sides that saw the Saracens centre depart on a stretcher.

    BBC: Gloucester 19-13 Saracens

  • England were awarded a penalty close in and Tonga were retreating in expectation of a kick at goal when Wilkinson suddenly fired a high ball out to the right and Sackey collected brilliantly and just touched down short of the dead ball line.

    CNN: England battle into the last eight

  • Excluding the members of the 3, 000 hit club whose careers had coincided with the Dead Ball era (Cobb, Speaker, Wagner, Collins and Lajoie) or even pre-dated the early twentieth century (Anson), the average length of time it has taken for a member of the 3, 000 hit club to accumulate the final 10 hits is 35.14 at bats.

    FORBES: An Unconventional Look At Derek Jeter's Journey To 3,000 Hits

  • Farrell's kick off was going to fly out of play on the full but the New Zealander caught the ball and carried it over the dead-ball line to put his side under pressure.

    BBC: Great Britain 16-22 New Zealand 22

  • With Sunderland always looking sharp on the counter-attack, David Bellion surged his way to the dead-ball line.

    BBC: Sunderland slump to Blades

  • We have to take some risk but not open ourselves to dead-ball situations.

    BBC: Fulham manager Roy Hodgson eyes Europa League glory

  • Jones later sent a clearance over the dead-ball line as he sought to take advantage of the wind at his back.

    BBC: Scarlets 16-16 Ulster

  • Charlie Mulgrew then had the chance to further his dead-ball reputation from a free-kick, but the Aberdeen full-back failed to test Cerny.

    BBC: Aberdeen 1-2 Hamilton Accies

  • Whitehead capitalised on Smith's failure to clear the danger caused by Sykes' grubber kick, stretching out to get the touchdown inches from the dead-ball line.

    BBC: Bradford Bulls 12-26 Leeds Rhinos

  • The casual observer might presume that soccer has experienced some kind of paradigm shift akin to baseball's transition from the dead-ball era or the NFL's recent transformation into a pass-happy league.

    WSJ: The Phenomenon of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

  • But the Irish wilted in the closing minutes, and after Scelzo had forced his way over Bartolucci won the race for a kick ahead to touch down inches inside the dead-ball line.

    BBC: Pumas claim Irish scalp

  • Cerny then saved a fine dead-ball strike from Buddies centre-forward Billy Mehmet, partnering Michael Higdon up front as they sought their first three points in the SPL since a 1-0 win over Aberdeen in January.

    BBC: Alex Neil (r) and Steven Thomson in action at St Mirren Park

  • Hull, bidding for a first away win over Wigan for six years, looked on course when England winger Briscoe touched down Horne's kick just inches from the dead-ball line on 17 minutes, Tickle's conversion making it 10-4 at half-time.

    BBC: Wigan Warriors 14-12 Hull FC

  • Skipper Brad Fittler then raced over straight from a scrum to close the gap to just eight points and, in a nailbiting finish, centre Russell Richardson had a try ruled out for putting his left hand on the dead-ball line before grounding the ball.

    BBC: New Zealand 24-22 Australia

  • Stephen Jones' kick-off epitomised the Scarlets' season thus far - off kilter as the ball ran dead, bringing a scrum on half-way at which the Wales fly-half must have been relieved to see a free kick awarded against Ulster.

    BBC: Scarlets 16-16 Ulster

  • The ancestor of polo, this traditional game of horsemen is played with a dead goat rather than a ball.

    BBC: Following the Silk Road to the end of China

  • If a ball hits them the ball is ruled dead, foul, or a home run depending on where it hit.

    FORBES: Q: Why are major league baseball fields not standard in size?

  • Then came the Gloucester onslaught in injury time but Sowden-Taylor emerged from a ruck with possession after some fierce Welsh defence, with the ball booted gratefully dead to end the game and secure the win.

    BBC: Dragons 18-12 Gloucester

  • His chip ahead beat Luke Arscott but the Leeds captain could not ground the ball before it rolled dead.

    BBC: Exeter 15-9 Leeds

  • Mr Ball's own band Dead Red will be performing a set on the Sunday alongside Norwich-based band The Dirty Tricks.

    BBC: The Kabeedies

  • The trick was to connect the ball to the rest of the mouse at the two points where there was the least friction right where his fingertips had been, dead center on either side of the ball.

    NEWYORKER: Creation Myth

  • He produced a moment of sublime brilliance, kicking through at full pace after leaving the Clermont defence for dead, but Sackey could not collect the ball as he dived for it near the line.

    BBC: Wasps 25-24 Clermont Auvergne

  • If a moving ball runs into another, stationary one head-on, it can come to a dead halt.

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