Sports & GM7 min read
KO vs TKO, and Every Other Way a Boxing or MMA Fight Can End
What separates a knockout from a technical knockout in boxing and MMA, and how submissions, technical decisions, disqualifications and no contests work.
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Sports & GM guides, page 6
Articles 121–144 of 298, newest first. The introduction to this reading list, its topic hubs and the guides other articles cite most are on the first page.
Sports & GM articles 121–144
- Sports & GM6 min read
Low Block vs High Line: How Soccer Teams Decide Where to Defend
What a low block and a high line are, why the offside law makes a high line possible, what each concedes, and how to choose between them for your squad.
- Sports & GM7 min read
Match Play Scoring Explained: "3 and 2", Dormie, All Square and Concessions
How match play is scored: holes up, all square, dormie, results like 3 and 2 or 1 up, concessions, extra holes and handicap strokes in a match.
- Sports & GM6 min read
Minor League Baseball Levels Explained: From the Complex to Triple-A
Minor league levels in order, from the rookie complex leagues to Triple-A: who plays where, what a promotion signals and what changed in 2026.
- Sports & GM8 min read
The NBA Salary Cap, Luxury Tax and Aprons Explained (2026-27)
The NBA's 2026-27 cap, tax and apron figures as a ladder: what each threshold allows or takes away, plus Bird rights, the mid-level exception and the tax.
- Sports & GM6 min read
NBA Draft Eligibility Rules: Age, the One-Year Rule, Early Entry and International Players
Who can enter the NBA draft: the age-19 and one-year-after-high-school rule, the early-entry deadline, international players, and how draft rights work.
- Sports & GM6 min read
The NBA Playoff Format and Play-In Tournament Explained (2026-27)
How the NBA's postseason works in 2026-27: the Play-In bracket for seeds 7 to 10, four best-of-seven rounds played 2-2-1-1-1, and what the new lottery changes.
- Sports & GM7 min read
NBA Trade Rules: Salary Matching, Aggregation, Aprons and Draft-Pick Limits
Is an NBA trade legal? A checklist for 2026-27: salary-matching bands, aggregation, apron limits, waiting periods for new signings, cash and draft-pick rules.
- Sports & GM8 min read
NBA vs FIBA Rules: The Differences That Change How the Game Is Played
NBA and FIBA rules side by side, with rule numbers: game length, the three-point line, foul limits, goaltending, defensive three seconds and FIBA's 2026 fouls.
- Sports & GM7 min read
The Draft Pick Value Chart: Where It Came From and What the Research Says
How NFL draft pick value charts price trades, where the best-known chart came from, and what research on surplus value found about the cost of top picks.
- Sports & GM7 min read
NFL Kickoff Rules Explained: The New Alignment, Touchbacks and Onside Kicks
How the 2026 NFL kickoff works: where both teams line up, where the ball must land, where touchbacks are spotted, and when an onside kick can be declared.
- Sports & GM7 min read
NFL Overtime Rules Explained: Regular Season vs Playoffs (and How College Differs)
How NFL overtime works in 2026: a 10-minute regular-season period that can end tied, playoff periods that last until someone wins, and how college differs.
- Sports & GM9 min read
NFL Penalties Explained: Holding, Pass Interference, False Starts and How the Yardage Is Enforced
What common NFL fouls cost under the 2026 rulebook: 5, 10 or 15 yards, loss of down or an automatic first down, and when a team declines the penalty.
- Sports & GM7 min read
NFL Rookie Contracts Explained: Slotting, Length and the Fifth-Year Option
Why NFL rookie pay is set largely by draft slot, how long rookie deals run, what later-round picks can earn, and how the first-round fifth-year option works.
- Sports & GM6 min read
The 84-Game Season: Why Hockey Added Two Games, and Has Any Team Ever Gone Unbeaten?
The NHL plays 84 games in 2026-27, its first 84-game season since 1993-94. What changed, why, what it does to records, and whether any team has gone unbeaten.
- Sports & GM7 min read
NHL Offer Sheets Explained: Restricted Free Agency, Qualifying Offers and Compensation
How an NHL offer sheet works: who is a restricted free agent, the qualifying offer, salary arbitration, the seven-day right to match and pick compensation.
- Sports & GM7 min read
Offside in Hockey Explained (and Why It Isn't Soccer's Offside)
Offside in hockey means entering the attacking zone before the puck. How the skates decide it, the delayed offside tag-up, video review and soccer's version.
- Sports & GM9 min read
Offside in Rugby Union Explained: Open Play, Rucks, Mauls, Scrums and Lineouts
Where the offside line sits in open play and at tackles, rucks, mauls, scrums and lineouts, how players get back onside, and what an offside costs.
- Sports & GM8 min read
OPS+ vs wRC+ (and ERA+): How Baseball's "Plus" Stats Adjust for Parks and Eras
OPS+, wRC+ and ERA+ all set 100 as league average. What each one adjusts for, how each is calculated, and why two can disagree about the same hitter.
- Sports & GM9 min read
Out of Bounds, Lost Ball and the Provisional Ball: Stroke and Distance Explained
Out of bounds or lost means stroke and distance. How the three-minute search, the provisional ball and the two-stroke E-5 local rule work, with worked counts.
- Sports & GM7 min read
Penalty Shootout Rules: Order, Goalkeepers, Sudden Death and "Reducing to Equate"
How a soccer penalty shoot-out works under Law 10: who may kick, reducing to equate, five kicks then sudden death, goalkeepers and the 2026/27 double touch.
- Sports & GM7 min read
Perfect Game vs No-Hitter: The Official Definitions and Why Some Don't Count
A no-hitter allows no hits; a perfect game allows no baserunners at all. How each is defined, why 50 no-hitters were erased in 1991, and where a shutout fits.
- Sports & GM5 min read
Personnel Groupings Explained: What 11, 12 and 21 Personnel Mean
How offences count backs, tight ends and receivers, what 11, 12 and 21 personnel mean, how defences answer them, and what that means for a roster.
- Sports & GM7 min read
The Pick and Roll Explained: The Action, the Reads and How Defences Cover It
How the pick and roll works, what makes a screen legal, the reads for the ball-handler and screener, and what drop, switch, hedge, blitz and ice each give up.