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Ccall-upcareer high (n.) career-high (adj.) career low (n.) career-low (adj.) center field, fielder center ice Central Division (MLB) change-up Class A cleanup conference final conference semifinal courtside crossbar crosscheck, -ing crossfire crosstown curveball cut fastball cutoff Cy Young Award
Ddefensemandefensive coordinator delay of game (n. or adj.) delayed penalty designated hitter (DH) disabled list (first reference; DL after that) Division Series Double-A (not AA) double-double double dribble double-figure (adj., as in double-figure rebounding games) double figures (n.) doubleheader double minor double play (n.) double-play (adj.) double-reverse double switch double team (n.) double-team (v.) downfield draft pick
Ee-mail
Fface off (v.)faceoff (n., adj.) fadeaway (n., adj.) fair ball fastball fast break (n., adj.) field goal (n.) field-goal (adj.) fill-in first baseman first down first-down (adj.) first intermission (not first-period intermission) first line (n.) first-line (adj.) first period (n.) first-period (adj.) first quarter (n.) first-quarter (adj.) first round (n.) first-round (adj.) five-second violation flea-flicker flied out (v.) flyout (n.) flyball (n., adj.) follow shot foot speed (not footspeed) forecheck, -er, -ing forkball foul ball foul line foul-line (adj., as in foul-line jumper) foul shot foul tip four-point play free agent, agency (n.) free-agent (adj.) free throw (n.) free-throw (adj.) free swinger frontcourt (n. or adj.) front line (n.) frontline (adj.) frontrunner (not front-runner) frontrunning full-court (adj.) full-time
GGame 1 (of any series)game breaker game-breaking game misconduct game plan game-time (adj.) game-tying goal game-winning goal general manager (caps only as formal title before a name) giveaways glove hand glove save glovework go-ahead (adj.) go-to guy goal line (n.) goal-line (adj.) goalie stick (not goalie's stick) goalkeeper, -ing goal post goals-against average (GAA on second reference) goaltender, -ing goaltender interference goal-to-go grand slam Griffey Jr. (not Griffey, Jr.) gross misconduct groundball (adj. or n.) groundout (n.) (not ground out) ground-rule double
HH-backHail Mary half-court pass Hall of Fame (n. or adj.) hand check (n., adj. or v.) handoff (n.) hand off (v.) hand pass hashmark hat trick headfirst high-ball (adj.) high post (n.) high-post (adj.) high-sticking (n. or adj.; refers to the penalty) hip check hit-and-run (n., adj.) hit and run ( v.) hitters’ park (not hitter’s park) hold home court (n.) home-court (adj., as in home-court advantage) home field (n.) home-field (adj.) home ice (n.) home-ice (adj.) home plate home run (HRs or homer) (n.) home-run (adj.) hometown hook shot HTML (lowercase in Web addresses) HTTP (lowercase in Web addresses) hurry-up offense
Iillegal defense (n. or adj.)inbound (v.) inbounds (adj., as in an inbounds play) injury-prone injured list injured list (NBA only--not injured reserve; never abbreviated) injured reserve (first reference; NFL only; IR after that) interconference (NFL only) interdivision (NFL only) interdivisional (baseball only) interleague (baseball only) Internet (always cap.) intradivision (NFL and baseball)
Jjudgmentjump ball jump shot jumper
Kkickoff (n.)kick off (v.) knockdown (n.) knock down (v.) knuckleball
Llayupleadoff (n. or adj.) lead off (v.) League Championship Series (LCS) left-center left field, fielder left-handed left-hander left wing lefty lifetime linebackers coach line drive (n.) line-drive (adj.) linesman (NHL) line up (v.) lineup (n.) linescore locker room long shot (n.) long-shot (adj.) long-term low post (n.) low-post (adj.)
Mmajor league(s) (n. or adj.)major leaguer Major League Baseball (MLB) makeup man advantage (n., as in scored with the man advantage) man-advantage (adj., as in man-advantage goals) man-to-man match penalty matchup MCL midcourt (n. or adj.) midfield midfielder midseason miles per hour (mph acceptable) mind-set minicamp minor league(s) (n. or adj.) minor leaguer Monday Night Football (MNF) Most Valuable Player Award (MVP Award) multihit multiyear
NNational League (NL)NBA NBA championship (or championship) NBA Finals (or the Finals) netminder neutral zone (n.) neutral-zone (adj.) newfound NFC NFL NFL Europe (not World League or WLAF) NHL NLCS no-hit no-hitter no-huddle offense No. 1 (not number-one) No. 1 draft pick, No. 1 pick
Ooffensive coordinatoroff-guard (n.) offseason offside offspeed on-base percentage (OBP, not on-base average or OBA) on-base plus slugging (OPS) one-on-one OK (not okay) Olympic(s) Opening Day opponents' batting average, slugging average, on-base percentage opposite-field (adj.) opposite field (n.) Original Six out of bounds (adv.) out-of-bounds (adj., as in an out-of-bounds pass) outfielder outrebound (v.) overaggressive overswing overtime (or OT)
PPac-10 (not Pacific-10)part-time pass rusher palmball passed ball penalty killing (n.) penalty-killing (adj.; as in first penalty-killing unit) penalty shot percent (not %, always spelled out) personal foul (or personal) Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list pick-and-roll pickoff (n. or adj.) pick off (v.) pinch hit, pinch run (v.) pinch hitter, pinch runner (n.) pitchers’ park (not pitcher’s park) pitchout place-kicker play-action (adj.) play action (n.) play off (v.) playoff(s) (n., adj.) Player of the Month Player of the Week playoff series playmaker plus/minus rating p.m. point forward point man poke-check popout (n.) (not pop-out) popup (n.) (not pop-up) postgame postseason post-up (n. or adj.) power play (n.) power-play (adj.; as in power-play goals) pregame preseason Presidents' Trophy (not President's Cup) press box press time prevent defense Prince of Wales Trophy Pro Bowl(er) (NFL only) puck-handle pull hitter putback put out (v.) putout (n.)
Qquarterbacks coach
Rred linered zone red-zone (adj.) regular-season (adj.) regular season (n.) re-sign (sign again) resign (leave a job) retool ribcage right field, fielder (n.) right-center right-handed right-hander righty roller coaster (n.) roller-coaster (adj.) Rookie of the Year Award Rookie League roughing the passer, kicker (n.) roughing-the-passer, kicker (adj.) Rule 5 draft (not Rule V)(baseball only) run-and-shoot rundown (n.) runner(s)-up running back running backs coach runs created runs batted in (RBI (sing.), RBIs (pl.))
Ssacrificesacrifice fly sacrifice hit Safeco Field (not SAFECO Field) save percentage (should be in the form .897) scoresheet screen-and-roll screwball second-chance points second period (n.) second-period (adj.) set offense set shot setup shake up (v.) shake-up (n.adj.) shootaround shooting foul shooting guard shooting percentage (should be in the form 10.3 percent, not .103) short-handed short-lived (adj.) shot-blocker shut down (v.) shutdown (n., adj.) shut out (v.) shutout (n., adj.) sidearm sideline single coverage skate save sky hook Slam Dunk Contest slap shot slide step (not slide-step) slot (high slot; low slot) sinkerball slugging percentage snapshot soft-toss special teams coach splitter split-finger fastball spring training squeeze play Stanley Cup (or the Cup) Stanley Cup finals (Cup finals on second reference) strikeout (n.) strike out (v.) strike zone stopgap subpar sudden death (n.)(football only) sudden-death (adj.)(football only) Super Bowl surehanded swingman switch-hit switch-hitter
Ttakeawaysteammate(s) technical foul (or technical) tendinitis Texas leaguer three-and-out 3-point (adj., as in 3-point line, 3-point basket, 3-point shooting) 3-point arc (or the arc) 3-pointer (or three; refers only to a 3-point field goal) three-point play (basket & foul) three-second violation third period (n.) third-period (adj.) tie up (v.) tie-up (n., adj.) tight ends coach timeout tip-in tipoff (n.) top of the key (n.) top-of-the-key (adj., as in a top-of-the-key jumper) top-notch top shelf touchdown(s) or TD(s) triangle offense Triple-A (not AAA) Triple Crown triple-double tune up (v.) tuneup (n., adj.) turnaround turnover (n.) turn over (v.) turnover differential (not ratio) twinight doubleheader (not twi-night doubleheader) two-guard two-line pass two-man game two-minute warning two-minute offense two-point conversion two-yard line
Uuppercut
Vversus (body of story)
Wwaiver draftwake up (v.) wake-up (adj.) walkoff warmup (n. or adj.) Web (always cap W) Web site Week 1-17 (of a season) weightlifting West Coast Offense Western Conference Western Conference finals Western Conference semifinals Western Division (MLB) wideout wide receiver wide receivers coach wild card (n.) wild-card (adj.) wind up (v.) windup (n., adj.) won-lost record (not won/lost record or win-loss record) World Champions, Championship World Series (the Series on second reference) wrist shot
XX-ray(s) (X always in caps, even in middle of sentence)
Yyard lineyards per carry (catch, reception) yards-per-carry (catch, reception) average
Zzonezone coverage
AbbreviationsAbbreviations such as 2B, 3B and HR should not be used in text. “Ruben Sierra collected three
doubles and a homer” is correct. Abbreviations for leagues do not require periods: AL (not A.L.) Phrases such as “number-one” should be abbreviated: No. 1 (not number-one)
Apostrophes with Names Ending in S, X or ZJones’ (not Jones’s)
Baseball AwardsMost Valuable Player Award (not
Most Valuable Player award)
NHL AwardsCalder Trophy (or Calder Cup) Conn Smythe Trophy Hart Trophy Jack Adams Award Jennings Trophy Lady Byng Trophy Masterton Trophy Norris Trophy Selke Trophy Vezina Trophy NFL Positionscenter = C cornerback = CB defensive end = DE defensive tackle = DT free safety = FS fullback = FB guard = G H-back = none inside linebacker = ILB middle linebacker = MLB kicker = K kick returner = KR linebacker = LB long snapper = LS nose tackle = NT tackle = T punter = P punt returner = PR quarterback = QB running back = RB safety = S strong safety = SS tight end = TE wide receiver = WR
NBA Positionscenter C forward F guard G For references to more specialized positions (shooting guard, small forward, etc.), the position should be written out. Abbreviations can also be used for multi-position players:forward-center F-C (not C-F) guard-forward G-F (not F-G) Positions are not capitalized when written out:
NHL PositionsPositions can
be abbreviated as follows:
center C defenseman D goaltender G left wing LW right wing RW
NBA StatisticsSome statistics can be abbreviated after they have been referred to previously: assists per game=
apg
points per game= ppg rebounds per game= rpg (Note that only points, rebounds and assists should be abbreviated in the form ppg, rpg and apg.) When a percentage
is used as an adjective, always hyphenate between the number and word percent:
NBA PlayoffsPlayoff series
should be referred to as follows:
first-round series (not conference quarterfinals, even though that is the league's official name) conference semifinals conference finals NBA Finals (or the Finals) miniseries (best-of-three series prior to 1984) (note that conference
becomes Conference if the specific conference is referred to: Eastern Conference
semifinals)
NFL Playoffswild-card game(s)
NHL PlayoffsPlayoff series should be referred to as
follows: MiscellaneousDangling Participles
Best avoided everywhere; definitely do avoid them at the start of essays. Full name of subject should be used in first sentence of each essay, unless there’s a good reason against. Dashes “The staff posted a 4.93 ERA—astronomical for Comiskey Park.” Dates Months are abbreviated: Sept., not September. Years are spelled digitally, e.g. 1994. Leagues Use American League, National League, American League East, National League West, etc. On second reference: the league, the pennant in the West, the league’s Western Division, etc. Numbers Single digit numbers are written out (i.e. one, six, nine) EXCEPT for 1-for-4, 2 for his last 17, or 3 hits in 11 at-bats. All other numbers in numbers in numeral form. Scores are always listed as numbers, not written out. ‘90s, but preferably
1990 (at least at the start of an essay) Some sample uses of numbers; first inning, seventh-inning stretch, 10th inning; first base, second base, third base, first home run, 10th home run; first place, last place. The pitcher’s record is now 6-5. The final score was 1-0. The batter went 1-for-4. Quotation Marks A comma or period goes inside the quotation mark, but not if an incomplete sentence. Question marks, dashes, colons and semicolons only go inside the quotation mark if they are part of the quote. Otherwise they go outside it. Space Between Sentences Use only one space, not two, between sentences. Team Nicknames Do not use an apostrophe at the end of a team’s nickname when using the nickname to identify the team’s players, except when the word “the” precedes the team nickname. “Reds outfielder
Ruben Sierra” is correct. “The Reds’ Ruben
Sierra” is correct. Team nicknames that are nominally singular such as Magic, Blaze, etc., should be treated as plural when refereed to thusly: The Magic were 8-3
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STATS Style Sheet
Revised December 10, 2005
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