Hopefully they do, on a pick or lost fumble. But yeah, they don’t, so why that name?
According to Answers.com: It goes back to the days when players went both ways-that is played both offense and defense. Rather than have position names for each side of the ball as is common today(with a few exceptions like “safety”), the linemen were centers, guards, tackles or ends and designated as offense or defense. Through evolution of the game, each side of the ball developed particular names for each position. For example, the defensive center evolved into the middle linebacker; the offensive ends are now “tight ends” or “split ends”. The defensive halfbacks are now"corner backs". So, the only position that hasn’t developed into hybred nomenclature are the plain old tackles.
Now, back to play (playing off jtur’s post last night on Richard Sligh).
Newberry, South Carolina, became a city in 1976, but did not report the change to the Census Bureau for more than twenty-five years. As a result, the city was listed as a town in the 2000 census. During the American Civil War, Newberry College was used as a hospital for Confederate and later Union troops. The historic Newberry Court House was NOT burned by William Tecumseh Sherman’s troops as he swept through the South (they must have had an off day…).
Thanks for that, SSR.
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The Mojave Road is a historic route across the Mojave Desert. This rough road stretches 140 miles (230 km) from the site of the old Fort Mohave (on the west bank of the Colorado River, roughly 10 miles southwest of Bullhead City, Arizona) to the site of the old Camp Cady (on the west bank of the Mojave River, roughly 12 miles northeast of Newberry Springs, California). A four-wheel drive vehicle is required for all but a few short stretches of this road, which is unmaintained. Under optimal conditions, its full length can be travelled in 2 to 3 days.
The sunken wreck of the USS Arizona, sunk at her moorings during the Japanese sneak attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, is still leaking oil.
15 US Marines survived the sinking of the USS Arizona. They are listed here, along with the US Navy survivors: USS Arizona Survivors - Pearl Harbor National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
The British Royal Marines were formed in 1755 as the English Royal Navy’s infantry troops. However, the marines can trace their origins back to the formation of the English Army’s “Duke of York and Albany’s maritime regiment of Foot” at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company on 28 October 1664.[
The term “infantry” arose in 16th century Spain, because those bodies of troops were “commanded” by the children of the king… It was common to appoint royal princes (Infantes) to military commands, and the men under them became known as Infanteria. That was the first time since the Roman Empire that a European nation maintained a standing army.
Dictionary.com says otherwise: INFANTRY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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Prince Edward is the only son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip not to be created a royal duke. Prince Charles is Duke of Cornwall and Prince Andrew is Duke of York, but Prince Edward is Earl of Wessex. It is expected that he will succeed to his father’s title of Duke of Edinburgh upon the latter’s death.
Prince Edward Island struck its own one-cent coins in 1871, two years before confederation with Canada, after which Canadian currency circulated in the province, which today has a population of 140,000.
The Confederation Bridge, one of the longest bridges in the world, links Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada. Before its official naming, Prince Edward Islanders often referred to the bridge as the “Fixed Link”.
The J. M. Brunswick Manufacturing Company opened for business on September 15, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally J. M. Brunswick intended his company to be mainly in the business of making carriages, but soon after opening his machine shop, he became fascinated with billiards and decided that making billiard tables would be more lucrative, as the better tables then in use in the United States were imported from England.
The company expanded into making a number of other products. Large ornate neo-classical style bars for saloons were a popular product. Bowling balls, pins, and equipment led a growing line of sporting equipment.
On October 29, 1792, three condemned mutineers formerly of the Bounty were hanged from the yardarms of HMS Brunswick, a Royal Navy ship of the line.
Bounty paper towel spokeswoman Nancy Walker (Rosie the Waitress) was twice nominated for Broadway’s Best Actress (Musical) Tony Award: in 1956 for “Phoenix '55,” and in 1961 for “Do Re Mi”.
Nancy Walker guest-starred as Rhoda’s mother Ida Morgenstern in several episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and continued that role in its spin-off Rhoda. After establishing the character, Walker directed some episodes of both series, along with episodes of other situation comedy series. In 1980, Walker made her feature film directorial debut, directing The Village People and Olympian Bruce Jenner in the pseudo-autobiographical musical Can’t Stop the Music. The film was a box office failure, and Walker’s sole feature film directorial credit.
IDA is the Institute for Defense Analyses, a not-for-profit corporation that operates three Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) in the public interest: the Systems and Analyses Center, the Science and Technology Policy Institute, and the Center for Communications and Computing.
IDA exists to promote national security, preserve the public welfare, and advance scientific learning by analyzing, evaluating, and reporting on matters of interest to the United States Government.
Baseball is the only ball game in which only the defense handles the ball in play.
Not cricket, too?
Baseball is mentioned just once in all of Jane Austen’s writings, a passing reference in Northanger Abbey.
Ringo Starr got sole writing credit on only two songs on Beatles albums: “Don’t Pass Me By” on the White Album and “Octopus’s Garden” on Abbey Road.
Downton Abbey is filmed at Highclere Castle, home to the Earls of Carnarvon.
Earl is the name of one of the drivers whose load of chickens lost its brakes going over Wolf Creek Pass and ran smack into the feed store in downtown Pagosa Springs, according to a thinly-veiled account by C W McCall.