In Australian Rules Football, there have been cases (Richmond vs Essendon last year, and the Hawthorn vs Geelong Grand Final spring to mind) where very late in the game a defensive player who has the possession of the ball will rush the ball through their own goal and concede one point. This typically happens when the margin is perhaps only 67 points, and there is very little time left in the game. Taking the ball across your own goal line is called a "rushed behind".San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson is ranked ninth, down from No. 5 a year ago. But he is the only running back in our top 10, fitting for a player whose first four seasons put him on course to become one of the alltime great runners.

This semester at the college where I teach I had the great opportunity to travel twice with groups of students to international destinations in pursuit of knowledge and justice. As an accompanying faculty member on these education abroad experiences, one spends lots of tim