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- noun sports The
initiation ofoffensive play with the intent of scoring agoal (or the equivalent)
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Examples
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Linebacker Michael Boley called the playmaking, big and small on both sides of the ball, "want-to."
The Giants Succeed by Learning to Share Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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Although primarily known as a playmaking centerman, Toews showed his goal-scoring skills with a hat trick in Game 4 against the Canucks.
Eyewitness News 2010
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With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers quarterback connected on a 58-yard pass to rookie Antonio Brown with less than two minutes to go.
STEELERS ADVANCE AP 2011
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With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers...
STEELERS ADVANCE AP 2011
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With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers quarterback connected on a 58-yard pass to rookie Antonio Brown with less than two minutes to go.
STEELERS ADVANCE AP 2011
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With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers...
STEELERS ADVANCE AP 2011
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With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers quarterback connected on a 58-yard pass to rookie
SI.com 2011
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In simplest terms, Finley later last season began showing the kind of playmaking talent that teams search for high and low.
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"We had to get some kind of playmaking this week as far as turnovers," said LaBoy, who has five sacks.
SFGate: Top News Stories dwhite@sfchronicle.com (David White 2010
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