a sport invented in the jungles in Africa played by making a net and attaching it to a tree and using a coconut as a ball. was discovered by american explorers and recently brought to the united states. In 2001 a white baseketball player named larry bird finally broke the color barrier. Another rule is must have at least 5 tattoos to participate unless you are white. The only reason the us team is black because the masters forced their slaves to play. amazingly, the greatest basketball player of all time, Brian Scalabrine, is white.
In various types of pocket billiards (pool), "ball in hand" refers to a player's right to place the cue ball anywhere on the table. Getting "ball in hand" means that the opposing player (the offending player) committed a foul, an example being a table scratch.