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kicker

[kik-er] / ˈkɪk ər /


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Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland had four field goals and might have had five had his 54-yard attempt in the first half not doinked off the right upright.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Butler said the best cat toys are the ones that offer a reward, like wands with strings, balls and catnip kicker toys.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Arizona kicker Michael Salgado-Medina, 20, recently paid $370,000 for a three-bedroom house about 4 miles from campus, property records show.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

One kicker at a Power Four school who started his career as a walk-on said his outside coach gave him a sense of what kickers at other schools were making.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Alan Wyles, a talented kicker who absolutely hated to kick, came in to try a thirty-one-yard field goal.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

The average starting specialist—a positional grouping comprising mostly kickers and punters—in a Power Four conference is making $225,000 this season.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Carson was missing too many PATs last season, so coach William Lowe hired former Carson and Arkansas kicker Ish Ordonez to work with the kickers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Hookers must throw in at a line-out, scrum-halves are the most frequent passers and fly-halves the most regular kickers.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Even kickers at schools far outside the Power Four are starting to be rewarded.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

I walked around the karate kickers and the gangstas and pushed open a heavy wooden door.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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