Knockout game (disambiguation)

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" Knockout game " is a term used in the United States to describe a purportedly related series of street assaults.

"Knockout game" is one of the names given in the United States by news media and others to assaults in which one person attempt to "knock out", with a single sucker punch, an unsuspecting victim. The assaults have similarities to the happy slapping trend seen in Europe, in which camera phones are used to record assaults. Other names given to assaults of this type include "knockout", "knockout king", "point 'em out, knock 'em out", and "polar-bearing" or "polar-bear hunting".

Knockout game may also refer to:

Knock Out is a tabletop game by the Milton Bradley Company. In 1992, FamilyFun declared Knock Out one of the best new games for children aged 8–10; it cost US$20.

A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff, tiebreaker game or knockout game, is a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament. Such a playoff is either a single game or a short series of games.

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