Allan Ray is helped off the court. Villanova basketball star Allan Ray had his eyeball literally poked out of its socket by an opposing player in a recent game. Ray has been treating the injury with eye drops, and he planned to meet with doctors to find out if he can play in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Fulcrum(noun) a prop or support. Fulcrum(noun) that by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. Fulcrum(noun) an accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. Fulcrum(noun) the horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
By moving the fulcrum as far from the ball launch pad as possible (on the catapult), you get a greater distance to press down and release the projectile. (The fulcrum is the spot where a lever moves one way or the other - for example, the horizontal bar on which a seesaw sees and saws.)