While only the most violent, dramatic and egregious hits make the highlights, there are probably six or seven helmet-to-helmet hits on every play in the N.F.L.
And never mind that little tidbit that the N.F.L. had photos of some of Sunday's egregious hits up for sale.
Or so we were to imagine, before some of the recent medical revelations — and before the league and networks decided that some of the most egregious hits should not be celebrated.
But he does worry that the N.F.L.'s mention in its edict last week that ejection for egregious high hits is an option — officials have always had that power — creates a difficult decision for officials.
In a traditional public school, officials said, firing a teacher is the rare result of some egregious behavior like hitting a child or showing up for work drunk.
The most egregious case is in conflict-hit Balochistan province, where about a dozen reporters have been killed, kidnapped or tortured by ethnic nationalist rebels or military intelligence since 2009.
This third strike was particularly egregious.
Setting aside the egregious allegations of sexual misconduct that bedeviled Social Finance, lenders have hit a rough spot throughout the market.
The Rangers did not fight the Canadiens in response to Pacioretty's hit on McDonagh, which was penalized but was not particularly egregious.
Two hard-hit balls squeezed by second baseman Robinson Cano — neither was egregious enough to warrant an error — leaving Chamberlain with two men on and one out.
