half-nelson

High-school wrestling plays a big part in the film, but athletics are a means, not an end, to a story that's elegantly directed, expertly acted, laugh-out-loud funny, but very much "in the moment," as they say in sports: A hobbled economy has the characters in a half-nelson; money haunts the proceedings the way Dick Vitale haunts the Final Four; characters make as many questionable decisions as the umpires in the 2009 playoffs.

'Win Win' 1, Sports Clichés 0 John Anderson 2011

Bracing against the window, he ducked and rolled under Tony's arm, coming up behind him to establish a half-nelson hold.

Fic: Like Gum on Your Shoe Part 3/10, Adult Eventually, AU from JE rabid1st 2009

Piggy obstruction: half-nelson; while ruining own career: full nelson.

Frank Dwyer: Political Haiku: Sandwich, Boycott, Quisling, and the Eponym from Nebraska 2010

More than once, I saw a Giants lineman have him in a half-nelson and to his credit, he just kept on driving his legs.

Elizabeth Engel: 2010 NFL Week 11 Recap Elizabeth Engel 2010

More than once, I saw a Giants lineman have him in a half-nelson and to his credit, he just kept on driving his legs.

Elizabeth Engel: 2010 NFL Week 11 Recap Elizabeth Engel 2010

Bloodied pugilists at the famed populist Philadelphia Arena share wall space with agile, free-style wrestlers executing a half-nelson on a grimy floor, all of them a far cry from the genteel sportsmen of his past.

He Painted the Body Athletic 2010

I snaked my arm under his, trying to get my hand up and onto the back of his neck for a half-nelson wrestling hold.

The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

I loved half-nelson and I can't wait to see sugar.

Funny Story For Half Nelson’s Fleck and Boden | /Film 2009

I snaked my arm under his, trying to get my hand up and onto the back of his neck for a half-nelson wrestling hold.

The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

If they do the proposed half-nelson in Florida, where Hillary nets about 19 delegates over Obama, than that is essentially saying that their primary did count when the rules says it didn't.

Poll: One Quarter Of Florida Dems Less Likely To Vote For Nominee Without Delegates 2009