The experts crouch over transistor radios to hear the play-by-play descriptions, and peer through binoculars to scrutinize the cross-blocking and zone defense.

By Wednesday evening, Newsweek had posted on its Internet site "Diary of a Scandal," a play-by-play description of Mr. Isikoff's bagging of the story.

As these various items are orchestrated into mysterious and comic patterns on screen, he delivers a demented, nonstop play-by-play description of civilization and his insecure place in it.

It contains diagrams showing who sits where, a glossary of the terms used in Congress and a play-by-play description of how a bill becomes law.

While Harlan was using his immense lung capacity to shout play-by-play descriptions such as, "Ohh, Apodaca, he's a flame thrower!"

Sometimes, she wrote a play-by-play description of the day.

From the play-by-play descriptions, the uniforms, and the player numbers, this game has been identified as the June 5, 1985 game between the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs.

Newscasts, sports coverage (which typically includes play-by-play descriptions) and talk shows would be exempt from the rules, because the regular audio is generally sufficient to allow a vision-impaired audience to follow those programs.

Weekly services were broadcast from St. David's Episcopal Church and, during football season, fans could listen to play-by-play descriptions of the Longhorn games.

Live news shows, sporting events - which often include play-by-play descriptions - and talk shows would be exempt from the rules, because the action is generally covered in natural dialogue.