Sports Cliches

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rockydoc

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I hate it when a sports announcer (usually ESPN), instead of saying a running back gained 128 yards says " a buck-twenty-eight".

What cliches, metaphors or similies bug you that sports personalities use?
 
#7
#7
(GAVol @ Feb 5 said:
AMEN . . . He's a walking cliche. It's just awful.
and he has two eyes that point in two directions...the chameleon effect?
 
#8
#8
in golf when the golfer sinks a winning putt, a local sportscaster says he:

"drains the tweeter"
 
#9
#9
"He's supposed to make that catch."



And I'm like, REALLY??? Do you think so??
 
#10
#10
kinda like when a golfer hits a horrible shot and the dude goes " i dont think he meant to hit it there."
 
#14
#14
anytime an athlete brings god into a sentence. that pisses me off. like god is in heaven going "hmmm i think the steelers should win this year."


give me a break.
 
#16
#16
"There's no excuses...they whipped us on both sides of the ball...give credit to the them. They were ready to play and they got after us. They took it right to us...we got into a hole we couldn't dig ourselves out of."
 
#17
#17
"I feel the time has come for new leadership in our basketball program."

"This is my responsibility and I feel badly I have not been able to get us going where we should be going."

"I want to thank our great fans."

"I am looking forward to the next chapter in my life."
 
#18
#18
He's an impact player.
He's a physical player.

He's an explosive player.

He's a tough, hard-nosed player.

He's a scrappy player.

He's an unselfish player.

He's a finesse player.

He's some kind of player. (Mind telling us what kind?)

He can take over a game.

He can flat out play.

He's a proven winner.

He has a passion for the game.

He's a serious student of the game.

He has a great feel for the game.

You can't say enough about him.

He's one of the best in the business.

He's the real deal.

He's legit.

He's in a league of his own.

He's silenced all the critics.

He's silenced all the naysayers.

He's their spark plug.

He's their role player.

He understands his role on this team.

He's the consumate team player.

He's a good guy to have in your locker room.

He's a steady player.

He's a complete player.

He's a real throwback.

They count on him week in and week out.

He's the heart and soul of this team.

He's the unsung hero on this team.

He's a leader on and off the field.

He's their workhorse.

He's their floor general.

He's their field general.

The team looks to him for leadership.

He's their playmaker.

He's as good a player as there is in this league.

He's a warrior.

He can carry the team on his shoulders.

He's their go-to guy when the game's on the line.

He always comes through in the clutch.

He thrives under pressure.

He's got ice-water in his veins.

He has a tireless work ethic.

He plays with a lot of emotion.

He plays with reckless abandon.

He's all heart.

He has great instincts.

He has a killer instinct.

He has elevated his game.

He can take you to school.

He's really been in the zone.

He's really been in the groove.

He's been feeling it.

He's finally playing his natural position.

He's on top of his game.

He knows what it takes to win.

He's really coming into his own.

He's finally getting his due.

This has been his breakout season.

He's having a career year.

He let's the game come to him.

He makes it look easy.

You can't stop him; you can only hope to contain him.

Just watching him is worth the price of admission.

He has a nose for the ball.

He'll have his game-face on.

His ability to do that is just uncanny.

He's got game.

He has great vision.

He has eyes on the back of his head.

He has great lateral mobility.

He moves well for a big man.

He has a great pair of hands.

He has lightning-fast reflexes.

He has cat-quick reflexes.

He has the heart of a champion.

He makes the players around him better.

He's the glue that holds this team together.

He can break the game wide open.

He can make things happen out there.

He gets stronger as the game goes on.

He makes his presence known out there.

He plays bigger than his size.

He's an integral part of their offense.

He adds a new dimension to their offense.

He has a linebacker mentality.

He's the stalwart of their defense.

He has a rifle for an arm.

He's built low to the ground.

He has a low center of gravity.

He's a speed merchant.

He has speed to burn.

He has blazing speed.

He has blinding speed.

He can turn on the jets.

He can turn on the after-burners.

He has both speed and quickness.

He's a cutter and a slasher. (Fallen out of favor in the wake of the O.J. Simpson murders)

He's poetry in motion.

He's the best player you've never heard of.

He's the league's most underrated player.

He does things that don't show up in the stat column.

Last week was his coming-out party.

He's a rookie sensation.

He's a highly touted freshman.

He's a talented young freshman. (Aren't all freshmen young?)

He's a freshman phenom. (Note that all "phenoms" are young -- there are no senior or veteran phenoms.)
 
#21
#21
couldnt forget this one


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#22
#22
From baseball:

". . . average speed, but he's a good baserunner."
 

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