Category Archives: Sports Language

Journalists are ready for the ‘Big Cliche’

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

March Madness kicks off in less than a week, which means that everybody’s dusting off their cliches about the Big Dance. So I’ll shake the rust off a piece I published back in 2008 on Blogger where I lamented, to … Continue reading →

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A few more suggestions on writing about sports more precisely, accurately

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

I recently Tweeted out further suggestions on ways to write more precisely and accurately about sports. I have posted those below.

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Even Spock might agree: Clarity is the key to solid sportswriting

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

Once upon a time, someone somewhere used a new word or phrase to describe something related to sports that was creative, illuminating and/or humorous. Through the years, that word became embedded in sports journalism’s lexicon, used – perhaps, tirelessly – … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes: Avoid cliches like the (zombie) plague

Posted on January 31, 2015 by

A few quick-takes while reading college sports media across the country. Not a big fan of teams ‘suffering losses’ regardless if defeat is by 1 point or 49 points, unless players got hurt during the game. You can see the definitions of … Continue reading →

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