List of sports clichés

This is a list of clichés related to sports

Clichés

Sports clichés used in business

According to Don R. Powell, licensed psychologist and president of the American Institute for Preventive Medicine, sports clichés are used in about 50 percent of corporate boardrooms. They provide a shorthand to quickly communicate ideas. According to Powell, "We have a love/hate relationship with cliches. Although we complain about them, we are enamored with them. That's because they always seem to fit."[1]

Sports clichés used in sports announcing

Sports film clichés

Criticism

According to Michael McCarthy, a USA Today sports television writer, sports announcers overuse clichés during their broadcasts.[4] Sports critic Bill Mayo disagrees, saying that sports clichés are used "just the right amount," and "it is what it is."

Former New York Giants quarterback-turned CBS broadcaster Phil Simms devotes a large portion of his 2004 book Sunday Morning Quarterback to examining football clichés such as "winning the turnover battle", "halftime adjustments", and "managing the game."

See also

References

Athletes' Day-to-Day Drivel http://www2.jsonline.com/sports/net/nov00/net111400.asp

Caught on the Web: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.postgazette.com/sports/other/20010918caught0919ap6.asp

Note to Copy Editors http://www.spokesmanreview.com/library/siteseeing/siteseeing.asp?ID=011209

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Sports Cliches Go from Locker Room to Boardroom". KUSI News. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  2. "keep your eye on the ball". keep eye on the ball. Farlex. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. Reynolds, Gretchen (28 November 2012). "Keeping Your Eye on the Ball". NY Times. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Sportscasters: Ditch the cliches". USA Today. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  5. Tom Bellwood (2009-10-01). "THE LIST: Football's best midfield maestros - The top 10 | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The enduring, lovable sports-film clichés". MSNBC. Retrieved 2007-03-14.

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