A sports name you long mispronounced

Y.A. Tittle was long retired by the time I discovered the NFL, but, for a while, whenever I saw his name in print, I heard it as Yay Ay Tittle in my head.

 

I keep pronouncing Tom BRAY-dee as CHEE-ting DOOSH-bag

 

Mike D’Antoni was a tough one for me for a long time. I kept pronouncing him as Deeee An-Tony.

 

In our newspaper office, we intentionally mispronounced names. Pu-Jol-ees, etc. We joked that if anybody ever got a broadcasting job, they would say it wrong without even realizing it.

 

Every female Slavic athlete.

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I mispronounced Jim Bouton's name as "Booton" for way too long.

 

Until I saw a soccer roundup show one day, I thought Ajax was pronounced like the cleanser.

 

Rusty Kuntz.

 

I did too until I read this. How is it pronounced?

 

EYE-yax

 

When I was about 10 and getting into hockey and had no knowledge of French, I pronounced a young Penguins star’s name as Lem-u-x. One of my sisters corrected me.

 

A local sports broadcaster called him Lemmy-ux on the air.