Words That Sportswriters Use That Make Me Cringe

"Roadways" sted of "roads".

All part of a fallacious veneer for a profession that requires neither a certificate nor a college degree.

 

Not so much. Just not enough effort to translate officialese into non-jargon English.

 

Meh. Tired of this take. About 20 years after I graduated with a BSJ, I went through my old college folders/notebooks. I was impressed with how through my journalism education had been.

 

I don't doubt that. But that doesn't make what I said untrue.

 

Here’s a pet peeve: “Sits.” "Sat."

Hey everybody! I can write like a scout talks!

 

Spnited used to hate 'win' being used as a noun. I've been fixing it the way he liked ever since.

 

Lee-Davis High School outside Richmond is changing its name and nickname (Confederates). While it's long since time for the name to go, I always thought it was a missed opportunity for the women's teams not to be the Confederettes.

 

A really good friend of mine through high school and college - and his wife, who I got to know in college and for years after they were married - live in Virginia where their children attended Robert E. Lee High School. IIRC, the school is now simply named for the town in which they're located. Nice place the couple of days I spent with them some years back, the sort of town that feels at home but deserves to not be mired in the Confederate argument.

What would the Dukes of Hazzard's Dodge Charger be named now?
"Our Liberty Red is really Orange, but in spite of its really heavy curb weight, it flies like a bird?"
What would be painted on its roof, if anything?

 

'got untracked in the second quarter'

 

So that means they crashed that train, Casey Jones.