Sports subjects you are just plain tired of

I personally trace it back to the tile of an LL Cool J album in 2000. That album hit # 1, which may have made the phrase more common to folks in their late 20s to middle 30s today.

 

But it’s been a fairly recent trend. ESPN (and the others) weren’t analyzing matches from Poughkeepsie’s VFW hall. Maybe a feature here or there. But not weekly - if not daily - coverage.

 

First time I ever heard it referenced, it was for Muhammad Ali.

 

Ali often called himself "the greatest of all time," but I don't remember anyone ever using the acronym GOAT about him while he was active. At the time, the goat was the guy whose mistake or failure cost him or his team a victory.

 

College football.

 

If Tiger’s on the list, Serena too.

 

Yeah, it’s been, relatively speaking. They’re mostly covering the storylines and the backstage stuff.

 

That’s where I heard it, as an acronym for Ali.

Kudos on the comics strips, Charlie Brown.

 

Could (old great team from the past) beat (current dominant team)?

 

Touchdowns mean everything. Interceptions kill you. Even meaningless Hail Marys at ends of games/halves.
15 words.

 

I guess this isn’t really a subject, unless you can count Joe and Troy as a subject, but what exactly does one use to “dial up a blitz”? Maybe an iPhone, or perhaps a rotary phone?

 

It isn't just Joe and Troy who say that.