Hi, I'm new, this is my first post, ergo my first stupid question

[Vombatus]

New member Austin sprouted a big Bonds head as an avatar during the past 12 hours or so. PEDs?

 

[austinsportsguy]

Not my hed. It was the kid's. And it wasn't a hed, it was a skybox. But I get the point. Thanks for the responses.

HH, that logo you described would have made a better skybox.

 

[Doc Holliday]

So is this the thread where we pick on the newbie. Or should we play nice?

 

[da man]

While we're at it... you can delete the word new. It's implied with "begin"

Um, unless they're beginning their old season. (?!)

Another tip about redundancies (for future use): if you ever write about someone breaking a world record - do NOT say the athlete set a NEW world record. It's a world record. Period. There can only be one, unless the athlete just tied the world record. But even then, it's not a new mark, just a tie. Fwiw

And a quarterback completed passes to eight receivers, not eight different receivers. Or maybe he completed them to eight receivers but two of them were the same guy.

 

[gravehunter]

I have a huge pet peeve with headlines that turn a sport into an object. It's just poor writing.

Your hed makes me think of a basketball with a Gators logo, sitting there with eyes, a nose and a mouth, living, breathing.

And Gremlin, it's "Mustangs basketball team," assuming there's more than one Mustang. Otherwise, it's not a team -- it's an individual.

I agree and it was one of the first things that was driven into my head in college. It's still a challenge to get some of the reporters on staff to understand/remember this rule.

 

[SportsGuyBCK]

It'd be "Hmmmm ... new basketball season, Gators begin ..." in Yoda-speak ...