Category Archives: sports

March Sadness

Posted on March 20, 2009 by languageandgrammar

March Sadness is not as famous as the trademarked term that rhymes with it, but it more accurately reflects how I feel about the basketball fever that sweeps through this country more quickly than a logging company through a South … Continue reading →

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Not-So-Super Advice

Posted on February 2, 2009 by languageandgrammar

Having days and days and days of Super Bowl preview shows is analogous to 24-hour-per-day news coverage. With so much time to kill, there is simply not enough good information to fill the time, and the result is quite a … Continue reading →

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Big Off-Season Move

Posted on January 26, 2009 by languageandgrammar

Winter is nearly as important to baseball as summer, when the games are played, because the foundation for the team is set during the winter off-season. With that in mind, it appears as if the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team that … Continue reading →

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Man Up

Posted on January 19, 2009 by languageandgrammar

Man up is a relatively new term that’s all the rage. All I can say is:  Oy. I know that it’s intended to be funny. I know that men-are-different-than-women humor has been popular since Eve picked the apple from the … Continue reading →

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Quarter of a Century of Sports Cliches

Posted on January 12, 2009 by languageandgrammar

One of my favorite chapters in the book I wrote (Is having a favorite chapter in my own book against author etiquette?) is the one on sports cliches since we’ve been talking about sports (fans, media, and athletes) for much … Continue reading →

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Tasty Upset or Indigestible Loss?

Posted on January 5, 2009 by languageandgrammar

I’m sure that many college football fans were shocked when LSU upset 13th ranked Georgia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl last week. Not being a college football fan, I was shocked, too—not at the outcome of the game but at … Continue reading →

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Logical Reason

Posted on December 10, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Whenever I hear someone give a logical reason, I wonder how many illogical reasons they’ve given. A reason is the basis or cause of a belief or action, and it’s assumed that that these beliefs or causes are based on … Continue reading →

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Insensitive Communication

Posted on December 2, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Here at languageandgrammar.com, one of the points that we like to make is that communication goes beyond grammar. Grammar is important, of course, and we’ve written many posts about it (and will continue to do so), but it’s also important … Continue reading →

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Dropped the Ball

Posted on November 24, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Despite what the Monday Night Football crew apparently thinks, dropping the ball is not the same thing as not catching the ball. I’m saying this because the crack announcers showed a highlight reel of dropped passes by Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver … Continue reading →

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Brain ISSUE? Sounds Like a PROBLEM to Me!

Posted on November 2, 2008 by languageandgrammar

In the Buffalo/Jets game on Sunday, quarterback Trent Edwards took a hard tackle and was knocked to the ground, where he hit every part of his body, including his head. He didn’t leave the game, but the announcers were concerned … Continue reading →

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