I guess sports broadcasters have a tough time being original from game to game, and have simply given up! I do wish, however, that they would have “the presence of mind<\/b>“– like the athletes they are attempting to describe — to think of something else to say whenever some ball-bouncer or puck-slapper acts calmly in a “pressure situation<\/b>.” “Pressure” is not an adjective!<\/p>\n
And no more headlines from the sports section of the local newspaper (or any other), like “San Jose Sharks Take Bite Out of<\/b> Avalanche, 5-1″ or conversely, “Avalanche Bury<\/b> Sharks, 5-1.” While not exactly clich\u00c8s, these cute plays-on-words are scowl-inducing, and are of course to be found in all sections of all papers (e.g. “Violinist Plays Second Fiddle<\/b> to Gifted Son”…get it, get it? I don’t).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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