In my experience, sports journos are some of the world's worst language users. And that was before I realised the difficulties in subbing work in different countries. With different jargon for different sports, I pity the person whose life is dedicated to solely subbing sports pieces. I, at least, get to mix it up a bit with lifestyle and news pieces.
Here's what the BBC's Tom Geoghegan had to say on the matter.
"In the six" and football's other strange Americanisms
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