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by Kevin Burton I knew sports played a big role in the shaping of our common language, but I didn’t know how big. We previously brought you a list of sports idioms on Page 7, but none of the ones from Dictionary Scoop that we posted yesterday or the one below, we’re on …
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by Dictionary Scoop Have you ever heard someone say “I’ll have to start from scratch”? Ever wondered what “in the nick of time” means? What all these expressions have in common is that they originated in the world of sports. Want to know more? Discover all those phrases you often say but didn’t know …
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by Kevin Burton Mitch Holthus is the radio voice of the Kansas City Chiefs. He’s really good at his job, in the overheated manner of the hometown play-by-play guy. There is a nearly-universal breathless presentation of sports that attempts to elevate it to something truly significant, when it really is not. Hey, …
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by Kevin Burton For the briefest of moments, I thought, “Breece Hall.” I had just been blessed with the first pick in my sixth and last fantasy football draft for 2024. The Yahoo draft mechanism at first flashed “8th” for my draft order, then inexplicably changed to “1st.” Never seen that happen …
by Darian Lusk Jeopardy contestant Andrew Miller came in third place on the, Oct. 8’s episode, but he held his own and personally triumphed over a serious visual impairment. The auto claims adjuster from Bristol, Connecticut, faced off against returning champ Mark Fitzpatrick and Gino Montoya. Miller finished with $4,183 — a respectable …
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