Please
read this:
Journalism-Sport’s
page
Notes
on sports writing
Sports
Writing – is a news writing but with greater
freedom style.
A Sportswriter should (have)
>Interest in all sports events
> knows the rule and regulation of the game.
>working knowledge of the sports lingo
Sports
Lingos
(To
win a big margin)-battered,clobbered,crushed,humbled,mangled,overwhelmed,outpowered,routed,swamped,walloped
and pulverized.
(to
win by one or three points)-
Shaded,edged,ripped,nosedout,kicked out
(to
defeat a champion)-
dethroned,toppled,turne the table,our
threw,overtuned,wrested the crown,bagged the tile captured the gold
To
give opponent zero score
-blanked,whitewash
To
have the same score-
-draw,dreadlock,deucetie
To
describe a setback
-hearth breaking,stinging,crushing,devastating,costly error
Hard
fought victory/game
-unexpected,resounding,bounced
back,rallied,comefrom behind,decisioned,marathon move,dingdong battle
To
describe the be st players
-aces,best bets,standouts,stalwarts,mainstays,hopefuls,sentinel,old
reliable
To
describe players’ strong points
-fleet footed,catquick,southpaw
slugger,counter puncher,defense orientedflashy and speedy
mighty mite :>
