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It must be hard work being a commentator, describing and analysing the match live, and always trying to keep talking. It's no wonder they can occasionally come out with some real howlers! Their pearls of sporting wisdom are reproduced here for all to see.

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"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew." (TV commentator, 1977 Cambridge v. Oxford Boat Race)
    Posted by JT on 18 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink

"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona."
    Posted by JT on 18 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink
And I'd like to play for a Russian club, like Chelsea.
    Posted by Tiger on 31 Oct 2009.

Baseball star, ordering salad in restaurant: "Be sure and put some of those neutrons on it."
    Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009. + (0) - (0) Permalink

American football star: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
    Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink

"Is Hip Hop a Sport or a Culture?"
    Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009. + (1) - (1) Permalink
Sport: "an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition; the occupation of athletes who compete for pay ." It's not that...
    Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009.
Physical exertion eh?
    Posted by Tiger on 31 Oct 2009.

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." (Golfer, giving award acceptance speech)
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (3) - (0) Permalink

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (2) - (0) Permalink
Oh my god, seriously? To hell with live playback.
    Posted by Tiger on 31 Oct 2009.

"Pitching is 80% of the game. The other half is hitting and fielding."
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (3) - (0) Permalink

"Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country." (Professional footballer on his recent transfer)
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (7) - (0) Permalink
I have a vague feeling I know who said this.
    Posted by Tiger on 31 Oct 2009.

"I've got 10 pairs of training shoes - one for every day of the week."
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (1) - (0) Permalink
Ah, decimalisation at last!
    Posted by DaveK on 17 Sep 2009.