Colemanballs

[Sultan of Cannock- SRFC]

A couple of commentator gaffes i've heard over the last couple of days emphasised why the suffix "balls" was added to David Coleman's surname to categorize them.

A few days after Geoff Boycott stated proudly on TMS " I've seen Jimmy Anderson's balls", just heard the commentator on the Rafa Nadal v Michael Russell game at Wimbledon describing the scenes at the end "and someone wants Rafa to sign his balls"

Doesn't anyone think before they speak any more?

[ambersalamander]

This is why I love Wimbledon ;D

[medibot]

"He's got a good three inches" has just come up.

Conveniently you don't have to actually look at the telly when Murray is playing to establish the score. Cheer = Murray, Polite Applause = Gasquet

[ambersalamander]

You should test that for a laugh. Have a game on telly, don't watch, keep score without looking and occasionally check whether you're right. This will happen when one of the commentators reads out the score.

[Sultan of Cannock- SRFC]

Although i've never had the patience to sit there for hours watching tennis, i'd always enjoyed listening to the radio coverage from the late 60's onwards, getting bitten by the bug during the commentary on Arthur Ashe beating the 41yr old Pancho Gonzalez in 4 sets.

These days, i tune in to the Sports Extra coverage when i'm at home as i get totally fed up with 5 live trying to integrate it into the Richard Bacon show - can't stand him and his innanities interrupting the coverage.

One piece of commentary that made me laugh a while ago that was, for once, devoid of double-entendre came after Steffi Graf crushed Chinese/American Hu Na 6-0 6-0 in a 1st round game: " Well, before the game, she said that we were wrong to be calling her Hu Na, and strictly speaking it should be Na Hu. Well after today, it will be "who cares?"