File this under "Bored and Irritated"

No, but "anal-retentive" is.

 

Umm, wouldn't a cross-country meet be held across the country?

 

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's cross country meet. Like boys basketball game or any other sport. I mean, you wouldn't say boys-basketball game, right? Just think of it like that. It may be a matter of local style, but cross-country meet doesn't seem right to me.

 

In the same vein, what's with the recent urge to write "high-school sports" in copy? Seems like it's a news side usage that has crept into more sports copy lately.

 

Yeah. It's called universal desks.