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retire this headline (a running thread)

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by HoopsMcCann, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Fuck that. That's gold. I mean, what the fuck else are you going to say?
     
  2. healingman

    healingman Guest

    From 1980s NFL days:

    "Tatupu tattoos 'Skins" ... as in Mosi ..
     
  3. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    On a story we ran about Quincy Carter having the full backing of Jerry Jones (this was before Q-Car's fall from grace), I ran it under the headline "Jerry's Kid."
     
  4. hankschu

    hankschu Member

    Being in San Francisco, my editor long ago banned the use of Giant as an adjective in heds for the baseball team, e.g., "Pitching a Giant headache," or "A Giant rally in the ninth."

    We haven't used it in the paper for years, but of course our Web editors use it every other day.
     
  5. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    Having looked at several papers in Georgia and Alabama, I am not tired of headlines that play off Alabama's team name.

    "Georgia rolls Tide"
    "Low Tide"
    "Tide rolled over"
    "Turning back the Tide"

    With the exception of the first one, these are all interchangeable for any Alabama loss.
     
  6. Barsuk

    Barsuk Active Member

    May I add to the list any sort of play on "A Family Affair"?

    P.S. This includes, but is not limited to: "All in the Family"
     
  7. BertoltBrecht

    BertoltBrecht Member

    P.P.S. Family Matters
     
  8. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    It's on another story on all the SEC sites on the Rivals.com network now.
     
  9. My editor banned the use of "Center of Attention" any time we profiled a basketball center or center midfielder in soccer ... those always tended to show up in preseason editions...
     
  10. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    A Tale of Two ______
    Senior Moment
    Junior Achievement
    Fit To Be Tied
    Class Act (usually a bunch of seniors)
    Comeback/Cardiac Kids
    My Butt Hurts
    Hoop Dreams
    On To States (aside -- I hate with the fury of a thousand suns that have all been kicked in their ding-dongs the use of the term "states". It's the state playoffs. The state tournament. The state postseason. The state quarterfinals. NOT States, and for the love of all that doesn't drown in a pool of its own fail, NOTState's.)
    The Price Is Right (for players named Price, natch)
    Team of Destiny
     
  11. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    So is that one alive again now that Lofa is in Seattle?
     
  12. dprince57

    dprince57 Member

    Horse,
    3, wins
    Derby
     
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