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YES!!!! Time to break out the greatest cliche ledes ever.

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Oct 30, 2009.

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  1. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    If I get to chop your finger off for a notoriously bad typo, I'll call it even. ;)
     
    forever_town, Oct 31, 2009
    #25
  2. CarltonBanks

    CarltonBanks New Member

    "The East Bumblefuck Beavers needed a win to keep its conference title hopes alive.
    Mission accomplished."

    I want to throttle my guys when they drop something like that one me.

    My all-time favorite...

    Podunk exploded for 24 points in the first quarter and never looked back...

    Like nails on chalkboards.
     
    CarltonBanks, Nov 1, 2009
    #26
  3. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    "Outlined against a blue, gray Halloween October sky ... '
     
    micropolitan guy, Nov 1, 2009
    #27
  4. Bullwinkle

    Bullwinkle Member

    With state title games coming up, here's one I hate:

    "The team celebrated, as 'We are the Champions' blared over the loudspeaker..."
     
    Bullwinkle, Nov 1, 2009
    #28
  5. lesboulez

    lesboulez Member

    well...the paper i read for coverage of my alma mater did it with the main game story on another loss...and this is major d-I stuff...
     
    lesboulez, Nov 1, 2009
    #29
  6. Clerk Typist

    Clerk Typist Guest

    Please, no headlines about teams that "state their case," either. Ugh.
     
    Clerk Typist, Nov 1, 2009
    #30
  7. e_bowker

    e_bowker Member

    Actually used that one once, but it kind of worked.
    Early December basketball game, and a kid with the last name Christmas scored 10 or 12 points in the first half. His team won.
    Admittedly, I was younger and more naive back then. I didn't have the guiding light of SportsJournalists.com's collective wisdom to guide me. But I still think it was one of the few times a cliche could actually be used successfully.
     
    e_bowker, Nov 1, 2009
    #31
  8. e_bowker

    e_bowker Member

    Not a lede, but a headline I saw from a late 60s sports section in our archives was just awful:

    "Temple unleashes spooks on Greenville"

    It was from a football game where Temple won late, so they "spooked" Greenville somehow. Bad enough to use the cliche. Even worse, it was two all-black schools playing :eek:
     
    e_bowker, Nov 1, 2009
    #32
  9. clutchcargo

    clutchcargo Active Member

    Why skip over Thanksgiving?
     
    clutchcargo, Nov 2, 2009
    #33
  10. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    If I cover a title game where that ISN'T blared over the loudspeaker, I'm putting it in my story and thanking the league.
     
    playthrough, Nov 2, 2009
    #34
  11. Bullwinkle

    Bullwinkle Member

    YOU ONLY WRITE ABOUT US WHEN WE LOSE TO THE SPOOKS!!!
     
    Bullwinkle, Nov 2, 2009
    #35
  12. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]

    "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?!? You stupid monkey!!"
     
    Steak Snabler, Nov 2, 2009
    #36
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