http://www.wordnik.com/lists/north-american-sports-reporting.xml North American sports reporting seems to use vernacular to a much greater extent than its British equivalent. I think this is partly because of the stat-heavy nature of NA sports: reports would be deadly dull if there weren't plenty of synonyms for <a href="/words/score">score</a>. But there are words like <a href="/words/nifty">nifty</a> and <a href="/words/dandy">dandy</a> which are on their way to being fossilised in the back pages. <br /> <br />This list is meant to focus on general words used in reporting of various sports rather than sport-specific technical terms (e.g. <a href="/words/layup">layup</a> or <a href="/words/glove stop">glove stop</a>), which have their equivalent in soccer or any other game. Unless they're really cool, like <a href="/words/doorstep">doorstep</a>. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/stanza Fri, 01 May 2009 19:14:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stanza http://www.wordnik.com/words/solve Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:54:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/solve http://www.wordnik.com/words/wire Tue, 20 May 2008 20:25:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wire http://www.wordnik.com/words/x for y Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:31:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/x for y http://www.wordnik.com/words/play Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:37:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/play http://www.wordnik.com/words/pick up Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:33:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pick up http://www.wordnik.com/words/collect Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:33:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/collect http://www.wordnik.com/words/drop a decision Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:33:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/drop a decision http://www.wordnik.com/words/post Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:33:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/post http://www.wordnik.com/words/doorstep Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/doorstep http://www.wordnik.com/words/wave off Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wave off http://www.wordnik.com/words/dish Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dish http://www.wordnik.com/words/blank Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/blank http://www.wordnik.com/words/shutout Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shutout http://www.wordnik.com/words/score a tally Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/score a tally http://www.wordnik.com/words/ice Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ice http://www.wordnik.com/words/streak Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/streak http://www.wordnik.com/words/storied Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/storied http://www.wordnik.com/words/rookie Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rookie http://www.wordnik.com/words/nifty Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:32:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nifty http://www.wordnik.com/words/author Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/author http://www.wordnik.com/words/dandy Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:31:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dandy http://www.wordnik.com/words/snap Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:31:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/snap