“Baseball must be a great game to survive the people who run it”
Sportswriter Arthur Daley (1904-1976) wrote in "Sports of the Times" in the New York (NY) Times of November 10, 1964: "As some sage once wrote: Baseball must be a great game to…
“Basketball is a game of runs”
"Basketball is a game of runs" means that there are periods when one team gets hot, but then cools off and the other team gets hot. The term "basketball is a game of spurts"…
“Beat the pants off” (to defeat completely)
Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)to beat (also bore, scare, etc.) the pants off (a person): to beat (bore, scare, etc.) completely, utterly, or beyond the point of…
“Because of the cancellation of all sports events ESPN will be covering live toilet paper wrestling”
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulting in the cancellation of major professional sporting events. The ESPN sports network didn't have much to broadcast. People fought in stores (such as…
“Before kids can go places, they need a place to go” (Police Athletic League)
The slogan of the Police Athletic League (PAL) is "Before kids can go places, they need a place to go." The popular slogan (that dates to at least 2000) has not been trademarked.…
“Before video games we had two world wars”
Does the violence in video games make the world a more violent place? "Before videogames, there were two world wars. Since videogames came along, no more world wars. What does that that tell…
“Behind the eight ball” (in a troublesome situation)
To be "behind the eight ball" is an expression from the game of pool meaning to be in an awkward position or out of luck. The expression actually comes from "kelly pool" and not…
“Betting is like liquor. You can make it illegal, but you can’t make it unpopular”
American journalist Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886-1969) wrote in May 1950: "Betting is pretty much like liquor. You can make it illegal, but you can't make it unpopular." Baer…
“Beware the injured golfer” (“Beware the sick golfer”)
"Beware the injured/sick golfer" is an old golfing adage. Other golfers are apt to feel sorry for this golfer -- who then destroys them on the golf course. "The Sick Golfer" was…
“Big Apple, 3 AM” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time video game, 1992)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (1992) is a video game in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. The game opens up at Scene 1. "Big Apple, 3 AM" appears on the screen…
“Big Apple, 3 PM” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge video game, 2022)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (1992) is a video game in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. The game opens up at Scene 1. "Big Apple, 3 AM" appears on the screen…
“Big Apple” basketball logo (Big Apple Athletics, 2019; Aimé Leon Dore, 2020)
"Big Apple" has been used in logos for New York basketball. Big Apple Athletics, based in Long Island City. uses a "Big Apple" basketball logo. The website has a 2019 copyright.…
“Big team, little me”
"Big team, little me" is a sports slogan that means the team comes before the individual players. Erik Russell (1926-2006), the football defensive coordinator for the University of…
“Big-time players make big-time plays in big games”
"Big time players make big (time) plays in big (time) games" is a popular sports saying. The saying means that sports superstar players prove their greatness by making great plays in…
“Blame the Indian, not the arrow”
"Blame the Indian, not the arrow" (or "It's the Indian, not the arrow") is a saying that seems to be a modern version of "A bad workman blames his tools." When…
“Blind people come to the ballpark just to listen to him pitch”
The Oakland A's played the New York Mets in baseball's 1973 World Series. Reggie Jackson was an Oakland A's star (he would later sign with the New York Yankees), and he and his…
“Bomb hills, not countries” (skateboarding adage)
"Bomb hills, not countries" is the slogan that the Sector 9 company put on its skateboards. The slogan has not been copyrighted and is also used in longboarding. "Bomb hills, not…
“Boomerangs are just frisbees for lonely people”
"Boomerangs are just frisbees for lonely people" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Both boomerangs and frisbees are thrown, but a boomerang can be returned without the…
“Born on third base and thinks he hit a triple” (a privileged person)
Texas politician Jim Hightower told the Democratic National Convention at Atlanta, Georgia, on July 19, 1988, about the Republican presidential candidate, George H. W. Bush: "He is a man who…
“Botox is a performance-enhancing drug for poker players”
"Pokertox" (poker + Botox) was introduced by a New York doctor in 2012. Botox injections to a poker player's face would stop that player from a facial reaction to the cards.…