“Yes, but I still love you more than I love basketball” (sports joke)
A popular joke illustrates a man's love for sports: "Complained the wife: 'You love football more than you love me.' Replied the husband: 'Yeah, but I love you more than I…
“YESSSSS!”
Marv Albert is known for his Madison Square Garden broadcasts of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, although he's signed for next year to broadcast the New Jersey Nets basktball team.…
“Yo mama is so stupid, she bought a super spoon for the Super Bowl”
The Super Bowl (NFL football's championship game) has nothing to do with a bowl for consuming food, but there are jokes. "Yo mama so stupid when she went to the Super Bowl she brought a…
“Yo mama is so stupid, she plays solitaire for cash”
Solitaire is a card game for a single player. A popular "yo mama" insult joke is: "You mama is so stupid, she plays solitaire for cash." "Plays solitaire... for cash"…
“Yo mama is so ugly, the NHL banned her for life”
A popular "yo mama" insult "ugly joke" is: "Yo mama is so ugly, the NHL banned her for life." The joke is that the NHL (National Hockey League) has had some ugly…
“Yo mama’s so stupid, she thought Dunkin’ Donuts was a basketball team”
A popular "yo mama" joke is: "Yo mama's so stupid, she thought Dunkin' Donuts was a basketball team." "Ur Mama so stupid she thought dunkin donuts was a…
“You are at your most vulnerable when you have just scored” (soccer adage)
"You are at your most vulnerable when you have just scored" is a popular saying in soccer. A team that has just scored often gets overconfident and plays soft for a few minutes. "As…
“You are what your record says you are”
"You are what your record says you are" means that the record speaks for itself. A team with a good record is not overrated and a team with a bad record is not underrated. All teams have…
“You aren’t a true champion until you successfully defend your title”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Bleacher ReportUFC's Top 10 First-Time Title DefensesBy Brian Oswald , MMA Editor Oct 22, 2009They say you aren’t a true champion until you successfully defend your…
“You boys line up, alphabetically according to your height” (sports manager jocular speech)
"You boys line up, alphabetically according to your height" is nonsensical sports coach-speak -- a player line rarely can be both alphabetical and also by height. Ed Diddle (1895-1970), a…
“You can beat a race, but you can’t beat the races”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksOh, Doctor!A NovelBy Harry Leon WilsonNew York, NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation1923Pg. 123:"You can beat a race," she said, "but you…
“You can never have too much pitching” (baseball adage)
"You can never have too much pitching" is an old baseball adage of unknown authorship. "You never have enough pitching" was cited in print in 1940; "You can't have…
“You can observe a lot by watching”
New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra (1925-2015) was named the team's manager in October 1963, replacing Ralph Houk (1919-2010). Berra told reporters that he'd learned from coaches Houk…
“You can play hurt, but you can’t play injured” (sports adage)
Sports sometimes makes a distinction between "playing hurt" and "playing injured." Many players are not 100% when they enter a game and suffer cuts or sprains. A player must…
“You can skate a skateboard and surf a surfboard, but you can’t snow a snowboard”
"Snow" (for snowboarding) is not a verb like "skate" (for skateboarding) and "surf" (for surfboarding). "You surf on a surfboard, but you don't snow on a…
“You can throw the records out the window” (rivalry games are always competitive)
"You can throw the records out the window when these two teams play" is a sports cliché that means that the teams' records on the season shouldn't matter -- a rivalry game is…
“You can’t beat what you can’t catch”
"You can't beat what you can't catch" is a saying that has been used in horse racing since at least 1943. The saying has also been used in auto racing -- there is a popular…
“You can’t catch a walk” (baseball adage)
"You can't catch/defend/defense a walk" means that a pitcher shouldn't give up a walk (a free pass to first base) and should let the batter hit the ball, where a catch (or…
“You can’t coach speed” (“You can’t coach height”)
"You can't coach speed" and "You can't coach height" are popular sayings in football and basketball, respectively. A football coach can't make his running back…
“You can’t cook with cold grease” (boxing adage)
"You can't cook with cold grease" means that one should (usually proverbially) turn up the heat, or make things more intense. The Chicago (IL) Tribune cited in 1982: "Aaron…