While I enjoy a pun among friends, I cannot stand it when I see it in journalism. The worst offender of this practice has to be in sports. If I don’t see it in a headline on ESPN or SI, I have to see and hear it every week as a special feature or segment. The worst one is watching Phil Simms’ “Football Phil-osophy” every Sunday.
Anyways, I might have heard the worst sports puns I’ve ever heard on Sunday. Not only that, but they came within 30 seconds apart on a Westwood One radio station. The commentator was doing the highlights for the Dolphins/Ravens playoff game and used the following puns:
- “It was so quiet, you could hear a fin drop.”
- “That’s so Raven”
Terrible.
