In the “things that make you go, huh?” category… 10 funny on-air missteps from broadcast sports commentators:
Please understand, I am not making fun of sportscasters or any other broadcast professional. We are all just doing our best, learning as we go. No matter what, I think it is healthy to be able to laugh at a mistake. Getting upset about it sure doesn’t help.

Yes, I have my eye on the ball!

Enjoy!

1. “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.”
- Commentator at Olympic weightlifting event

2. “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.”
- Ted Walsh – Horse Racing Commentator:

3. “The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical to the one in front and similar to the one in back.”
- Grand Prix Race Announcer

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5. “Sure there have been injuries and even some deaths in boxing – but none of them really that serious.”
- Ringside Boxing Analyst

6. “If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.”
- Baseball announcer

"I said WHAT?!?"

8. “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is hugging the cox of the Oxford crew.”
- At a trophy ceremony for a BBC TV Boat Race, 1988

9. “Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.”
- Metro Radio, College Football

10. “One of the reasons Arnie Palmer is playing so well is that, before each final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them. Oh my God, what have I just said?”
- U.S. Open – Television Commentator
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