Anyone who follows a sport will be exposed to jargon and clichés in one form or another.
Basketball is a great example of this trend, as sportscasters claim that an athlete is living behind the arc, another is dominating the paint or that it is raining threes in the building.
The casual slang that has crept into sports commentary and stories is not journalistic, and it is confusing to introductory fans. If journalists were to take out this filler, it would produce more reader-friendly stories.
To be honest, I’m still fairly new to the world of sports.