Colemanballs

Get Will and Guy's jokes and funny pictures on your mobile or cell phone: here is our mobi uri

You too can advertise here on Will and Guy's site.

Will and Guy's Sports Jokes

Not many commentators have had a new word named after them. David Coleman was the inspiration for calling commentary gaffes - Colemanballs. The term was first used for a blooper at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. While describing an 800m race David Coleman said:
And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.

That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record
David Coleman

A truly international field, no Britons involved. colmanballs david colman's bloopers
David Coleman

For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.
Ted Lowe (Snooker)

Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green.
Ted Lowe (Snooker)

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.
Yogi Berra

Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki
Nigel Starmer-Smith

The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind
Sebastian Coe

He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.
David Coleman

Cram nailed his colours to the mast and threw down the Great Pretender
Ron Pickering

Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front
Ron Pickering

She hasn't run faster than herself before
Zola Budd

Born in America. John returned to his native Japan
Mike Gratton

Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen. And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.
David Coleman

We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind
David Coleman

He's 31 this year. Last year he was 30
David Coleman

It's raining and the track is wet! It's raining and the track is wet!
Murray Walker (Grand Prix)

It's obvious these Russian swimmers are determined to do well on American soil
Anita Lonsborough

And the line up for the final of the Women's 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.
David Coleman

Footnote
This last entry seemed OK until I re-read the last three letters.

�

Out-takes

The Republic of China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time
David Coleman

...and finally she tastes the sweet smell of success
Ian Edwards

And there's no 'I love you' message because Steve Ovett has married the girl
David Coleman

And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand
David Coleman

See Football Bloopers here

See more sports jokes and funny stories:

● Sports Home ● Golf Jokes ● Funny golf pictures ● Funny golf video ● Basketball ● Soccer

● Colemanballs ● Cricket ● Cricket nicknames ● Rugby nicknames ● Sports nicknames ● Home

Joke of the day

Get a clean joke delivered to your inbox every day, no strings attached, just part of our free service. Subscribe to Will and Guy's Joke of the Day.

We have over 1,000 pages of funny pictures, clean jokes, funny stories and amusing videos. Please use the Search box below to find a topic of particular interest:

Jokes for mobile phones / cell phones

Will and Guy now have clean jokes and funny pictures formatted for 'mobi' or cell phones. Discover more about our 'mobi' sub-site

If you enter the following uri into your mobile or cell phone, then you can view Will and Guy's site on your handset: http://guy-sports.com/mobi/

Email Guy and send your joke or funny picture to:

● Home ● Latest Pages

A variety of good, clean and free sports jokes. Funny sportsman's nicknames. Amusing short stories. Anecdotes and tales about sport. Will and Guy hope that you share our joy of sporting funnies.