Sports Phrases
Sports Dates
Oh Captain, My Captain
What Do We Play?
Statuesque
Obvious Answers
200
Doing a fantastic job may earn you this phrase, implying you didn't just hit one over the wall, but the building too.
Knocked it out of the park
200
July 4th, 1939 This man was quoted as saying “For the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” Less than two years later, the disease that bears his name, would claim his life.
Lou Gehrig
200
When it comes to baseball, he is The Captain, and appropriately his tenure was the longest Captaincy in Yankees franchise history.
Derek Jeter
200
The New York Liberty
Basketball
200
A statue of Wayne Gretzky hoisting the Stanley Cup sits outside of Rogers Place in this city
Edmonton
200
The Cy Young Award is given to the best pitcher in each league during the MLB season. Although first awarded in 1956, we are sure this pitcher would've won it in 1903 when he went 28-7 leading the Boston Americans to the First Ever World Series Title.
Cy Young
400
Although not as political, bloody, or about dragons, this phrase implies that sometimes the biggest differences, are the smallest measurements.
A Game of Inches
400
This races takes place on the Sunday before the Third Monday of February. better known as President's Day Weekend.
The Daytona 500
400
Currently, the longest reigning Captain in the NHL, there is no grey area, it's all black and white, and maybe some yellow.
Sidney Crosby
400
Hartford Wolf Pack
Hockey
400
This Philadelphia Statue sits above the stairs that also bear it's name, a popular tourist attraction, many opposing fans are warned not to mess with it
The Rocky Statue.
400
The Cincinnati Bengals, first coached and owned by Paul Brown, and the Cleveland Browns, coached and partly owned by this man, still have a bitter deeply personal rivalry to this day in Ohio. Although neither has had much success winning anything.
Paul Brown
600
This phrase ask that you hand over your part so the next member of the team can get it done. Just don't drop it, or you might be disqualified.
Pass The Baton
600
October 30th, 1974 on All Hollow's Eve, in the shadows of the Congo, in the country of Zaire, Muhammand Ali and George Foreman faced off in a fight simple known by this name. If you believe the stories, the fight was over before a punch was ever thrown.
The Rumble in the Jungle
600
Of the 7 MLB Teams to have never named the captain, the oldest one, although it could be brewing.
Milwaukee Brewers
600
San Jose Earthquakes
Soccer/Football
600
The Pat Summit Statue sits outside of Thompson-Bolling Arena on this college campus where she won a record 1098 wins when she retired in 2012 after 38 years with the program, ironically enough starting as a volunteer.
The University of Tennessee
600
Floyd "Money" Mayweather put on quite a big show when he fought Logan Paul in an exhibition match in the summer of 2021. Following his career though this wasn't the first time, as he once competed at Wrestlemania against this wrestler in a match
The Big Show
800
This phrase is used to describe a bad situation you may be put in. Unfortunately there is no magical answer.
Behind the 8-ball
800
November 14, 1970, the country mourned along with this university located in Huntingdon, West Virginia, as a plane crash took the lives of all 75 passengers on board, including the football team. 36 years later, a film was made to tell their story. We Are.
Marshall
800
The number of players an NFL team is allowed to name is a Team Captain
6
800
Erie SeaWolves
Baseball
800
In Brooklyn, New York sits a statue of Jackie Robinson and this teammate embracing him, a signal that times were changing in America in 1947. We can assure you there was nothing small about this gesture.
Pee Wee Reese
800
Pictured here is Mario Lemieux at the dedication of a magnificent bronze statue that honors him. The picture it was based on came from a 1988 game against the Islanders and shows his speed, balance, and brilliance on the ice. Appropriately, it was named this, after one of his many nicknames.
Le Magnifique
1000
Putting alot of stress on recruiting someone, this phrase could also imply that you want to close any gaps on defense.
Full Court Press
1000
July 18th, 1976, Nadia Comaneci, at the age of 14, became the first gymnast ever to score a perfect 10, she would do it 6 more times as she represented this country in the 1976 Olympic Games.
Romania
1000
The current USA Soccer National Team Captain, he is the youngest to ever wear the armband
Tyler Adams
1000
Seattle SeaWolves
Rugby
1000
"Rebirth" is a statue of this player blocking a punt. It sits outside of the SuperDome in New Orleans as the famous moment marked a return and revival of the city after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina
Steve Gleason
1000
An athlete sometimes is more famously known by his nickname, take Mets legend Mookie Wilson for example who was famously known by this nickname.
Mookie