You won’t believe this!
The Huffington Post reports hyperbole is a much-needed tool in the sports announcer's arsenal. Exaggeration can be used to ratchet up the drama in a drab game or to add some spice to a matchup. Even so, it is not advisable for someone calling a game to lightly refer to plays or persons or events as the greatest or best of anything.
Unless, of course, you really mean it. Unless, clearly, you're the announcer calling this 3/4-court game-winning shot by Chase Spreen to lift Lindsey Wilson College over Georgetown college in a Mid-South Conference basketball game.
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I’ve never seen a shot like that either.
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