Category: Sports Language & Metaphors

Corporate America doesn’t just speak in spreadsheets and KPIs. It speaks in metaphors. And surprisingly often, those metaphors come from the card table. When I first entered corporate America, I kept hearing bridge phrases...

I’ll admit it: I didn’t grow up playing golf. My weekends were more likely spent navigating spreadsheets than sand traps. But after a few years in corporate America—and a few awkward outings on the...

I didn’t understand golf metaphors when I first entered corporate America. I’d sit in meetings hearing phrases like “that’s just par for the course” or “we’re on the back nine,” or “deals teed up”...

I grew up on a diet of cricket in India, and media in cricket-loving countries use cricket related metaphors all around. When I immigrated to the US, I didn’t recognize baseball metaphors until I’d...

Boxing has come a long way in America, from it’s golden days of legends as Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield in the second half of the 19th century. The 20th century has seen much...

While baseball may be America’s favorite pastime, I quickly discovered that Football is called America’s passion for a reason. This blog post attempts to introduce some basic 101 Football concepts and metaphors related to...

Understanding the Basics of Baseball Before exploring baseball metaphors and their meaning, it helps to understand the basics of the game itself. Baseball is played in a stadium known as a ballpark. Two teams...