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Sportswriter Eric Crawford turns a phrase like an ankle

May 28, 2010 By: Doug Stern Category: Editing, Writing

“It took 70 years for the U.S. flag to accumulate 28 stars. John Calipari has done it in seven weeks at the University of Kentucky.”

–The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal, May 19, 2009

Tags: bad metaphors, Eric Crawford, Louisville Courier-Journal

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