Some of the most common phrases in modern vernacular trace back to sports, but not always in the way you think. This episode uncovers how the British actually invented the word “soccer,” if boxing created the phrase “saved by the bell”, and how Lakers announcer Chick Hearn coined dozens of sports-isms that we still use today.

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