0;exploded,” “attack mode,” “blast,”“point of attack,” “gunning it,” and “robbed.” These terms can be conversely utilizedin football, basketball, and baseball to describe action in a game. Is this wrong forthe media to be encouraging and glorifying the violence in sports? I don’t think so,because the fans want to see it, and like it or not it is here to stay. While on thesame page, all three sports have adopted “war-like slang,” to add enthusiasm tosporting events.Out of football, basketball, and baseball, not one sport disregards the use ofviolent terms in their respective sports. Meanings of violent-sounding verbs doesnot always result in brutal contact between football, basketball, and baseballplayers. Violent language in football can also be associated with baseball too, assynonyms or antonyms of the fundamental meaning. Differentiating between thephysical level of the sport, it is found that football and basketball take on extremeterminology due to physical competitiveness between the players. Together, allsports intertwine by the usage of “battle and weaponry slang” to add excitement tosport action. While measuring violent conduct in each sport, violent language isexercised in football, basketball, and baseball....
