{"id":11794,"date":"2020-03-23T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T18:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=11794"},"modified":"2020-03-23T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:00:17","slug":"hilariously-overwrought-sports-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/23\/hilariously-overwrought-sports-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilariously overwrought sports commentary on banal scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a much-needed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/22\/world\/europe\/coronavirus-nick-heath-rugby.html\">mental palate cleanser<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickheathsport\">Nick Heath<\/a> narrates his videos of people doing mundane things, like crossing the street, with the verve and dramatic flair of competitive sports.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They\u2019re grouped via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiveCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1239899707331301377&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2020%2F03%2F20%2Fthis-commentators-got-no-live-sport-left-so-hes-commentating-on-everyday-life-and-its-brilliant%2F\">#LiveCommentary<\/a> tag. Enjoy some of my faves:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dogging.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LifeCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LifeCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiveCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiveCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BuRkVWAGjX\">pic.twitter.com\/BuRkVWAGjX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Heath (@nickheathsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickheathsport\/status\/1241417950579634177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Football. Live. Well, a football.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TootingCommon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TootingCommon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LifeCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LifeCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiveCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiveCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nvs92Etkz0\">pic.twitter.com\/Nvs92Etkz0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Heath (@nickheathsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickheathsport\/status\/1239899707331301377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After the lunch break now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2020 Crossroad Dash. Live.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LifeCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LifeCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiveCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiveCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QFkW0SUqy8\">pic.twitter.com\/QFkW0SUqy8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Heath (@nickheathsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickheathsport\/status\/1239937525365575680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Middle Class Arena. LIVE.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LifeCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LifeCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiveCommentary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiveCommentary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jokricAmLd\">https:\/\/t.co\/jokricAmLd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KSlEbQezox\">pic.twitter.com\/KSlEbQezox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Heath (@nickheathsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickheathsport\/status\/1240285121707638785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a much-needed\u00a0mental palate cleanser: Nick Heath narrates his videos of people doing mundane things, like crossing the street, with the verve and dramatic flair of competitive sports. They\u2019re grouped via the\u00a0#LiveCommentary tag. Enjoy some of my faves: Dogging.#LifeCommentary #LiveCommentary pic.twitter.com\/BuRkVWAGjX &mdash; Nick Heath (@nickheathsport) March 21, 2020 Football. Live. Well, a football.#TootingCommon #LifeCommentary #LiveCommentary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11794"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11796,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11794\/revisions\/11796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}