Taylor Twellman can sound like a walking sports cliché, offering practiced lines like "I don't look far ahead" or "Every game could be your last game."

HE hasn't sought them out, but sports cliches have seemed to follow Charlie Simmer throughout his 14 seasons in the National Hockey League.

Both teams gave off the old sports cliche of just being happy to be here.

To use a sports cliché, the great coaches get the best out of their players.

For most, the old sports cliche about just being happy to be here is the plain truth.

The Connecticut players took that chance, defying the oldest sports cliche of all, the one about playing games one at a time.

This decision, to use the sports cliches to which the President is addicted, meant an entirely new ball game, requiring a new game plan.

There is a sports cliche that teams must learn how to win.

The sports cliche has it that since owners cannot fire a team, they fire the manager.

That's an honest sports cliche.