Sport Irony
99 real-life examples of sport irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of sport? Submit your own example.
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Is it ironic that Picking up pocket kings playing online Texas Holdem only to lose to pocket aces.
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Is it ironic that Footballers protect their balls?
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Is it ironic that Boxing is called a noble sport, yet the people who do it are aggressive violent thugs.
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Is it ironic that A soccer team played American football?
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Is it ironic that Skiing was canceled on account of snow.
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Is it ironic that From the BBC - following a footballer from Ghana called Boateng, badly tackling a German player Ballack and preventing him from taking part in the World Cup.
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Is it ironic that The Cowboys played the Redskins on Thanksgiving?
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Is it ironic that Someone in the Collingwood cheer squad had teeth.
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Is it ironic that Cole hamels of the philadelphia phillies was in the process of trade talks with the chicago cubs and throws a no hitter on saturday against them! And, from the team with the worst record in the mlb at the time....?
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Is it ironic that If Michael Phelps were to drown in the tub.
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Is it ironic that Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team?
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Is it ironic that Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team.
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Is it ironic that Ice hockey in the summer.
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Is it ironic that A lifeguard who doesn't know how to swim.
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Is it ironic that A soccer player forgets of how to kick a ball.
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Is it ironic that The objectively worst player on a basketball team makes fun of his teammates for playing poorly?
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Is it ironic that A coach delivers a post-game interview after a bad loss and simultaneously an emergency / fire alarm system goes off imploring folks to evacuate the building.
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Is it ironic that The cricket club replaced the boundary rope with cones for the purpose of avoiding injuries, and then someone slipped on a cone and got injured?
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Is it ironic that Someone watching a basketball game says "If you don't want to pass the ball, don't play point guard.
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Is it ironic that If Micheal Phelps Drowned?
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Is it ironic that The highest scoring team in the NFL got shutout?
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Is it ironic that The best swimmer in the world lost a race against an unprofessional swimmer?
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Is it ironic that A commentator during a field goal attempt in an NFL game mentions that the kicker has not missed a field goal all year.
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Is it ironic that Taken down by a woman..
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Is it ironic that There is a power outage at the stadium of light.