According to this Q&A with Jerry Markbreit, the referee who made the announcement was Ben Dreith. He also corroborates the details provided by lurkernomore.
I swore my friend making it up when he told me that there was a foul in basketball called “Ups and downs.”
Not sure if that’s the official name. A player can’t jump with the ball and not pass/shoot.
Also, in baseball: Texas Leaguer, a hit that just gets over the infielders head.
Also, thanks to Seinfeld’s American Express commercial, cricket: tea interval.
The term won driving in thoroughbred horse racing. You’ll see it in the comments line of the past performances in the Daily Racing Form.
For me, it always forms an image of a horse winning by driving a car across the finish line.
jadailey “Pulled the string” = couldn’t hold up on the pitch
I always thought that it meant that the pitcher threw a breaking pitch which the batter swung at like a fast ball and missed.
and a triple-double is when a player gets double digits in three different stats. I.E. 12 point 10 rebounds and 13 assists
I’ve heard it both ways, actually. The game I was watching the other night used it to refer to the batter, but I was watching today, and it was used to refer to the pitcher.
Just one of those things.
Sticking the pole
Means to “plant” the end of the “pole” into the “box” at the end of the “runway” :eek:
But what else would you expect from 6 guys standing around with 14 foot poles in their hands? 
;D
“Neutral Zone Violation” - Sounds like something out of Star Trek.
“Referee Stops Contest” - Guess they don’t want to give the impression that boxing is violent or anything.
“Disqualification” - The, ahem, official term for an ejection in baseball (maybe football too).
“Dormie”, “Greenie”, “Sandie”, “Pondie” - Isn’t golf way too difficult and gut-wrenching for cute terms?
“Technical Knockout” - I’m imagining a computer geek stuck behind a telephone clubbing someone with it.
“Full Contact” - The kind of fighting which produces plenty of Referee Stops Contests. 
From Rowing:
Catching a Crab: When your oar hits the water out of sync with the rest of the crew in the boat and the force of the other guys rowing causes your oar to slam into your chest
From Volleyball:
Shagging, or Ball Shagging: To chase after and round up erant balls, especially during drills.
My favorite: the referee, who since retired, while giving out a penalty after a one-sided fight broke out, said “After the play was over, he went down and was giving him the business”, complete with a downward punching motion. It is oficial then: engage in Sopranos-like behaviour in football, you’ll get penalized for “giving him the business.”
In rugby when a player who is not known for ball carrying any great distance actually mamges to make a break through the opponents line and tries running downfield in an ungainly manner he is described as Paddling away, lots of effort for not much distance gained, or running fast but moving slow.
Whiplash sometimes used in track cycling where one rider will grab the hand of his team partner and slingshot him past to gain extra accelaration.