quite possibly the worst headline ever

[rone]

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[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Oh, no.

No, no, no.

[divisadero.livejournal.com]

Time to fire the worst ultimate copy editor of all time.

beyond the obvious...

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

Isn't that a misplaced apostrophe? Shouldn't that say "sport's", since the category of "sport" is under examination? Or is that a brit thing?

[jwgh]

Yes, that copy editor is pretty much the most worst ever.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I'd say it refers to the worst meltdowns in all of sports.

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

You are the most bestest curmudgeon.

[erikred.livejournal.com]

See, their problem is they didn't go 3Xtr33m ENOUGH. They should have used:

"Sports' most ultimatest meltdowns EVAR"

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Most Ultimate...nice.

[waider.livejournal.com]

...volume 1. (not a precedent: I used own volume 1)

[broken-gizmo.livejournal.com]

... Ow.

[thedarkages]

I like the idea of "most ultimate" meaning, as per etymology, "furthest." Thus, the headline writer might be referring to the difficulties of playing ice hockey on liquefying Thule.

Yes,

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

singular "sport" as the category is a Brit thing, and to my US ears it always sounds like a euphemism for sex.

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[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

accompanied by Messiaen's most famousest quartet.