Silver-tongued commentators get gold for putting their foot in it

Major sporting moments tend to result in historic commentary that echoes through the ages. Even when we don’t really want it to.

While Italia ’90 gave us Eamon Dunphy’s shame and George Hamilton’s breath-holding, this week’s Katie Taylor-inspired Olympics heroics have led to a different type of classic quote collection.

Jimmy Magee, Bill O’Herlihy, Gaby Logan, Michael Johnson and Colin Jackson have all tip-toed along the line between comedy and controversy.