When was the man who's name became synonymous with "Private Eye" magazine Colemanballs born?
Colemanballs Colemanballs is a term coined by "Private Eye" magazine to describe verbal gaffes perpetrated by sports commentators. "Coleman" refers to the surname of the former BBC broadcaster David Coleman and the suffix "-balls", as in "to balls up", and has since spawned derivative terms in unrelated fields such as "Warballs" (spurious references to the September 11, 2001 attacks) and "Dianaballs" (sentimental references to Diana, Princess of Wales) and "Borisballs" (Boris Johnson). Any other subject can be covered, as long as it is appropriately suffixed by "-balls". The all-encompassing term "mediaballs" has since been used by "Private Eye" as its coverage of gaffes has expanded.
Nick Coleman (columnist) Nicholas J. (Nick) Coleman (born June 26, 1950 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a blogger and former Minnesota journalist and columnist for the "Star Tribune", the daily newspaper published in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Coleman had two stints at the "Star Tribune", having begun his career there in 1973. In 1986, Coleman left the "Star Tribune" and became a news columnist at the "St. Paul Pioneer Press". Coleman was with the "Pioneer Press" until leaving in 2003, when he then returned to the "Star Tribune" in 2003 as a Metro News columnist, staying until 2009.