blatherstorm

Noun

 * 1)  A spate of commentary in various media about a current polemic topic in the news.
 * 2) * 2009, 6 March, The Guardian in TheSportBlog posted by Harry Pearson. "Good job Nadal doesn't play for Spurs".
 * Referees know the rules, but they don't know the game, is one of those phrases that keeps emerging from the blatherstorm that currently surrounds sport.