ectect - 12:47 pm on Dec 17, 2010 (gmt 0)

In interviews (mainly football managers)

"I'm not making excuses, but....."
"I don't like talking about the officials, but..."
"They gave 110%"

...and using the present perfect when the match was clearly in the past and finished.

oh, one more thing, anyone using the third person when talking about themselves.