The television rework of sports determines deep changes through the application of linguistic dynamics that overlap the traditional instruments of representation. An emblematic case are highlights, that can be defined as the most important and the most meaningful images which can be attributed to a sport event and to its comment. In particular the highlights of soccer games are one of the characterizing elements of many broadcasts about this sports. Television language has changed from the former traditional chronological synthesis of the event, choosing the interpretation, revealing new and unknown reading paths for sports events following the lines indicated by the experience of the American network ESPN.