eddymelt, on 09 January 2016 - 03:53 PM, said:
If you think it should be Aree-ee-bee so there're three consonants, then you're probably right, but if a commentator needs to say his name quickly to focus more on the action, then you can see why he's shortening it.
Just like some of us when we're saying "wouldn't" say "w'u'n't", or instead of "couldn't" we'd say...

Then say Gboly instead. He kept saying Ebanks Blake and not Ebanks, is that because he doesn't run as fast? If you're right then why did they keep getting it wrong in the studio? Saying wun't is local dialect.