27 September 2010 10:00
I WISH I could claim some noble reason for this post, defend it as a thought-provoking piece of prose – but I can’t.
In truth, these words are just a bit of dressing which allow me to use the following gratuitous pictures…
While watching UFC 119 this...
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22 September 2010 10:02
David Haye’s second defence of his world heavyweight title against fellow Englishman Audley Harrison is not, on paper, a fight to excite.
But the penchant that the pair have for trash talking – Haye has already promised to ‘violate’ Harrison in the...
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13 September 2010 14:36
CONFESSION time – I love Twitter.
As a sports fan and journalist, I get to cyber-stalk my heroes, drop in and out of conversations and, best of all, pick up on a myriad of news and gossip long before it hits mainstream media. (See Woods, Tiger).
For...
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18 June 2010 13:37
Is it me, or is this World Cup a bit dull? No great games thus far, a shady ball and - Argentina aside - a complete lack of exciting, incisive football.
I'm sure it will heat up as games start to become must win, but all it's done so far is...
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11 May 2010 15:46
As much as our sporting landscape is slowly getting bigger, brasher and bolder, we still have a long way to go before we catch our American cousins - especially when it comes to fans who, um, are....fanatical.
The NBA playoffs are currently being played...
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14 April 2010 13:58
SO, the Tiger is back. Or at least was - since his magnificent fourth place at the US Masters, it seems the golfing great plans to take another break from the game and return at the US Open in June, the second major of the season....
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22 March 2010 15:01
Poor old goalkeepers. While their fancy dan outfield colleagues - clad in colourful boots, alice bands and the like - can happily make mistakes all game and go unpunished, if the humble stopper errs it's a goal to the...
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16 March 2010 16:44
Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi are two of the best tennis players ever - and on this evidence they may also be among the most childish and spiteful.
How else can you explain the pair getting into a spot of verbal sparring at the recent 'Hit for Haiti'...
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02 March 2010 15:16
AS in all professional sports, the chances of making it to the highest level of basketball are hopelessly slim. Aside from the usual barriers of athleticism, talent and mental strength, it also helps to be freakishly tall - and it's...
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16 February 2010 12:54
IT probably seemed like a good idea at the time. An ice hockey fan takes his girlfriend to a game at a famous old arena and uses the giant screen hanging above the ice to pop the question - then sits back and waits for an emotional response in the...
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03 February 2010 15:59
IF you're any kind of football fan, you will have a view on Robbie Savage - and I bet it's not complimentary. Something about him just winds fans up, be it the flowing golden hair, the silly accent, his yellow Lambo, his habit of hurling himself...
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27 January 2010 16:28
Despite being a rabid fan of almost every sport you can name (even extreme dodgeball), I've never really got on with ice hockey. That is until recently, when my habit of flicking from any channel directly to ESPN whenever the Angry Blonde leaves the room...
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12 January 2010 17:16
THEY love their football in Italy, especially in Milan. So, when Jose's mighty Inter plucked incredible victory from the jaws of defeat this weekend, both the Milan commentator and his aged studio-based chums lost the plot a little....
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05 January 2010 16:48
Ah, the first post of a new decade. And we have already been treated to one of the sports stories of the year, one which I'm fairly sure is unprecedented in the fabled pantheon of human athletic achievement.
The facts are these - Australian double world...
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29 December 2009 11:03
AS quickly as it all started, it’s over. Stomachs distended from the unnecessary calories, heads a little fuzzy from the surfeit of booze and turkey leftovers creating that familiar post-yule odour around the house – I do hope your Christmas was everything...
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