I think the difficulty for Rupert Guinness (an incredibly talented wordsmith on this most gruelling of sports) is that in the past 25 years that he has covered Le Tour, thanks largely to his own impeccable efforts, Australian sporting fans have become all too familiar with it. No longer is this a totally foreign event raced by very few outside of continental Europe, it has become an
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Book review: What a ride, by Rupert Guinness
Posted on 1:14 AM by Unknown
Posted in Australia, Ben Roberts, Cadel Evans, cycling, Rupert Guinness, Tour de France
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
What message does your T-shirt send?
Posted on 2:15 PM by Unknown
The T-shirts worn by Liverpool players – and manager Kenny Dalglish - supporting the banned Luis Suarez may have seriously undermined football’s alleged zero tolerance to racism. Suarez, the Reds’ Uruguayan forward, was banned for allegedly using a racist term to Manchester United’s Patrice Evra.
Courtesy: dailymail.co.uk
This doesn’t make Liverpool’s players or manager racist, but perhaps
Courtesy: dailymail.co.uk
This doesn’t make Liverpool’s players or manager racist, but perhaps
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The times, they are a-changing
Posted on 10:56 PM by Unknown
Yesterday, I found one of my all-time favourite lucky finds – an old World Football magazine which proudly boasted to contain full 2006-07 squad lists for every major European league.
As I sat back to enjoy again articles like “Gamble on Govou gets France going” and “Sticky start [at Poland] for Beenhakker”, it struck me at the amount the shape of sport has changed in as little as five years.
As I sat back to enjoy again articles like “Gamble on Govou gets France going” and “Sticky start [at Poland] for Beenhakker”, it struck me at the amount the shape of sport has changed in as little as five years.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
What I'd like for Christmas
Posted on 6:59 PM by Unknown
In an annual tradition, we look at the bottom ten teams in the Premier League and ask what wish they'd really like granted for Christmas. Here's what we think they'd say:
Bolton Wanderers: A team that challenged for a top-half finishlast season now at the bottom of the table? What could we possibly want? Thinking big, Gary Cahill to sign to a new contract (or to receive heaps on his sale) and
Bolton Wanderers: A team that challenged for a top-half finishlast season now at the bottom of the table? What could we possibly want? Thinking big, Gary Cahill to sign to a new contract (or to receive heaps on his sale) and
Sunday, December 11, 2011
David Warner scores a century - time for some humble pie
Posted on 6:32 PM by Unknown
The following piece was written on David Warner's selection for Australia before the first Test against New Zealand.
Why I hate David Warner
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the Dark Side" Yoda
The news that Shane Watson may miss Australia's two Test series against New Zealand comes with the added revelation that David Warner is likely to be called up in his stead.
Why I hate David Warner
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the Dark Side" Yoda
The news that Shane Watson may miss Australia's two Test series against New Zealand comes with the added revelation that David Warner is likely to be called up in his stead.
Posted in Australia, David Warner, New South Wales, New Zealand, Phil Hughes, selectors, Shane Watson
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
United's centre-back crisis: Free the youth
Posted on 9:15 PM by Unknown
Sir Alex Ferguson has to deal with elimination from the Champions' League during the Group stages for only the second time in a decade. He will chase his thirteenth Premier League title and first Europa League wins without his best defender, after it was confirmed today that centre-half Nemanja Vidic will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.
First up for
First up for
Posted in centre-back, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Man U, Man Utd, Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, SAF, Sir Alex, Sir Alex Ferguson
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Book review: Basketball Junkie, by Chris Herren and Bill Reynolds
Posted on 4:33 PM by Unknown
Oh to be young, rich and talented.
Over the past twenty years the NBA has a remarkable success rate at weeding out drug addicts. In the mid-eighties, the league instituted a three-strikes policy aimed at ridding the league of the American popular image of '70s pro basketball: that of overpaid and over-coked players who cared more about fighting than defense. Several of the league's top talents
Over the past twenty years the NBA has a remarkable success rate at weeding out drug addicts. In the mid-eighties, the league instituted a three-strikes policy aimed at ridding the league of the American popular image of '70s pro basketball: that of overpaid and over-coked players who cared more about fighting than defense. Several of the league's top talents
Posted in basketball, Basketball Junkie, book review, Boston Celtics, Chris Herren, Dark Times, drug use, NBA
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