Welcome
to my new Sports blog.The purpose of this site is to celebrate the weird and wonderful world of sport. It's diversity, intensity and absurdity. You may be familiar with my work on SPAOTP and The Onion...
View ArticleBoom BAMMA Bang!
I consider myself to be a sporting liberal. That is I don't take any issue with any sports that are dangerous to the point of foolhardiness. As long as people are not exploited and as long as no...
View ArticleAnyone for Tennis..? Thought not
So the Tennis loving nation can get back in its box. Andy Murray is out of Wimbledon and the pandemonium can finally come to and end.I, like probably most people from the British Isles, only really...
View ArticleVideo: Ken Block
Top Gear is a polarizing TV show on the BBC. Many people object to Jeremy Clarkson with his gung ho anti-environmentalism, mawkish gurning facade and unadulterated middle-Englishness. Others believe...
View ArticleDark side of the moon - Tour De France
The crucial thing is not to look back. Keep pushing. Try to ignore the lactic acid building up in your legs. Refuse to acknowledge the sweat dripping from your brow, and the pounding heart as your...
View ArticleFlintoff's farewell give Tests a lower score
Andrew Flintoff's retirement from test cricket was perhaps not the biggest surprise to those close to him or for those who like to consider themselves in the know. There were certainly enough pundits...
View ArticleWinter Gardens Wonderland - World Matchplay Darts
Earlier in the year Bob Mills, while appearing on the excellent BBC Radio 5 panel show Fighting Talk, referred to attending a PDC Darts match as like "intruding on a Romany Gypsy's wedding party". He...
View ArticleJudgement at Mont Ventoux - Tour De France
Tomorrow, the sprinters take the limelight in the final stage to Paris. While all eyes will be on Mark Cavendish to see if he can take that sixth Tour stage win and realise his dream to be the first to...
View ArticleWorld Matchplay Darts - Is it time Phil Taylor packed it in?
Before tonight's PDC World Matchplay Darts Final, Phil "The Power" Taylor predicted that he would score two nine dart finishes during the game. The idea is statistically ludicrous. Rarely does a nine...
View ArticleWorld Rally Championship - Finland 2009
The city of Jyvaskyla lies 270 kilometres north of Helsinki. Every year it holds the WRC Rally Finland and unlike most other World Rally venues, gives itself to the Rally lock stock and barrel....
View ArticleBolt and Bummer
My apologies for not updating this blog recently. I've been understandably caught up with the start of the football season. Briefly however, let us pause to acknowledge the extraordinary achievement...
View ArticleVinokourov's Vuelta return and how Cycling deals with its drug problem
I frequently find myself defending cycling to people I know who don't follow the sport. Common gripes are "it's too long", "it's confusing" and "I hate men in Lycra". To be honest, as a relatively new...
View ArticleAn NHL Preview... of sorts
So ice hockey then... hockey on ice. Like Holiday On Ice only its not a holiday. Come to that Holiday On Ice is not like a holiday either. It's a cavalcade of nauseating street theatre by failed ice...
View ArticleHop! A Sunday evening of sport on the telly
Hop!Angola v Mali - Opening match of the Africa Cup Of NationsTwo goals by Flavio in the first half sends the home fans into rapture. The Africa Cup of Nations is underway and we can start talking...
View ArticleStill looking
With the exception of a little vignette, you'll note that things have been a little quiet on this Blog. But that's OK since there are only two or three of you who can claim to be remotely regular...
View ArticleWorld Masters Snooker – The Barry Hearn Bounce
As I type, Ronnie O Sullivan and Mark Selby are locked in an intense battle for the World Masters Final is taking place in front of a packed house at Wembley Arena. This tournament is already being...
View ArticleNice try Lao Che!
But I'm afraid I'm going to have to call time on this blog. It was a nice idea but I have too many projects and don't know enough about other stuff for me to offer anything new. Ah well. It's a shame...
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