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Path To Glory Passed Through Italy For Spain
Sep. 3 | So Spanish defender Carlos Marchena comes out and says, “The Italy game was a turning point for the whole country,” he said to the press. “The game had many aspects that could have saw us lose; it was against Italy, it was a quarter final,...
Canada Crashes Out At FIBA
Sep. 3 | A 0-5 record, including a loss to Lebanon, at the FIBA leaves Canadian basketball in utter tatters. How can a country with an NBA team make such a poor account of itself on the international stage? I’m not much interested in blaming the players....
Is That Really Ana Ivanovic?
Sep. 2 | By Leigh Sanders Watching my TV set yesterday evening as the sun began setting behind the beautiful South Wales hills, I watched a tanned little beauty dismantling Chinese star Zheng Jie, the No. 21 seed. As I watched a confident young lady slam home...
Undisclosed Problems for World Football
Sep. 1 | By Leigh Sanders With money spiralling out on control in football over the last decade one troubling trend has become all too prominent in transfer dealings which again has shut out fans and made their clubs unaccountable to the people who pay all the...
Jackie Robinson’s Obscure Scorecard
Aug. 24 | History Detectives looked into a scorecard for a barnstorming game in 1946. It’s a most interesting investigation and explores the world of Robinson, barnstorm games and intergration. Here’s a direct link to the video. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline...
BIG 12 Preview Time
Aug. 23 | By James Lawrence Fantasy College Blitz The 2009 season saw a broad toning down of scoring and offensive statistics in the Big 12 compared to the frenzied shootouts of 2008 and to some extent 2007. 2010 looks to be a continuation of that trend, as the...
Where Now for Shell-shocked Villa?
Aug. 23 | By Leigh Sanders It all looked so promising. Following the massive blow of Martin O’Neill’s resignation as manager of Astion Villa merely days before the new Premier League Season, Villa seemed to be coping well. With the James Milner transfer saga...
Clemens, Mariotti: Now The Shoe Is On The Other Foot
Aug. 23 | By Beaker I’ve been away. Like you care. But I felt I should check in for my reader (Hi, mom. The voices haven’t stopped I’m afraid) and offer a couple of thoughts about Roger Clemens and Jay Mariotti. First, Clemens. Guy is a mean,...
The Most Unlikely Controversial Transfer Saga EVER
Aug. 19 | By Leigh Sanders Like the unexpected summer smash hit at the Box Office one transfer saga involving not-so A-List names has been on the lips of most football fans throughout Britain this week. Following the conclusion of those involving Cesc Fabregas,...
