Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category

 

England Stats-a-go-go Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

England are out of the World Cup – and too right, because they were rubbish. Everyone thought they could win it too –- bookies made them 3rd favourites, we had better players than everyone else according to the 2 Alan’s on MOTD. And this was the golden generation – how could they NOT win the [...]

 

The need for speed Sunday, August 16th, 2009

How fast is it possible for someone to run the 100 metres? The record had been slowly inching it’s way down from ever since Carl Lewis‘ 9.92 in Seoul in 1998. Second by second, slowly but surely, and scientists in white lab coats were telling everyone that the limit of human speed was on a [...]

 

Gigantico Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

David v Goliath. Rocky v Ivan Drago. You can now add another one to that list as I read in the news today that David Haye will fight Nikolay Valuev on the 7th of November. Now David Haye is no small man, he’s 6’3″ and is built like a brick outhouse. But even then he’s [...]

 

Cricket grounds and legendary tour guides Sunday, July 12th, 2009

What cricket grounds in the world do you think are famous? Or you’ve been there and they mean something to you? That’s a question I tried to answer a few years back when I created a list of the most famous sporting stadia in the world and since then, I’ve been on a Tom Cruise-esqe [...]

 

Sporting Stadia – Part I: Football Saturday, June 27th, 2009

So, The list. Loads of sporting venues from all over the globe, plotted on a huge list in order to prove who’s more of a sports fan. There’s a multitude of power-ups, bonuses and extras that bump up your score – it’s so complicated it’d make Carol Vorderman wince. Each sport has it’s own mini-list [...]