BIG GAME

BIG GAME

Cecil the lion became an international celebrity in 2015, bringing the world’s attention firmly on  Zimbabwe, for all the wrong reasons. The lion was killed by an overseas hunter with two arrows,  with his trophy head being taken back to the US. For those...
GAME FOR A LAUGH   

GAME FOR A LAUGH   

Who would be a sports coach? Who would wish to be a sportsman? Who indeed would be a sports  commentator? In the heat of the moment, they are required to make a comment in public and the  first thing to come into their head is not always the wisest. As a...
THE GAME OF LIFE  

THE GAME OF LIFE  

Oscar Wilde is often attributed with the statement that “Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty  bullies far from the centre of the city”, though others may disagree, as we will recall when thinking  of the old maxim (said to have been coined by Arthur...
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

Bob Knight is one of the US college basketball’s most successful coaches – he has, after all, received  National Coach of the Year honours four times and Big Ten Coach of the Year honours eight times.  He is also one of only three people to win an NCAA...
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGACY

NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGACY

In March 1966 the British rock band The Who recorded a single entitled, ‘Substitute’, reaching  number five in the UK pop charts with lyrics that included: “But I’m a substitute for another guy. I  look pretty tall but my heels are high. The simple...