by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Sports Articles
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...
by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Sports Articles
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...
by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Sports Articles
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...
by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Sports Articles
When it comes to naming the top international soccer players, the name of Chris Birchall is not likely to feature, no disrespect to him. Those who do name him will most likely to do so for a different reason – he was an unknown midfielder playing for Port...
by admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Sports Articles
Golf and tennis are very much individual sports. It is each man or woman for himself or herself. Week in, week out, the top players travel the world, accompanied by their support team, and compete in the full glare of the public eye, on stage, alone. The...
