Sporting pictures of the Week :- 17 April
Take that racism. Arsenal players taking a knee in Prague before going on to thrash their opponents. The 2021 Masters. Hideki Matsuyama’s caddie Shota Hayafuji removing his hat and bowing[…]
Category: Baseball
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 March
This is one really confusing photo. It’s not just the Ranfurly Shield where players sleep alongside trophies. A mural has popped up in Manchester showing Marcus Rashford kicking down the[…]
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Breaking that glass ceiling
By Scott MacLean Professional sport in the US has existed since not long after the Civil War, with baseball’s National League – one half of the Major Leagues – the[…]
Dodging It
By Scott MacLean 2020 might be many things, and few of them good, but there was a baseball season and with it a champion as the Los Angeles Dodgers this[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 25 October
La Vuelta gets underway in Spain. The Slovenia giro is pretty good too. Winx was the greatest horse of the 21st century, so it was appropriate she was honoured with[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 1 August
COVID Corner; again. The Chicago cubs doing the CGI thing, including good attention to detail with the manspreading. But what the hell is going on here? This, at the Washington[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 12 July
What’s going on here? Southland hardman Corey Flynn turns up for his commentary stint at Scaffolding Stadium with … an electric blanket. The Inspiration Games has been a behind closed[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 May
Sport is almost back, with fans with a difference. Borussia Mönchengladbach fans coughing up to be part of this. That’s what true fans look like. Let’s not overlook the NC[…]
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Netflix and clear the bases
By Jamie Bell Once purely the domain of the big name sports’ broadcasters, Netflix has increasingly turned its hand to sporting documentaries. Alongside the series already featured in this site’s[…]
Lockdown Recommendations: Read
A Lucky Man, Keith Quinn – @pm_spotter My kind old dad sent it to me when I was working in Japan around 2000/2001, and it’s brilliant. And it’s Kiwi too.[…]
