The commentator's curse part 1 - News24

The commentator's curse part 1
News24
The list goes on, the be all and end all, is I would generally storm off in a huff, and made sure I ruined the game for everyone else, because my ego could not handle losing. So I started to believe that if my team lost, someone was cheating.

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What Boxing Writing Can Teach Us About Everything: AJ Liebling On Moore-Marciano - Deadspin

What Boxing Writing Can Teach Us About Everything: AJ Liebling On Moore-Marciano
Deadspin
Boxing shared with baseball the status of the sport that mattered most (with horse racing not far off the pace), and cultural paths of least resistance allowed almost anyone to know at least a little about it. Newspapers offered daily coverage by ...

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A club's history and supporters count for nothing when money talks - The Guardian (blog)


The Guardian (blog)
A club's history and supporters count for nothing when money talks
The Guardian (blog)
An idea most people thought must be a hoax is evidently being held back for a more convenient time, judging by what is left once you scrape away the jargon and the claptrap and realise Cardiff's promise not to rebrand, after 104 years of wearing blue, ...

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