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Recent Posts by liam
October 14, 2006
Fox fires Steve Lyons for racially insensitive comment: The veteran broadcaster, responding to a few comments in Spanish last night by booth partner Lou Pinella, said he wasn't "hablaing Espanol."
posted by liam to baseball at 04:16 PM - 92 comments
April 28, 2006
"I am happy that they considered me but I don't want anything more to do with this because for two days my life has been invaded and my privacy destroyed.": Scolari takes himself out of consideration for the England manager's job. When a Brazilian tells you your culture takes soccer too seriously, you should probably think about it.
posted by liam to soccer at 02:12 PM - 18 comments
April 26, 2006
posted by liam to basketball at 07:47 PM - 30 comments
March 06, 2005
The end of a good innings: for former England cricket captain and Bishop of Liverpool David Sheppard. His life after cricket was not that of your average sportsman, or your average bishop. Among many other distinctions, he was the first prominent member of the English cricket establishment to advocate a boycott of apartheid South Africa.
posted by liam to other at 11:06 AM - 0 comments
February 03, 2004
Around the world in 72 days.: French yachtsman Francis Joyon has reduced the solo round-the-world sailing record by an incredible 20%.
posted by liam to other at 10:10 PM - 4 comments
July 02, 2003
"Chelski"?: A Russian tycoon buys Chelsea FC from the assorted offshore companies of Ken Bates who, alas, stays on as Chairman. Apparently, Manchester United wasn't available.
posted by liam to soccer at 07:15 AM - 3 comments
July 24, 2002
The perfect summer game? : If ever there was a leisurely hot-weather pastime, it's petanque (or its relatives, boules and bocce). It may even promote longevity; the founder of the USA Petanque Federation, Alfred Levitt, a former chess partner of Marcel Duchamp, died a couple of years ago, aged 105.
posted by liam to other at 02:00 PM - 5 comments
May 07, 2002
Tim Duncan, MVP: (NY Times link). Kidd's stats probably came up just short.
posted by liam to basketball at 07:34 AM - 2 comments
March 21, 2002
Mookie Wilson: Truck-drivin' man.: The Mets cult hero, and current first base coach, drives an eighteen-wheeler in the off-season (though possibly not in Massachussets), using the handle "Professor". Any other pro athletes with unlikely hobbies?
posted by liam to baseball at 11:52 AM - 7 comments
February 14, 2002
Jayaram Khadka,: a Nepalese cross-country skiier, raised by an eccentric English computer millionaire, finished 82nd in the 10km classical race. Isaac Menyoli, who came in 83rd and last is from Cameroon, via Milwaukee.
posted by liam to other at 02:44 PM - 6 comments