Gary Lineker

Outspoken Sports Personality of the Year 2012

In this year of extraordinary sporting achievement, the voters have got their work cut out trying to pick a winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012. Bradley Wiggins, Andy Murray, Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and all the shortlisted… Continue Reading →

2012/12/16

London 2012 Olympics: Nothing Else Matters?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ViLiXA0E70&w=560&h=315] This is scary. Completely unbidden, my iTunes library has started playing “Nothing Else Matters” as I sat down to blog about the second week of the London 2012 Olympics. Lissie’s cover version of Metallica’s 20-year-old power ballad fits… Continue Reading →

2012/08/09

Poolside Double Act Stars at London 2012

For years the BBC’s voice of swimming was the unfortunately named Hamilton Bland, whose TV career ended in controversy in the late 90s. There’s nothing bland about his successors, former Olympians Adrian Moorhouse and Andy Jameson, who sounded as though… Continue Reading →

2012/07/30

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Outspoken Sports Personality of the Year 2012

London 2012 Olympics: Nothing Else Matters?

Poolside Double Act Stars at London 2012