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Euro 2008

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

As Paul Doyle said so aptly: “tournaments like this stoke our love of the game. And prove that clubs still need countries.”

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Sam Smith

Friday, March 28, 2008

Sam Smith, Chicago Tribune’s long time NBA writer, is one of my favorite sports journalists. Sam is smart, very funny, has an engaging personality and loves basketball, which seeps through every word he writes. His columns as well as the weekly NBA mail bag are always both playful and serious. Sam knows everybody, [...]

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Saddened

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Growing up in the 1980s, we watched more Hockey than Cricket. It wasn’t a matter of choice, as Doordarshan, which was our only option, showed every single game India played, almost anywhere in the world. I also read everything I could find on India’s outstanding achievements in Olympics.
Dhyanchand capturing the imagination of Hitler was a [...]

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Favre retires

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Here is something a Chicago Bears fan is never supposed to admit:
Not only was I a big Brett Favre fan, I began following football mainly because of his play from 1996 onwards. In the last ten years, I have probably watched more Packers’ games than Bears.
Brett Favre finally retires. Sundays next fall will be little [...]

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Bulls makeover

Thursday, February 21, 2008

For those of us wistfully watching Bulls lapse back into mediocrity, this isn’t all bad news.
Actually, trading the previously ‘untradeable’ Big Ben is in fact very good news. While losing Joe Smith hurts, Drew Gooden isn’t bad, as far as replacements go. Anyway, let the kids, Noah and Thomas, play.
Now one or two more deals, [...]

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Why not Sledge?

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Well, the Perth test was a good comeback. Both teams, especially Australia, redeemed themselves with a hard fought, competitive cricket match, played in good spirit. All around, good advertisement for test cricket.
So what made this a good game? Watch (or read an account of it by Sambit Bal) rookie-quickie Ishanth Sharma probe and give a [...]

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