Category Archives: Sport

The MCC, social-class and English Cricket in the 1960s

Posted on June 2, 2017 by odeboyz

The MCC* ruled English cricket with an iron fist in the 1960s. County cricket administrators were a version of the MCC, using their social-class and status as Gentlemen to control cricket. Professional cricketers were regarded as social inferiors because they … Continue reading →

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Tiger Woods on white male golfers

Posted on April 11, 2017 by odeboyz

“Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.” Chris

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Paolo Maldini: a great Italian defender

Posted on March 21, 2017 by odeboyz

In football, successful defenders can be a nightmare for [gambling] statisticians. During his playing years for Milan and Italy, Paolo Maldini averaged one tackle every other game. It wasn’t because he was a lazy player; it was because he didn’t … Continue reading →

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Peg Solitaire

Posted on November 22, 2016 by odeboyz

Such a childish puzzle Jumping pegs over the nearest neighbour Guessing, muddled wrong moves Whatever possessed Mum to persevere? Sheer determination I guess, Whilst we’re watching TV Mum had the Solitaire board on her lap. There was much frustration. After … Continue reading →

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Two Yeshiva Jews celebrate a goal

Posted on September 9, 2016 by odeboyz

“it was only when he heard one mutter to the other, ‘I don’t like it Myer- they’ve scored too soon’ and the other reply, ‘I know, I know’; that he understood the significance of their sitting hunched and quiet amid … Continue reading →

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A Brazilian mosquito meets a Russian athlete

Posted on August 23, 2016 by odeboyz

Ray E.

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Zaltsman on the West Indies Test Cricket Team 2015

Posted on August 23, 2016 by odeboyz

Watching their “display” in Hobart (Tasmania), it was possible to conclude that some of the current side would have struggled to get in as spectators in the 1980s, let alone as players. Chris

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Wimbledon, equal pay and greatness

Posted on July 22, 2016 by odeboyz

When a journalist last week called Serena Williams ‘one of the greatest female athletes of all time’, she bristled. “I prefer the word: one of the greatest ‘athletes’ of all time,” she replied.* Equal pay for female tennis players, at … Continue reading →

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Thwarted Ambitions

Posted on July 18, 2016 by odeboyz

(Del)

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The Old Shove Halfpenny Board

Posted on May 20, 2016 by odeboyz

Years ago I didn’t know that most pubs kept a “shove halfpenny board” but when I was ten I had no idea what it was all about. So it was somewhat of a surprise when, one evening, Dad came home with a board … Continue reading →

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