1980

Entertaining Sport or Sport as Entertainment?

Just over a week ago the world witnessed entertaining sport, and sport as entertainment, and it appeared that the majority preferred the former. The sport as entertainment was the boxing bout between you-tube sensation turned boxer Jake Paul and former

Is Location Really The Issue?

There is an old saying that if you run away from a problem, you will not solve the problem, you will simply change the location of it. The Kookaburras returned to Australia with a silver medal from the hockey at

A History Of Hard Decisions Not Made

“The show must go on” is a phrase that is believed to have originated in the circus. So it is an appropriate phrase to use when referring to the five ring circus that is the modern Olympic Games. The phrase

RIP Marvelous Marvin Hagler

I remember watching Marvin Hagler’s second attempt to win a World Title against Britain’s Alan Minter at Wembley Arena in 1980. This was a good era for British boxing and fights were regularly televised. Minter, Tony Sibson, Jim Watt, Herol

Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be

People of a certain age will no doubt recall the sage advice of their parents, which was to always live within your means. In other words if you couldn’t afford to buy something wait until you could. That school of