Jesse Owens

Losing its Lustre?

So often things are not as they may seem, and with the passing of time the truth can be distorted. In the modern world of marketers, spin-doctors and PR specialists this is even more the case today than it ever

Inspirational Athletes – 28

Theodora Ann “Tidye” Pickett was born in Chicago on 3rd of November 1914, her mother Sarah was a factory clerk and her father Louis was a foundry foreman. She was never known as Theodora, always as Tidye. She had an

Inspirational Athletes – 21

At a time when we are looking to celebrate racial and sexual equality one would expect Alice Coachman’s name to be one that many would be aware of, but unfortunately that is not the case. There are though some who

Stop the Farce

How many clubs would give a trial to 32 year old who had never played that sport as a professional even semi-professional level? Everything surrounding Usain Bolt’s trial with the Central Coast Mariners is wrong for sport and wrong for