Stories By John May
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50 Shades of May
/ 3 weeks agoFSOM: From wearing adidas, to Gola and Lotto – how the evolution of football boots, getting them and their cultural impact has changed
Social media has this nasty habit of throwing up pictures and posts from your past, under the deception: ‘here’s some memories...
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/ 4 weeks agoFSOM: Welcome to chess boxing (yes, it is a thing) – and here are my own ideas for hybrid sports which would take the world by storm!
It’s amazing the stuff which can be learned from watching TV quiz shows. Not so much from the questions asked, ranging...
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50 Shades of May
/ 1 month agoFSOM: How sponsorships in sport have evolved since Jesse Owens’ groundbreaking deal 90 years ago
Before he stuck two huge black fingers up to Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens was approached by...
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/ 2 months agoFSOM: What has happened to Test cricket in Pakistan? They’ve had icons grace the game but now there is a worrying paucity of talent
Two weeks ago, nobody had heard of Razaullah Mashwani. Hailing from a village in the north-west frontier of Pakistan, an area...
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/ 2 months agoFSOM: Transfer deadline day is a manufactured event staged by TV to heighten the drama – each year it becomes a more unseemly spectacle than the last
There must be something wrong with FSOM. He’s probably not right in the head, a little bit off-whack, but he may...
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50 Shades of May
/ 2 months agoFSOM: Why club cricket tours are still alive despite demands on time imposed by work, family commitments and – dare you speculate it – fewer people playing
HOWDY-doody! FSOM is back! He’s been away a little while, but you know how it is. You nip down to the...
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50 Shades of May
/ 4 months agoFSOM: July 1 is known as Bobby Bonilla Day – why this retired MLB player is paid $1.2m-per-year despite retiring almost 25 YEARS AGO
July 1 has always been an auspicious day in the year. It was the day on which Debbie Harry came into...
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/ 6 months agoFSOM: Forget the professional game, Proper Cricket is back! Here is you wouldn’t change it for the world
Cricket is back! FSOM is not talking about the grandeur of Test matches or the pyjama-clad clown show that is the...
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/ 6 months agoFSOM: Forget the Masters’ weird traditions, cycling’s Paris-Roubaix race is known as Hell of the North with a quirky ‘prize’ for its winner
The Masters is a weird event. It might not be up there with wife carrying, bog snorkelling and cheese rolling, but...
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/ 7 months agoFSOM: Roy Hodgson may be 78 but must have a few marbles up top for taking the Bristol City job at his age – and what a fine start he’s made
How mean of Bristol City. There was poor old Roy Hodgson, quite happy in the Common Room of the Dun Coachin’...
