50 Shades of May
FSOM: 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 it’s a strange event, the...
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50 Shades of May
/ 4 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’...
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50 Shades of May
/ 4 months agoFSOM: Barry Bonds and Florence Griffith-Joyner are among athletes with asterisks by their feats amid drug allegations but is it fair?
What does baseball slugger Barry Bonds have, which triple jumper Jonathan Edwards doesn’t? Usain Bolt doesn’t have one either but Florence...
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50 Shades of May
/ 4 months agoFSOM: Italian football needs to sort itself out – but why that is not a simple task
Cosa e successo al calcio Italiano? In amongst the wailing and gnashing of teeth at the Champions League night of the...
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50 Shades of May
/ 5 months agoFSOM: From wearing tuxedos at dinner parties to trips on America’s Cup yachts – what actually happens at sporting beneficiary dos?
FSOM is wondering whether it’s worth the money to get his tuxedo dry cleaned. After all, it doesn’t get out much...
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50 Shades of May
/ 5 months agoFSOM: Football is becoming boring in its method and style – it’s no surprise why teams are looking for ‘marginal gains’ with set pieces
There’s an old sporting joke that says: ‘I went along to a fight and an ice hockey match broke out.’ It’s...
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50 Shades of May
/ 5 months agoFSOM: From cigarettes and oranges to sweets and electrolyte drinks – how football’s half-time ritual has changed
Back in the day, one of the most important pieces of a team’s football kit was lugged along in a string...
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50 Shades of May
/ 5 months agoFSOM: Sporting minnows are not a waste of time – for every powerhouse, there are inspirational stories such as Gary White’s
A footballing circumnavigation of the globe from the Southampton Sunday Leagues to Taiwan, via the Bahamas, Pacific Islands and Japan is...
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50 Shades of May
/ 6 months agoFSOM: Winter Olympics’ ‘Penisgate’ is eye-watering – who decided that injecting male privates with hyaluronic acid is a good idea!
OUCH! That’s the only word you could use in reaction to the latest attempt by athletes to gain that important micro-edge...
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50 Shades of May
/ 6 months agoFSOM: Tomorrow Golf League is artificial but attracts the world’s best while reaching a new and younger audience through its popularity
Nobody is sure if it was Oscar Wilde or Mark Twain who described golf as ‘a good walk spoiled.’ Whichever of...
