50 Shades of May
FSOM: 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 not be the only one....
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50 Shades of May
/ 3 weeks 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
/ 3 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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50 Shades of May
/ 4 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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50 Shades of May
/ 5 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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50 Shades of May
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 6 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
/ 6 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
/ 6 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...
