Coming off the back of three of the worst defeats in Villa’s recent history – shipping eight against Chelsea will probably go down as one of the worst ever – I held close to zero expectation when the claret and blues travelled to the Liberty Stadium to kick off 2013. A new year is sometimes [...]

It seems every time I log onto Sports Illustrated at the moment, there is always a new Hall of Fame discussion being held. When baseball finds itself in the midst of a whirlwind, you can count on the ever-reliable Jay Jaffe to be writing numerous articles on the many issues within that bracket. Striking the [...]

I took my seat in the Holte End, looked down and there it was. “McLeish Out”, and a whole lot of bullet points depicting what his team had done and why he had to go. Just what was happening to this great club? That was back in May, which seems a long time ago when [...]

For anyone unfamiliar with the term ‘hot stove season’, perhaps I should explain. It isn’t a period of time where the best chefs huddle around a kitchen to cook some of the tastiest dishes but infact a baseball term for that cold, shivering winter period when baseball fans try and keep themselves warm whilst talking [...]

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STOKE and set-pieces. We all have an opinion on them, whether it’s similar to a passage of play in rugby or a genius bit of tactical management by manager Tony Pulis. Throw this concept into the mix of a football match and inevitably you come to the conclusion that an opponent’s manager has bemoaned Stoke’s [...]

Have you ever turned up for your Sunday League team knowing that your opposition are top of the league, taken one look at the team and simply thought “No, we aren’t going to win this one.” Confident enough to say no? Ok, how about this. Have you ever had a friend or partner and quietly [...]

Who said baseball would go into obscurity after the Giants finished popping the champagne? I didn’t think the heights of the 2012 season could be reached in the off-season, after all America’s game had quite a year, but after several weeks during the hot stove period we have seen plenty of movement in terms of [...]

The San Francisco Giants are the 2012 World Champions. They won with heart. They won with spirit. They won with collectiveness, unselfishness, small ball, and above all that; pitching. These Giants have surprised us all, there is no denying that. I mentioned that the Tigers would have to be careful having rested for a relatively [...]

The San Francisco Giants are still alive having staved off elimination and adversity all season long. Last night the Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 to set up a deciding NLCS game 7, to which the winner will face the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. The Giants have won five straight elimination games [...]