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A rivalry cut short
An unfortunate memory failure from the BBC’s Martin Brundle in anticipation of the upcoming Formula One season. As a colour commentator, he really does give some excellent analysis and insight during the races through the year, but perhaps nobody thought to double-check his recollections on a piece for the BBC website previewing the key battles [...]
Tiger is back, and maybe he hasn’t changed
Tiger Woods is going to say some carefully chosen words today, and despite the fact that we know he will doing so almost entirely on his own terms and refusing to answer any questions or do anything that isn’t written on his cue cards [note to self - look remorseful], the media is going to [...]
Non-stories: Beckham wants his side to win
As soon as the draw for the Champions League 2nd round was made the talk was of AC Milan’s clash with Manchester United and the prospect of David Beckham returning to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving the club in 2003. It was to be expected if not desired that the ageing midfielder [...]
Piers Morgan doesn’t let facts ruin a belittling
You can rely on Piers Morgan for informed sporting debate. There’s a fairly significant rule change affecting golf at the moment, and Phil Mickelson isn’t best pleased about it. To break it down simply, thanks to Ian Carter at the BBC:
The rule change
For those not familiar, the background, in simple terms, is this: Modern irons have had [...]
BBC’s Six Nations opening credits to be a film plug
The Six Nations has been running in one form or another since 1883 and oozes history and nostalgia in its own right. So when the BBC were preparing to show this year’s tournament it was only natural that they turned to a man who has rugby in his soul - Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman opens Six Nations [...]
The BBC not targeting the eradication of self-evident Murray headlines
Last summer during Wimbledon it transpired, shockingly, that one of the world’s best tennis players, Andy Murray, was trying to win the games that he contested. While this might appear obvious, it didn’t seem to stop the BBC from headlining their many articles on the Scot with inane words about him aiming to overcome his [...]
On this day on transfer gossip history… January 9th 2003
On this day in 2003, managers were getting used to the first January transfer window and newspapers were no doubt enjoying the fact that they could print anything for months without being proven wrong. The acid-test came in January when their rumours would either be proven right or wrong, and as BBC’s gossip column shows, [...]
On this day in transfer gossip history . . . December 19th 2008
This time last year BBC’s transfer gossip column was all excited about the prospect of newly appointed managers raiding their old clubs, Rafa Benitez was allegedly making further faux pas in the transfer market, newly minted Manchester City were not yet once bitten in pursuit of world record transfers but were “left reeling” all the [...]
For the Christmas shoppers amongst you, why not buy this lovely plug?
It’s not us, sadly - the Sport without Spin merchandise is somewhere on a ferry from China, and you’ll have to buy your cynically-themed stationery and scarves next year instead - but remember how the BBC used to hate plugging anything for fear that they do not appear impartial? You know, things such as Palestine [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
SPOTY 2009
Having assumed we were going to be here this morning writing a long post about how Jenson Button’s reward was nothing but a reflection of Formula One being the only sport that the BBC covered in any real detail on television this year, and that this was therefore reflected in a public vote little more [...]