Why this blog is rubbish and has to end

I set up this blog partly because of a desire to communicate with students and thought this and Facebook groups might help.  Not really and some of the things i want to do now possible on college VLE and increasingly through twitter.  So I’mm packing up this blog.  However have started a new on specifically about sport and crime and the criminal justice of sport.  It’s called Sports Criminology.  Here’s the link.

the news of the world’s history in pics

As a service to media students and supplied by the Guardian – http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gallery/2011/jul/08/history-news-of-the-world

Beyond the Pale – Ireland know no boundaries

Ireland bt England at Cricket

CLR O’James if you like

report here

I wouldn’t bet on it

IOC chief Jack Rogge warns of problem of $140bln illegal gambling.  Here’s the AFP take on it.

Funny thing he was warning of this in 2006.  Guardian report here.

Surrey and England wicketkeeper Steven Davies announces he is gay

Will soccer follow cricket with the new must have accessory – an out gay player?  Probably not. Guardian report here.

How big a wodge was Linford given to pack in his objections to being objectified?

Gender, race, commerce it’s all here.

Media control of Soccer fixtures – a reasoned complaint

Paul Hayward in Guardian argues for malign influence of media on soccer fixtures. Nor just a why don’t they start at 3 on Sat.

woman is first in British American Football League

Within days of the wrestling woman now the gridiron version.  Her local paper takes up the tale.

And London’s Metro picked up on this too.

Sport Politics

Brazil’s 2002 World Cup winning team to play in Chechnya (against team captained by Ramzan Kadyrov)!

See Guardian report here (includes some fab examples of previous sport/politics mash-ups)

female high-school wrestler loses Iowa state quarterfinals

That is Cassy Herkelman loses match against male wrestler after winning in first round when religiously-inspired opponent was no show.  See pic and report here.

The issue of gender is at its most tricky when dealing with physical one-on-one sports.  Over forty years ago I used to spar in Judo with a couple of women and today continue to be beaten at running and swimming by other women.