Culture: Black People Poised To Dominate Yet Another Sport [@darrylzero]
src="http://jeffkatz.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a721c2d7970b015432115ea3970c-800wi" border="0" alt="Culture-Banner-" /> The first all-American-born cricket club has gone global. The Compton Cricket Club,...
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100 years after MLB’s first trip Down Under, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks opened the 2014 season with a 2-game series in Syndey. JP Pelosi reports on the culture clash. There’s a hazy black and white...
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This Wednesday, England and Australia will begin the 69th Ashes series, cricket’s most celebrated rivalry, and one of the oldest contests in international sports. David Saunders reports on the strange...
View ArticleLoss, Lord’s and Watson’s demise: Australia Looks To Turn Around Ashes...
After the Ashes first test didn’t go quite according to the script – England winning convincingly – the Australian team is being forced to regroup. David Saunders previews the second test, starting...
View ArticleDale Steyn Attempts To Break A GoPro!
GoPro/WOHZA Ambassador Dale Steyn and fastest bowler in the world! Goes head to head with a GoPro to see who will win – CHECK IT OUT. ____ Dale Steyn is a South African cricketer who plays in Tests,...
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— The 2019 ICC World Cup ended with the host country, England winning against New Zealand with a super over. After 27 years of waiting, the team achieved a new milestone for England cricket history....
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Olympic Sports?
— There was a wonderful picture in the Times on Monday of Paul Collingwood celebrating England’s win over Australia for the World Twenty20 cricket trophy, and naturally I immediately thought what a...
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