Tag: Grand Prix
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Blow or blessing?
Every sport has its curious idioms. In GAA for example, the quirk by which, even though they may be getting hockeyed all over s pitch, a corner forward will nearly always be the first to be hauled ashore. If a horse runs a bad race or two, either the jockey gets dropped or the animal…
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Technology can’t legislate for human error
The adoption of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) is probably the most contentious alteration to the governance of football in a generation. Naturally, judgement about such things is mostly subjective. If a decision from the eye in the sky goes your way, it’s a great thing, be on the wrong side of a dubious call and…
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Voice of Motorsport Murray Walker passes away aged 97
Yours truly was asked several times over the years was there any sport which wouldn’t be viewed from this seat. The answer to said query has always been Baseball. And that, being honest is only down to not understanding the discipline in question. There are others which fall into the bracket of knowledge exists thereon…
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Where is the sport in it?
The question has often been asked of yours truly – is there any sport I wouldn’t watch. Baseball was always the standard reply to said inquiry. Simply as it’s not understood. Chances are if a grasp of it was attained, one would be drawn in as was the case with Darts and Cricket and a…