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Richard Sinclair: Football Hero

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Football – or soccer, if you’re reading this in the non-believing countries “across the pond” – is a professional game, played by money hungry mercenaries, just out for what they can get.

That’s the common perception of most modern day footballers, but at least one man is bucking the trend. Richard Sinclair plays for Queens Park in the lower reaches of the Scottish Football League; has done for his entire career. Queens Park are somewhat unique within football, not just Scotland, in that they own the national stadium of Scotland, Hampden Park – yet remain staunchly amateur.
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Are you Crazy Enough for Storm Large?

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Friday, August 13th, 2010

Bit of a misleading title, as you’d only be crazy if you didn’t get your ass along to Edinburgh’s Underbelly during the Fringe and catch this incredible show from an incredible performer.
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The Furious Five

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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Yup, very illuminating title for today’s blog. It refers to the five players in football that just make me furious! I’m a very calm individual most of the time, despite what certain people would have you believe. There are few things that get me annoyed enough to rant and rave. However, put certain footballers in front of me, and I will go off. Various reasons for them, and none of them are anything more than petty… but here are the worst offenders.
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The end of an era?

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Saturday, July 31st, 2010

So that’s it then. The trade deadline has gone, and for me, so has a piece of my baseball following life, as Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman have left Houston. Let me explain this a little…
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And the cup runneth over… then stuck the boot in

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Monday, July 12th, 2010

So that was the World Cup that was… and to be honest, with a few exceptions, it was distinctly average.

The big names that were supposed to set the world on fire were nothing more than an accessory, there to show face, not form. The majority of those “big name” players that were featured in the Nike ‘Write The Future’ ads ended up writing a Shakespearean tragedy rather than a triumphant tale of glory. This was a tournament that was living in fear. Almost every nation had the desire to not lose, rather than to win etched into their pre-match tactics.
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Definition of a Decade

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Monday, July 5th, 2010

Well, hello. As some of you may know, I write on-and-off for TWO – TalkWrestlingOnline.com and that little ol’ wrasslin’ site has reached the big 10 – double figures now, and finally, the training wheels off the bike! It’s been an eventful 10 years, perhaps one of the most eventful decades in the history of Professional Wrestling. Along the way, there’s been people that have risen above the industry, that have defined the business. Some in good ways, some in bad, but all of them in a way that ensures they won’t be forgotten easily.

For TWO’s tenth birthday, I figured I’d scrape the bottom of the barrel that passes for my brain and give you my list – in no particular order – of the 10 people I consider as the defining characters of the what I call “The TWO Years”… I get the feeling there’s gonna be arguments about this one…
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Quick show-off update

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Friday, June 25th, 2010

Well, I apologise for the lack of activity recently. I had a college thing to get out of the way, once that was done I just wanted to chill.. then the world cup began.

Once the group stage is over with, I will post a round up of what I liked and what I didn’t. I’m sure you’ve all been waiting for that.

Oh, and why is this a show-off update? It’s from my new phone, using the WordPress Android app! Mobile blogging! Huzzah!

So yeah, that’s about it for now. It’s late, or early depending on your point of view… check back soon for more stuff.

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Celebrating The Game

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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

There’s no crying in baseball.

Tom Hanks would have you believe that, in any case. Me? I don’t buy it. Perhaps not openly, in a Paul Gascoigne style, but surely at some point, your average MLB pro will sit down and a single tear will roll down his highly paid and highly pampered cheek.

This week, however, there is perhaps one man who would be entitled to open the floodgates and let loose a flood of tears that would make Niagara Falls jealous – Los Angeles Angels first baseman Kendry Morales.

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A-tweetin’ and a-twitterin’

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Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Well, hello. As you may know, the WWE peeps are being encouraged to use Twitter. Twitter, if you don’t know, or live under a rock, is a “social network” that allows you to communicate in 140 characters or less. A lot of peeps have been on this for a while already; Chris Jericho’s random tweets about metal bands have been entertaining, and Tommy Dreamer has shown a fine line in self depreciating wit – and you haven’t lived until you’ve read one of Steve Austin’s bizarre stories about sharks.

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Baseball Bits n’ Bobs #1

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Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Well, hello.

Being that I now have access to baseball on ESPN, I figured I’d like to start doing the odd little recap on it here and there. Nothing major, just what pops into my head on a random basis. This time…

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