The English bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is starting to feel grubbier and grubbier, writes The Guardian's Paul Hayward, and are horsetrading and acquiescence a price worth paying for an event England have not won since 1966?
Jonathan Duhamel dropped out of college to concentrate on playing poker. And the move paid off -- all $8.9 million of it.
As the coin toss has lost its primacy in sports, writes Slate's Robert Weintraub, sabermetricians have come to realize the outside role luck plays in athletic endeavors.
Formula One aficionado James Allen lists his five best drivers of the just completed season. And there's no room for favouritism in a list like this -- just who did the best job.
created word clouds for every team in the NBA based on who played the most minutes for each team -- and it's very very cool.
What would it look like if you made a wordle of each AFL club to include every player who has played 50 or more games? Leigh Josey gave it a go and the results are particularly interesting when you start comparing old and new clubs.
The steady stream of footballers’ memoirs can be traced back to Lou Richards’ 1963 effort, Boots and All, writes Damien Francis, freelance writer and editor.
Join Lethal Leigh and Tom Cowie to discuss the fifth day of the Ashes.
The English are fighting back! Who would have thought...
Yesterday was all about Mike Hussey’s mojo. So join Crikey's Ashes open thread where we discuss, among all things cricket, Mr Cricket's mojo.
