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How not to deploy a safety car
17 May 2009From today’s WTCC race 2 at Pau. The officials decided to put out the safety car, but didn’t warn the drivers in time. Luckily everyone involved was okay. This is what followed:
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- Tags: accident, crash, motor sport, motor-racing, pau, safety car, sport, touring cars, wtcc
If I had been Norwegian, I could have been Ski-Jumping at 3
In: diary
14 Feb 2007I wonder often if being an Olympic Ski-Jumper was the destiny that was chosen for me, and by some bizarre twist of fate I ended up being born in England, doomed never to have the appropriate advantages in life to help me achieve that goal. I love the concept of flying unaided. I happily watch [...]
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- Tags: norway, ski jumping, sport
Goodbye Grandstand
In: diary
29 Jan 2007So Sunday marked the last Grandstand on the BBC. It is an odd feeling, as the show is 48 years old, and for several years of my life I could guarentee that between 12 and 5 on a Saturday I would be watching it, yet I won’t miss it. Eurosport now holds an even dearer [...]
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Slam Dunk Contest 2006
In: diary
24 Dec 2006I could watch slam dunks all day, some great ones here, but nobody is doing the 720 dunk I’ve seen elsewhere on youtube. Click on read more to view the clip.read more | digg story
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- Tags: basketball, sport
I love good sports photographs:
In: diary
27 Jul 2005Filed in: athletics photos
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