Tubby star criticised by Brazilian media for Olympic performance
We may place the importance of Olympic football somewhere between fencing and ultimate frisbee over here in Blighty, but that’s not quite the case in South America. Tuesday’s semi-final between Brazil and Argentina was [...]
Read moreGiants playing catch…
While The Spoiler danced the summer of 1992 away in a field with a mob of gurning trustafarians, over in Barcelona some of the planet’s finest basketball players were showcasing their sport. Big names like Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, [...]
Read moreIf she were a fish, she’d have gills
Fans of the 1984 romantic comedy Splash (SPOILER ALERT: Tom Hanks becomes sexually attracted to a demi-fish) know just how sensual great swimmers can be. In that movie, the magnificent underwater flirt was Daryl Hannah, and in real life, it’s an Australian woman called Stephanie Rice – [...]
Read moreWho says Americans can’t be hilarious?
In 1996 the whole of the country was gripped by a massive depression thanks to Gareth Southgate and his stupid foot. Why did he have to [...]
Read moreStand aside people, legend coming through…
In 1984, everyone wanted to be American. Playgrounds were awash with young boys sporting Michael Jackson’s one glove, girls skipping around in Madonna wedding dresses. And, lurking in the corner somewhere near the bike sheds were [...]
Read moreIt was Moscow, it was 1980, no Americans were there…
Back in the days before he became the right honorable Lord and Baron Sebastian Newbold Coe, this weedy-looking conservative was one hell of [...]
Read moreWARNING: This woman CAN throw
For those uninitiated into US culture, softball is their version of women’s cricket. Unlike cricket, however, it’s considered worthy of Olympic inclusion, and Jennie is the proud owner of a shiny gold medal from the last games in Athens.
Besides being a glorious golden haired pitcher, Jennie has much to [...]
Read moreWoman runs at man-speed…
Before J-Lo and Li-Lo, there was Flo-Jo – otherwise known as Florence Griffith-Joyner, the fastest woman of all time. A strange and bizarre young thing, she wowed the planet at the 1988 Olympics with her phenomenal fingernails, and [...]
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