Baseball was different in earlier days--tougher, rawer, more intimate--when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times, the …
‘The game isn’t what it seems from the outside. The game isn’t quite what I was expecting. The game doesn’t always work like the people on television …
Essential writings about cricket by the essential cricket commentator. ‘“Essential” is a big word in terms of ambition, but the contents of this book were essential in …
She swims into the medals and then into oblivion – a sensuous, searing, compact debut from an outstanding new British writer. This is a striking, supple and direct debut …
Betrayed by his club but beloved by the fans, former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has been a constant headline-maker in 2004. Occasionally puzzling, often eccentric, but always …
