IT’S SUNDAY and you need to warm those bones after a bitter week of weather, so what better way to spend your morning than by catching up with some of the best sportswriting from across the globe.
1. “Despite its filthy nature that extends way beyond Russia, the appointment of Seb Coe to the top position in athletics raises questions at a time for answers, and means we must all continue to look at ourselves.”
2. ”Maybe it sounds odd, but it’s easy to understand why Corinthians want to offload Alexandre Pato so badly. He’s rated as the worst signing ever made by the club, having cost €15 million in January 2013, and the Sao Paulo-based side are now afraid they won’t be able to avoid financial loss: Pato will be free to sign a pre-contract with someone else from June.”
3. ”Eric Berry left the field during a game in November 2014 and complained of chest pains. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. The next time the Kansas City Chiefs safety returned to an NFL field, less than a year later, he looked as healthy as ever.”
4. “Just as the most ardent of drug testing protocols will always lag behind dopers, the anti-doping establishment is all but powerless when it comes to unmasking and punishing the bureaucrats who enable doping.”
5. “The Thought Police rose up and taught Bernstein a lesson. Because she’s white, she is not allowed to benignly critique the decision-making of a non-white person without being loudly rebuked as a bigot.”
6. “He was David Bowie. He contented himself with simply coming up with the tune that every sports person assumes was written specifically for them, to celebrate their achievements.”
7. “Because maybe — when and if these silly games we love so much were in some jeopardy — then we’d actually be shaken up, because thousands of innocent men, women, and children being senselessly shot dead doesn’t appear to have the necessary effect.”
Amazing cancer comeback, Bowie's influence and the unwanted Brazilian: it's the week's best sportswriting
IT’S SUNDAY and you need to warm those bones after a bitter week of weather, so what better way to spend your morning than by catching up with some of the best sportswriting from across the globe.
1. “Despite its filthy nature that extends way beyond Russia, the appointment of Seb Coe to the top position in athletics raises questions at a time for answers, and means we must all continue to look at ourselves.”
In his blog, Ewan McKenna’s piece from November, 2015 has plenty of relevance at the moment.
2. ”Maybe it sounds odd, but it’s easy to understand why Corinthians want to offload Alexandre Pato so badly. He’s rated as the worst signing ever made by the club, having cost €15 million in January 2013, and the Sao Paulo-based side are now afraid they won’t be able to avoid financial loss: Pato will be free to sign a pre-contract with someone else from June.”
Marcus Alves explains why nobody wants to sign Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato on FourFourTwo.
3. ”Eric Berry left the field during a game in November 2014 and complained of chest pains. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. The next time the Kansas City Chiefs safety returned to an NFL field, less than a year later, he looked as healthy as ever.”
Kevin Clark and Kevin Helliker investigate NFL star Eric Berry’s remarkable, and unorthodox, return to the field from cancer for the Wall Street Journal.
4. “Just as the most ardent of drug testing protocols will always lag behind dopers, the anti-doping establishment is all but powerless when it comes to unmasking and punishing the bureaucrats who enable doping.”
Wada’s latest report on doping in track and field fails to inspire ESPN writer Bonnie D Ford
5. “The Thought Police rose up and taught Bernstein a lesson. Because she’s white, she is not allowed to benignly critique the decision-making of a non-white person without being loudly rebuked as a bigot.”
Jason Whitlock explores the negative reaction to Ciara Tomlin’s revealing attire while singing the national anthem. And the impact this kind of social media outrage is having on journalism.
6. “He was David Bowie. He contented himself with simply coming up with the tune that every sports person assumes was written specifically for them, to celebrate their achievements.”
Jim White considers the effect David Bowie’s music has had on British sport in a piece for the Telegraph.
7. “Because maybe — when and if these silly games we love so much were in some jeopardy — then we’d actually be shaken up, because thousands of innocent men, women, and children being senselessly shot dead doesn’t appear to have the necessary effect.”
In an article for Sports Illustrated’s The Cauldron, Alexander Goot considers what role, if any, sport can play in America’s gun control debate.
‘Alex Ferguson is the John Lennon of football’
Dana White: Rousey’s still the biggest star and earns more than McGregor
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