Breaking into sports journalism: “Forget Kafka’s theories of journalism, get out there and do it”
Former Palatinate Sport Editor and journalist for The Cricketer, Nick Friend, gives his advice on getting into the industry.
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Eddie the Eagle: the Cheltenham skier who became the Olympics’ greatest underdog
As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the Calgary Winter Olympic Games of 1988 – a unique fortnight that also featured Jamaica’s bobsleigh team- Nick Friend speaks to Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, Great Britain’s most famous winter Olympian and a man whose name and character are synonymous with the underdog spirit that both Olympic and British sport hold so dear among their values
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Durham old-boy Beaumont prepares for England debut
Durham alumnus Josh Beaumont will make his England debut this Sunday, after being drafted in to start at number eight as Eddie Jones’s side takes on the Barbarians at Twickenham.
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Lennox Lewis: “I never really felt the punches”
With Anthony Joshua now a global superstar after his remarkable Wembley triumph, Nick Friend speaks to Lennox Lewis, Britain’s greatest heavyweight, on the makings of a great fighter, the Klitschko era and the future.
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Durham Saints road to BUCS final tempered by points deduction
The Durham Saints, the University’s mixed American Football team, have found themselves at the centre of controversy after BUCS rescinded the ten points earned through Durham’s victories in each of their first five games of the Premier North season.
Read more“I went through absolute hell”: The story of Scott Boswell
Sixteen years after his professional cricketing career was cruelly curtailed in public humiliation at Lord’s, Scott Boswell speaks to Nick Friend about the yips, the long-term effects that they had on him, and how he has used the traumatic memory of his own setback as the fuel for his coaching career.
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Gary Anderson: “The future’s going to be huge”
“It has become far more professional. There’s less of a drinking culture at all now. With so much money up for grabs, the players are more focused. It’s more about winning than just a hobby as it sometimes was for players before.”
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Mardle bullish about the future as figures show only football attracting more viewers
Ahead of the upcoming the PDC World Championships, Nick Friend spoke to former World No.4 Wayne ‘Hawaii 501’ Mardle about the remarkable rise of darts as a televised sport and who he’s tipping to come out on top at Ally Pally
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The Twelfth Hero: Gary Pratt on that run out and life since 2005
“The real issue was actually the fact that there was never ever a run there! It was horrendous. Everyone goes on about Ponting’s reaction but, in reality, Damien Martyn called him through for a horrific run, to be fair.”
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Rafa on Istanbul
“At the beginning before the game, I said: ‘Listen, they’re a fantastic team so don’t make any mistakes.’ Then they kicked off, we missed the first ball, we gave it away, conceded a free-kick and then they scored – all inside one minute!
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