Month: August 2017

  • Can Hull inflict Wembley woe on Wigan?

    Can Hull inflict Wembley woe on Wigan?

    Hull FC stand in Wigan Warriors’ bid for a record extending 20th Challenge Cup success this weekend, and while Lee Radford’s team will be able to draw on the experience of winning last year’s Wembley showpiece, fans of the Black & Whites will know their side have never beaten the Lancashire club in the final […]

  • My Goliath- 2017- Katie Swift

    My Goliath- 2017- Katie Swift

    I believe I’m a busy lady, juggling family life and a business alongside my poker, but WOW! What the Grosvenor team achieved during the week of Goliath was something exceptional! Not just because they broke their own record for the World’s largest live tournament outside of Las Vegas (reaching 6385 entrants), but because of how […]

  • Snap judgements can only bite back

    Snap judgements can only bite back

    No-one, it seems, can stop themselves from making cast iron calculations based on plaster of Paris performances. Two weeks into the Premier League season and, according to some, Manchester United are nailed on champions and West Ham’s woes will see Slaven Bilic shuffling out of Stratford. I think we should all just take a step […]

  • Mayweather is way too smart to lose face in Las Vegas

    Mayweather is way too smart to lose face in Las Vegas

    He’s taken the belts. He’s taken the fame. He’s taken just about everybody that’s challenged him to the cleaners. And most importantly, to himself anyway, he’s taken lorry loads of dollar bills from the fight game to amass a staggering personal fortune. But this weekend in Las Vegas, boxing needs Floyd Mayweather Jnr to give […]