Brian O’Driscoll and a sparkly David Beckham

I really liked this little snippet from a recent interview with Brian O’Driscoll on the Clare Balding Show on BBC Two. Brian O’Driscoll, or BOD, is obviously a rugby legend, and his record at the highest level of professional rugby speaks for itself. Yet he is also...
Sledging in cricket: where’s the line?

Sledging in cricket: where’s the line?

Photo: REUTERS It hasn’t been a great week for Australian cricketer David Warner. But he does deserve a bit of credit for trying to reframe his ‘speak English’ insult as a mere request for clarification. Creative, and theoretically possible, but most won’t buy it, and...