Lawro Audit 2: EPL Week 13

Last week in the English Premiership, Chelsea asserted their dominance at the moment as they got back to the top of the table with a hard-fought win away to Middlesbrough on Sunday. Before that, Arsenal struggled to a point away to Manchester United, with a late goal saving the blushes of the Gunners. Manchester City … Read more

The Pittsburgh Problem

The Pittsburgh problem was a drug abuse scandal that rocked the baseball team Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985. It uncovered widespread drug use among professional baseball players. The Pittsburgh drug trial led to a Major League Baseball cocaine scandal. Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates testified in a grand jury that led to the convictions to drug … Read more

Horse Racing 19th November: Ascot and Haydock

We’re cutting it close today, I know, so we’ll get right into it and refrain from a recap on last weekend’s racing. Although, it’s safe to say Thistlecrack didn’t impress round Cheltenham like his many ante-post backers would have liked. So, we have racing from Haydock and Ascot, with the Betfair Chase the highlight of … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: EPL Week 12

So, we’re back after the international break, and for England fans, it was a great weekend, as it was for Northern Ireland fans, even if they did lose their unbeaten home record in a friendly. It was heartbreaking for Wales fans, but the worst hangover the weekend was for Scotland fans, after their team’s humiliating … Read more

The Jeffrey Maier Home Run

Jeffrey Maier is an American baseball fan who came into national limelight for his impact on a key Game 1 of the 1996 American League Championship Series. This game was between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles. During the game he won infamy by reaching over the homefield fence to snatch a flying … Read more

Horse Racing 12th November, 2016: Cheltenham & Wetherby

If there’s one thing about the National Hunt racing season, it’s that you get to know the horses over the years, you appreciate what they do and how great some of them can be. And this week we lost one of the greats of National Hunt racing in recent years, with the great Vautour losing … Read more