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Hoisery makes a comeback

Sydney Clemons' 4-month-old blog, Raleigh Street Fashion, celebrates style and requires her to be a people watcher. So when asked whether she's seen evidence of one of the season's strongest trends, she has a story. wardrobe, using legwear is a good ...

From ADRIENNE JOHNSON MARTIN, Monterey County Herald,  17 Nov 2009

Ross Fisher: a celebrity in Cheam

There are plenty of sportsmen who inhabit that twilight zone between celebrity and anonymity, and the best way to find out if you’re one of them is to take the supermarket test. There’s a light tap on your shoulder and when you turn round you’re ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  14 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  HSBC,  Justin Rose,  Ian Poulter

Simon Dyson: smelling the coffee

The opening tee shot in a round of golf is always important, and there’s never been a more accurate blow off the first tee than the one struck, so legend has it, by Christy O’Connor Sr many decades ago. “Himself”, as the great man is known in Ireland, ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  7 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Celtic FC,  Vivendi|VIVEF|other-OTC,  Retief Goosen,  Rory McIlroy

Michael Vaughan: ‘The Ashes should have the best umpires even if they are Australian’

The building industry has been hit harder than most by the recession, but it could have been a lot worse without Sky TV’s cricket commentary boxes. The old ones used to be just about big enough to house Fred Trueman and his pipe. Nowadays the number ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Michael Vaughan,  Andrew Strauss,  Fred Trueman,  Ray Illingworth,  Kevin Pietersen

Late Nick Easter try gives Harlequins victory over Bath

IN A relentless final surge, Harlequins secured victory deep into stoppage time thanks to a drive-over try by Nick Easter, but only after an agonising wait for the video referee to confirm that the ball had been grounded near the posts. There was a ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON AT THE STOOP, Times Online,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Harlequins,  Nicky Little,  Nick Easter,  Butch James,  Nick Abendanon

Talk up England and they’ll always let you down

A RECENT poll of English cricketers revealed that only 11% have any confidence in the way the national board runs the game, which is about 10 points higher than you’d get from asking English supporters how much confidence they had in the way their team ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Andrew Strauss,  Ricky Ponting,  Sachin Tendulkar,  Sanath Jayasuriya,  Owais Shah

Colin Montgomerie: the motivator

Matchplay is the oldest form of golf, and comfortably the best for testing the temperament. You’re all square with one to play, nicely on the green for two, and the last time you looked, your opponent was wandering off into the type of undergrowth ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  26 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Colin Montgomerie,  Celtic FC,  Nick Faldo,  Chris Wood (footballer),  Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano

No rest for the winners

For Andy Flower, it couldn’t have been a better start. The England cricket team were still in trauma from the Kevin Pietersen-Peter Moores saga and the new caretaker coach was wondering what he could do to set about repairing the damage. So as he sat ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  5 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Andy Flower,  Kevin Pietersen,  Stuart Broad

Sensible, sobersides Freddie Flintoff strikes right note

WHEN England won the Ashes in 2005, the only surprise from the bacchanalian bender that followed was not so much Andrew Flintoff deciding that the prime minister’s hedge would benefit from a spot of watering as his managing to remain upright in doing ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  29 Aug 2009
Related Topics: David Gower,  Andrew Flintoff,  BBC,  Ted Dexter,  EasyJet

Oval groundsman deserves knighthood

WE’RE all carrying too many scars from great England disasters of the past not to remain convinced that Australia will knock off the 546 runs they require with 10 wickets to spare. But if England do manage to regain the Ashes, at least Andrew ...

From MARTIN JOHNSON, Times Online,  22 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Andrew Flintoff,  Billy Bowden,  Rudi Koertzen,  Qantas Airways,  Ricky Ponting

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