Sports Articles August 2003



Learn the Art of Taking Chances

Conventional Stupidity

Greeks Set for Photo Finish: So What's New?

Pumped-up Brits Ready for Athens

Rowing for Gold

Rivals No Match for Super Alleyne

My... What big pads you have!

Campbell Dips Out of a Second Bronze

Europe's Referees Get Cup Brush-off

Hansen and Wales Rebuild on Rubble

Marseille Experiment May Explode England's Unbeaten Record

An Old Broom Filling the No10 Power Vacuum

Mike Selvey: Thorpe's One-off Return to Solve Crisis

Hard Man Hall Untouched By the Fear Factor

Johnson Feels His Way Back

Lancashire Hold Key As Surrey Are Left to Walk Title Tightrope

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #46

Surrey 337 & 137-8 Lancashire 341

Hampshire 395 & 4-0 Somerset 705-9dec

England Need Big Finish By Stewart

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #45

French at Full Strength for England

Fourth 1500 Gold for El Guerrouj

Hampshire 395 Somerset 338-4

Surrey 337 Lancashire 341

Bring on the new rivalries

Sculthorpe Set for Saints Return

Chang's Turn to Bring Down the Curtain

Hampshire 300-7 v Somerset

Surrey 330-9 v Lancashire

The England Illness; The Cork Bristle; and The Surrey Strop

Delgado, Pujols posting MVP umbers

Why I don't watch women's pro sports

Big 10 questions and answers

Fixing what ain't broke

Misternando Sure Can Do

Tearful Edwards Pulls the Curtain Down

British No2 Falls at the First

Wasps Fail to Take Flight to France

Rubin Misses Biggest Chance

Drummond in Danger of Boot and Ban

Campbell Shades the Bronze

Power Rankings -- Week 7

General: Demise of the Yankees... and other random sport's observations

Fallon Fury at Course Vet

Drummond's Tears and Tantrums Cause Chaos

Interview: Keith Wood

Hansen Determined to Survive As the Vultures Circle

Wales 9 - 43 England

Time to Do Away With Testimonials for Rich Footballers

Gloucestershire Get Their Lines Off Pat in Final Dress Rehearsal

Rudolph Gamble Hits England's Chances

Hall Trades His 99 for Bigger Prize

Fletcher Ties Himself in Knots As He Tries to Defend the Indefensible

The beginning of the end?

Power Rankings -- Week 6

Midseason report cards

Rudolph Leaves Hussain Red Faced

One Hit From Wonderland

Will the Rangers make the playoffs this season?

Pack-ing a punch: ACC preview

Worcestershire All But Celebrate Promotion

McCoy Flying High

Fortune Favours Tour's Tough Cookie

Edwards Hits the Runway for the Last Time of Asking

Kiwis Announce British Tour

Coulthard Extends Mclaren Contract

England v South Africa: Over-by-over

Credit for Pettitte

Another "Top 10!"

Small Talk: Matthew Pinsent

Bicknell Comes Back With a Bang

Doping Blitz to Bar All Culprits

England Frustrated By Kirsten

England v South Africa - Afternoon Session Live!

England v South Africa - Live!

Motor Sports: Great American Motorcycle Experience ready to go

Jones Picked to Lead Welsh Out of Slump

Somerset 296 Worcestershire 86-2

Fletcher Rides the Slings and Arrows

Leonard Thirsty for a Fourth Cup

Defiant Smith Prepares for Headingley

On the gridiron

Fans Rush to Snap Up Headingley Tickets

Indian Cricketers Go Missing

Unpredictable; Unbelievable; and Unhittable.

Bicknell and Kabir Called Up

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #40

Wales Told to Expect Fire From Leonard's England

Third Npower Test: England 445 & 118 Beat South Africa 362 & 131 By 70 Runs

Power Rankings -- Weeks 4 and 5

England v South Africa Live!!!

'There is Every Chance We Will Win No Golds at All'

Fast Four Ward Off the Critics

England Set to Comb the Fringe for Wales

Godolphin Hit Century in Freak Fashion

England Seal the Cracks in Attack

You can't beat the system

Egghead Ed Shows Style That Cracked the Class System

Barrier Mckenzie Defies England Victory Push

Captain Goes on the Cheap But is Priceless

Pollock Still the One to Watch

A little "Animal House" with your hoops

Who is the most valuable person?

England's Luck Changes With Order of the Boot for Smith

Worcestershire Won By Five Wickets

Lomu Losing World Cup Fight

England 296-3 v South Africa

England v South Africa Over-by-over

Hall of Fame speculation

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #39

Save it for later

USA men lose to Cuba, play for bronze medal Friday

Yorkshire 130 & 137-5 Worcestershire 91

Merry Forced Out of World Championships

Absent Caps Face Cuts in Pockets, Warns Melville

England v South Africa Live!!!

Open letter from a season ticket holder

Is K-Mart worth it?

Panhandle State dominates -- Big 12 preview

England's Bright New Hope

England Push for Three Refs

Bookies Stung By Spandau Gamble

Hussain Puts the Rumours to Bed

Fonoimoana/Wong win AVP Manhattan Beach title

All Blacks not impressive

Lewis May Miss Paris As Fitness Flaw is Exposed

Smith Displays Good Breeding of County Set

Over and Out As Hall Yorks Lancashire

After the lights go out -- Looking beyond the game

You don't know what you've got until its gone

Hitting it all the way home

USA men to play for Pan Am Games bronze medal

Leaving the Asylum to the Lunatics

Suffering Edwards

Paternally Yours

County Hall Shaping As an Option for Country

Resilient Ntini Inpires New Wave

Spencer Accurate Amid the Unusual

Who reigns supreme in Chicago?

Donald Mcrae: Survival is Success for Long-suffering Luton

Soul-searching for Selectors in Bid to Ease England Crisis

Chambers Win Fails to Spare British Blushes at the Palace

I'd Be Silly to Knock Back England Job, Admits Moody

Kafer Steps Up As Saracens Look Within

Jeff Pentland deserves more recognition

It's okay to like the Yankees

Montgomery's Crazy Daze

Gloucestershire Won By One Wicket

AL East was big winner at trade deadline

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #33

How far the great have fallen

Miling Milestone Brings Out the Stars

Charvis Back in Business After World Cup Pay Deal

Sports Central all-time draft (Part 4)

Kolpak Case Forces Change

Surrey 297-6 v Gloucestershire

Hansen to Miss Out on Paris

Wildebeests; Birds; and Ramps

Players to watch this season

Stop the World for the Shortest Show on Earth

Redundant Charvis Risks Career for World Cup

Harrison's Fight in Australia is Ko'd

EU Says Foreign Quotas Are Illegal

Board Bides Its Time Before Denying Bruno's Comeback Licence

Cracks Widen for England's Old Guard

Light and Dark - a Game of Many Shades

England v South Africa - Live

Here's Looking at You Kid

Faldo Deserves a Final Grandstand Finish

England Need an Ed Start

Bottom Line - and the Last Shall Be First

Steel Sheers Off the Tail of Team Pursuit

Backley Aims to Rule World

Australia 29 - 9 South Africa

Hussain Victim of Attrition

Salute the Young Master

'I Can't Remember What Was Said But It Was a Bit Heated'

England v South Africa - Live!

2003 NFC East predictions

Sports Central all-time draft (Part 2)

May/Walsh win AVP Chicago Open, remain undefeated in 2003

Red Sox-Yankees rivalry -- As seen from both sides

Phone Manner Raises Questions

Pats finish perfectly, defeat Bears 38 - 23

Tribute: USA Volleyball mourns loss of former president Wilbur H. Peck

Much Adu about something

Remembering baseball in our Nation's Capital

Agassi Stardust is Rubbing Off on Young Ginepri

Raptors still need to make big splash this offseason.

General: A little more cliche goes a long way!

Romanowski case presents NFL with valuable opportunity

Police Guard Boxing Champion As Kidnap Plot Revealed

Hewitt Fights to Turn the Tide

Healey the Versatile Maverick Seeks to Cement His Place

The West Coast Baseball Report

Ransom's 2003 Chicago Bears' preview and prediction

Athlete's Journal -- Life of a college athlete

Boxing: Champs corner

Closing the great divide

Changing of the guard -- SEC preview

Leave Barry alone

New Shadow Over Woodward

Henin Takes a Tentative Step Past Teenager

Balshaw Awaits World Cup Break

Holmes Takes 800m Silver

NCAA - Week 2

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #44

Around The Horn

Vaughan Blames County Game

Trescothick in the Line of Fire

Pats outsoar Eagles, 24 - 12

America Looks Beyond Agassi to Roddick Breakthrough

Lack of Discipline Leaves England Staring at Defeat

Rolling With the Punches

700 teams from 31 states set for 31st MotherLode Volleyball  tournament

Avalanche fans want to know -- Can Patrick Roy be replaced?

Henman in Path of Charging Hot Rod

Boxing: Champs corner

Down the stretch they come!

Why Emmitt will regret leaving

F1 Admits Link With Chelsea Boss

Corry's World Cup Mission Reaches Its Moment of Truth

David Hopps: Grass-skirted Locals Can Beat Their Drums But Vaughan's Form is No Cause for Alarm

The Master Butcher Nears Greatness

Sampras Set to Announce Retirement

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #43

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #42

Henman Runs Straight Into Hot Roddick

Vaughan Primed to Take a Grip

Gambling Wins in Lifestyle Poll

NCAA -- Week 1

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #41

General: The Ol' One-Two Punch

Fantasy Football: It's the little things

Safin's Wrist is Key for Henman

Bullish England Read the Riot Act

Henman Unseeded for Us Open

Golf: The Year of the underdogs

Leaving the battlefield

Boxing: Champs corner

Doble/Kiraly win AVP Huntington Beach Open

A 2nd quarter win for Pats over Redskins 20-13

USA women win bronze at Pan Am Games

May/Walsh triumph at AVP Huntington Beach tournament

General: No Excuses 5

USA men lose Pan Am Games' bronze to Brazil

Dwain's Fast New World

USA women fall to Cuba in Pan Am semifinals

Can T.O. reach 2,000 yards?

The 2003 Oklahoma Sooners

Uncomfortable days in Beantown

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #38

Hockey: Neilson & Brooks -- Gone but not forgotten

Vaughan Takes Heart in Omens

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #37

USA women reach Pan Am Games semifinals

The transfer of arrogance

Mourning in America

Radcliffe Comes Home for Paris Test

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #36

Boxing: Champs corner

Horse Racing: What ever happened to?....

Is Golf Undergoing a Revolution?

Ten Faces to Follow for the Olympics in Athens

Keep your fingers crossed Cowboys and Cardinal fans

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #35

May/Walsh dominate to take AVP Manhattan Beach Open

USA beach volleyball Pan Am Games wrap up

Fischer/Torsone fall short of Pan Am Games beach bronze

Thanks, Kobe

Selectors Await Green Light From Radcliffe

John Rawling: 'not Many Have So Visibly Revelled on the Test Stage'

The Observer Profile: Kobe Bryant

General: Shocked again!

Baseball semantics and antics

No strategy is the best strategy

Roman's Costly New Boys Fail Screen Test

EastEnders on Track to Join the Olympic Race

And If You Think This is Hot, Think Again

Pats Topple Giants 26 - 6

USA men and women reach Pan Am Games beach quarterfinals

Premier League Deal Struck

Chelsea Turn Sights on Viduka

Derby Winner Sent to Slaughterhouse in Japan

So how will the NL season end? Check it out...

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #34

General: The Ol' One-Two Punch

USA women advance to Pan Am quarterfinals

USA beach teams must win to advance at Pan Am Games

Changes leave many questions

An apology to Brock Berlin

Healey Admits World Cup Hopes Are Fast Disappearing

True fans are suckers

Aesthetics as a weapon

Motor Sports: Title chase turns upside down in Germany

Jones Quickly Back Into Stride

Father of tennis stars 'poisoned son's rival'

AL West -- May come down to the wire

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #32

USA women stun Puerto Rico in five sets

USA results at Pan Am Games Beach Volleyball tournament

Fischer/Torsone, Morse/Pagano move on at Pan Am Games Beach Vball tourney

Thinking about sports in the United States

Cycling: The Tour de Lance (Act V)

Serena's the hottest thing, on or off the court

The power of projections

Goodbye Dazzler - and to England's Bubble and Fizz

Woodward the Winner As Springboks Get Taste for Shoe Pie

Racist Shadow Falls Over Village Cricket

Clijsters Accuses Henin of Faking

Gough Calls Time on His Test Career With England

Gough Retires From Test Cricket

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #31

Hodgson and Catt Run Out of Time

Is Tyson Out for the Count?

Vaughan Has to Become Mr Nasty

Britain Get Olympic Early Warning

England v South Africa - Day Four, Final Session

England v South Africa - Live!

Wheels Come Off As Vaughan Fails His Toughest Challenge

Ramprakash Checks Sussex

How the Games Lit Up a Bright and Glorious Future

Sydney Firm Joins London Bid

Vaughan Gets Harsh Lesson in Leadership

A possible moneymaker... Hopefully!

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #30

USA beach volleyball teams await Friday draw announcment

Red Sox geared up for playoffs