Up early on Saturday

NFL cheerleaders are mostly in their 20’s

Many of them have moved on to something else by the time they are 30. But one cheerleader has managed to stay in the business until over the age of 40 and she’s still going.

Laura Vikmanis is the oldest cheerleader in the NFL. She has worked for the Cincinnati Bengals since she was . . . → Read More: NFL cheerleaders are mostly in their 20’s

WCC

 

So who will be in semi finals

Pakistan Australia NZ England – I wish!

Christina Aguilera’s rendition…

of the US national anthem before the Super Bowl was certainly gruesome. She appeared to hit random notes at a level roughly the same as an orphaned bat amplified a thousand times. And she got the words wrong.

The tune – an old English drinking song with words by Francis Scott Key – is . . . → Read More: Christina Aguilera’s rendition…

I don’t read sports pages – this Athers Times piece caught my eye

In his book on the decline of amateurism in sport, D. J. Taylor quotes the porn star Randy Spears. Spears, a star of almost a thousand pornographic films, reckoned that he was able to work up genuine lust for about one in three of the girls he was asked to bed. For the rest, he said, “he was just being professional”.

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Cricket season opens!

MCC and Durham launch English season in Abu Dhabi! with a floodlit first-class game in the desert under floodlights and using a pink ball.

The match is the most high-profile and the culmination of two years testing a pink cricket ball for use in first-class and Test cricket. The results of the . . . → Read More: Cricket season opens!

This is absolutely brilliant

and was the highlight of the Sport Relief telethon

East End boxer to give up jellied eels

Jellied eels

Dagenham lightweight Kevin Mitchell is using his fight against Ignacio Mendoza at Wembley Arena on 13 February to raise publicity for the plight of an East End favourite… jellied eels.

Reports suggest that the eel population in the River Thames has dropped by up to 98% in the last five years.

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SPOTY – Jenson a shoe in

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year top-10 shortlist has been revealed.

It features F1 champion Jenson Button, cyclist Mark Cavendish, diver Tom Daley and MU’s Ryan Giggs.

Athletics is represented by two more world champions, heptathlete Jessica Ennis and triple jumper Phillips Idowu.

Boxer David Haye, cricket captain Andrew Strauss, tennis . . . → Read More: SPOTY – Jenson a shoe in

Haye on the right beat Valuev!