Stray reflections in sport.

Stray reflections in sport.

by | Dec 1, 2024

We end the Sunday Columns of 2024 today.  December for some is the start of Advent, a time of preparation for something more important than random blowhard opinions (on the sportsbiz). For most others, this month is just a time to start winding down for what is now...
The one with Sir Mike.

The one with Sir Mike.

by | Nov 24, 2024

Sometimes, with the way events fall, this weekly Column is more diary than essay. Today is one of those days. At some point, I wanted him to say that it wasn’t an asset class. I wanted Sir Michael Moritz to say that sport should never be considered as an asset class....
When We Were Kings.

When We Were Kings.

by | Nov 17, 2024

This was written and submitted before the result but, by the time it is published, we shall all know the victor in the “prize fight” between former champion (Iron) Mike Tyson and YouTube influencer Jake Paul. Regardless of the monies earned by all involved, this event...
I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). 

I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). 

by | Nov 3, 2024

Sport, and life, seems to work hard to bring things together exactly as they were maybe always meant to be. Destiny appears to enjoy mapping out long and winding roads, to simply bring us to where we were inevitably going to end up. Some will say that this is just a...
Il Milan… a Cardinal(e) sin?

Il Milan… a Cardinal(e) sin?

by | Oct 27, 2024

It’s not every day you get to meet the major protagonists in anything. I write this on a train to Turin, to lunch with Andrea Agnelli, a member of the family that has utterly defined the country in which I have chosen to live almost all of my adult life. He had read...