Champions Guru

Athletics and rowing appear set to resume a long-standing joust before the Halberg Awards supreme award winner is unveiled tomorrow night. Shot put queen Valerie Vili or rowing great Mahe Drysdale stand out as favourites to pick up the most esteemed gong in New Zealand sport at the annual awards dinner in Auckland. Read the rest of this entry »

Telegraph Sport had revealed that Gibson was likely to quit his England role but the ECB’s approval for Gibson to discuss the position appears to have acted as the rubber stamp. Read the rest of this entry »

IT IS ALMOST exactly two years since Marc Lievremont kicked off his tenure as head guru of the French XV with an upset win at Murrayfield. As a young coach – he was only 39 – with virtually no experience at the top level, Lievremont had come to Edinburgh with four uncapped players in his side, and only one thought in mind: high-risk rugby. “It was a brand-new team, with a brand-new coaching staff, and a grand total of about three training runs together,” remembers Lievremont. “So we just decided Read the rest of this entry »

the annual Brakeman Report, authored by legendary wrestling guru Brian Brakeman. If there is a better media guide/bible for a high school sport, I’d like to see it. For those of you who have never seen one. For a wrestling fan like myself, it’s a must-read that I glance over repeatedly between now and the end of the season. I’m amazed at the in-depth look into every weight class in each division. The amount of time it takes him to not only write the report, but also to do the research, must be astonishing. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Mickelson looks to give the PGA Tour a boost this week at Torrey Pines
SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson starts his season at the newly sponsored Farmers Insurance Open this week, hoping to pick up in 2010 where he left off in 2009, when an old-and-improved putting stroke carried him to victories at the Tour Championship and WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

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