The fact Nasser Al-Khelaifi has held direct talks with the Glazers over Manchester United’s proposed sale may, through one set of eyes, seem entirely natural given his importance to Qatar’s place in the football world. Why wouldn’t Al-Khelaifi, the chairman of the European Club Association, be available to mediate a process that has dragged on … [Read more…]
TORONTO — The billboard struck my eye immediately. I was returning to Toronto from the States, still a stranger in a new country, a visitor on a work visa who landed a lottery ticket job to co-host alongside the most popular sports-talk host in the country. This was August 2018. Kawhi Leonard’s legendary bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-in to … [Read more…]
A 30-year-old Mike Joy popped a three-quarter-inch cassette tape labeled “1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000” into a video player and began watching touring cars dart around Bathurst’s famed Mount Panorama circuit. Though the road racing was entertaining, Joy’s jaw was soon on the floor for a different reason. During Australia Channel 7’s broadcast of the race, the … [Read more…]