Top Television Boxing Commentator Dies

London, UK

Just a few days ago, we lost David Vine and now Reg Gutteridge has gone at the age of 84. Here's the Daily Telegraph report.

Top Sports Presenter Dies

London, UK

Top Sports Presenter, Davis Vine has died from a heart attack. David was one of those sports presenters one grew up with on the television. As you can imagine the tributes have been pouring in. Read here and here

Boxing Night on JCom Radio

London, UK

Tomorrow night on my radio show "PressPlay", my guest will be Mike Jacobs, the former boxing referee. Mike will be talking about his best and worst moments in the ring and his views on the forthcoming Olympic Games.

Tune into "PressPlay" on JCom Radio, only on the Internet at http://www.jcomradio.net

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 at 10pm

Tangerines, Robins & Canaries

A title of a poem or some form of abstract art? Well neither, just the latest post at MFC's official website. It's the FA Cup again next week. I'm travelling a few miles up the A1(M) to see, hopefully, Margate conquer the Canaries. Not Norwich City but Hitchin Town who share the famous Norfolk club's nickname.

Whilst the rest of the population is glued to the "box" watching England v Estonia ( how riveting is that) in the Euro qualifiers or France v England in the Rugby World Cup, several hundred souls will be watching one of the most fascinating qualification round ties of this seasons FA Cup. For those of you who'd like to know a little more, please go to the FA website.

If you live in the London area, BBC London 94.9FM, has the "Non-League Football Show" on Monday nights at 9pm.

Summer Season

The football season has only just ended but the madness continues. Papers are full of who's playing who in the first match next season.

It's June for heavens sake. Let's have a proper summer for a change. For example, today one ought to be concentrating on the tennis at Queens. Very soon strawberries, cream and Wimbledon will be uppermost in the English summer zeitgeist. Cricket, with England taking on the West Indies today will keep my father and I glued to the tv. But let's spare a thought for some of the minority sports like archery, speedway, badminton and hockey.

Politics, stock market movements and bad weather can all wait until September.

Lewis Hamilton

Pretty amazing first season in Formula One for him. Let's see what happens today in Canada.


UPDATE - Well done Lewis!