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Category: Sports

  • Underdog sports movies that never get old

    Underdog sports movies that never get old

    September 17, 2020

    (source: nytimes.com) All sports movies are a lot of fun, but you can find my favorite kind in the underdog category — a lovable protagonist or team defying all odds to bag an incredible win. The beauty of underdog sports movies is that they tell stories of regular people with extraordinary resilience, and it’s impossible to remain unstirred.
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  • Memorable non-sport moments in sporting history

    Memorable non-sport moments in sporting history

    September 11, 2020

    (Source: nytimes.com) If you’re a sports fan, you have at least one sporting moment that stole your heart and etched itself into your memory. We all have our favorites — whether it’s the Michael Jordan shot that went down in history, Leicester City’s championship, Simone Biles show-stopping Olympic performance, or any of the other many
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  • Football is back and how!

    Football is back and how!

    July 17, 2020

    Though media channels don’t seem to have a lot of good news in the times of Covid-19, football fans across the globe recently received some worthy of celebration — the recommencement of several major football leagues.  The last few weeks have seen European leagues make spectacular comebacks after the pandemic interrupted their usual schedules.
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  • The off-court exploits of the legendary Kobe Bryant

    The off-court exploits of the legendary Kobe Bryant

    March 4, 2020

    Whenever the name Kobe Bryant will be mentioned, it will be listed under legends. During his 20-year long phenomenal career, Bryant won the Most Valuable Player award in 2008. He was also a two-time winner of the Most Valuable Player in the NBA Finals. He left the court as the fourth leading scorer in the history of the NBA. ‘The Black Mamba’,
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  • 5 Trends we’re calling for 2020

    5 Trends we’re calling for 2020

    February 11, 2020

    It’s the last year of the decade. We’ve already written about the things we should all drop before the start of the next one. And here’s a list of what we think will be big as we count down to it. Read on. Disco collars With the resurgence of a whole bunch of ’80s themed shows, movies, and even music, we can’t say we didn’t see this
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  • How to end a decade of sporting brilliance

    How to end a decade of sporting brilliance

    January 29, 2020

    As the end of the decade rolls in, you may find yourself saying ‘hey wait, didn’t the decade already end?’. To you I say, absolutely not siree! Regardless of what opinions you may have, whatever calendar you may use, your complete disregard for basic math, 2020 is the last year of the decade — the 366 days that complete the 00s this year of
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  • Kim Clijsters — could this be the mother of all comebacks?

    Kim Clijsters — could this be the mother of all comebacks?

    October 29, 2019

    Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters recently announced her return to competitive tennis in 2020. The 36-year-old mother of three said she’s been feeling stronger and more energetic in the last six months, and wants to make a concerted effort towards being the best in the world today.   This announcement comes in the wake of a fairly strong
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  • A Movement Towards Motion: Parkour in India

    A Movement Towards Motion: Parkour in India

    July 16, 2019

    For most people, flipping and flying through cityscapes is something reserved for a certain web-slinging superhero, but not for Delson D’Souza. Delson is a movement coach at Chaos Faktory in Bangalore, and an expert traceur — that is, a practitioner of parkour. When we sat down for a chat, he took us on a tour of the fast-paced, intense world
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  • Five players to watch at the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2019

    Five players to watch at the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2019

    June 4, 2019

    While the average football fan might be able list a dozen names of male superstars in their sleep, they’d likely find a surplus of fingers counting the women players they know.   Women’s football isn’t considered glamorous like the men’s game which is inundated with ludicrous transfer fees, advertising contracts, and salaries, creating
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