Not many answers…but trying to ask better questions
This post is a much extended version of a 500-word assignment on why football is “more than a game”, written for an online course.It has been edited to take account of some helpful comments from reviewers, and to include some slightly more coherent conclusions than could be accommodated in the original word-count. I have just …
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Back in October I attended a fascinating event, hosted by LagomMind in partnership with OpeningUp Cricket, looking at Mental Health in Cricket. The panel featured Fabian Cowdrey, Dr. Jamie Barker from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, and Mark Boyns from OpeningUp. It was a thought-provoking evening, so much so that …
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Does cricket have a problem doping? Specifically, with the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)? I would have said not, until I read this article from Andy Bull, in the Guardian from November 2017. And then, last week, another piece on doping in cricket, this time from Tim Wigmore in the Daily Telegraph (subscription item). …
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