Goutham Chakravarthi's Sportswriter Profile

Goutham Chakravarthi joined August 2009

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About Goutham »

Darn busy at work... Will contribute shortly...

Anything from ‘power plays’ in ice-hockey to ‘bowling’ to strike out the pins excite me. From Latino football to south-east Asian Sepak Takraw gets my adrenaline kicking. I follow anything that involves racquet wafting, bat bunting to hitting and kicking ball. From the chicanes of motorsport to steeplechase in athletics to extreme and wild sport, I just love it all.

My cerebellum is also intoxicated by literature, history, algorithm, poetry and painting.

My blogger link: http://giftofdevil.blogspot.com/
My twitter link: http://twitter.com/giftofdevil

The Shortlist »

Favorite Athletes

Usain Bolt, Michael Schumacher, Niki Lauda, Sir Jack Brabham, S Vettel, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Leander Paes, Roger Federer, Goran Ivanisevic, Pat Rafter, Justine Henin, Steffi Graf, Jana Navotna, Sergei Bubka, V Anand, Peter Gade Christensen, Susi Susanti, Taufiq Hidayat, Peter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald, Curtly Ambrose, Rahul Dravid, Kumar Sangakkara, Matthew Hayden, Jan Ove Waldner, T Boll
Favorite Sports Teams

Indian cricket team, Bangalore Royal Challengers (IPL), Dutch football team, Charlotte Bobcats(NBA), Manchester United (EPL), FC Barcelona (La Liga)
Favorite Coaches

Sir Alex Ferguson
All Time Sports Moment

India winning the T20 World Cup
Most Memorable Game Attended

India beating Australia in Chennai by 2 wickets to win the series 2-1 in 2001. Can't beat that. Must have hugged all 60000 present at the ground that day! Also, US Grand Prix (Indianapolis) 2006. It was surreal that experience.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Usain Bolt's 100m sprint record - unless he wants to break it of course! And also the slowest Test century!
Ruth or Mays?
Unitas or Montana?
Jordan or Russell?
Gretzky or Orr?
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras
Tiger or Nicklaus?
Petty or Earnhardt?
Schumacher or Senna?

Schumacher
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Latest Articles »

Champions Trophy Review and the Future of One-Day Cricket

10/06/2009

147 reads 17 comments 5 likes

IPL2 Theme Song: It Wasn't Me!

10/04/2009

86 reads 10 comments 3 likes

Putting the Cricketer Under Microscope

10/01/2009

144 reads 44 comments 10 likes

Remembering Jack Kramer: Tennis' Most Significant Figure

09/23/2009

276 reads 37 comments 13 likes

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Aswath B said...

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a tribute to the genius....do check it out

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/289551-20-years-of-sachin-tendulkar-a-tribute-to-a-genius

4 days ago

Rajat Jain said...

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Cricket's Czar?

Yes.

http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/rajdeepsardesai/1/53951/czar-of-cricket.html

9 days ago

Hotnuke said...

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Goutham,

I really thought you’d find this piece something you’d want to read on this Veteran’s Day.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/288145-sports-veterans-day-reflect-understand-and-soften-your-heart

Thanks,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke

11 days ago

Jonathan Mathis said...

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Hi Goutham,

A feud is heating up in the NBA, involving two legends

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285701-a-feud-reveals-given-thomas-history-believing-magic-is-sensible

15 days ago

Chandra Jayaramakrishnan said...

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Goutham,

I've scripted my thoughts over the BCCI's stand on the WADA Whereabouts Clause.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282166-wada-pows-the-battle-between-the-tiger-and-the-camel/show_full

Would love to hear your views on it.

Best,
Chandra

21 days ago

Dann Khan said...

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Hey mate. Wrote a piece that has so far been appreciated a lot. Wouls like to know your thoughts.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/281043-the-coin-the-woman-and-the-great-game-of-cricket

Thanks, Dann

23 days ago

antiMatter said...

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Inaugural piece of a new series

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/280559-so-close-yet-so-far-roger-federer-rome-2006

Hope you can take part :)

24 days ago

Rojo Grande said...

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Hi Goutham

You sound busy. When you get a spare moment, could you give this a read? It's American football but the story is universal.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/279848-triumph-and-tragedy-where-heroes-are-forged
Thanks
-Rojo

25 days ago

Chandra Jayaramakrishnan said...

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Hi Goutham,

I'd love to hear your views on this.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/279268-beyond-statistics-from-numerics-to-newer-merics/show_full

Cheers,
Chandra

26 days ago

Rajat Jain said...

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ha ha. If you've seen FRIENDS, I can remember this conversation:

Chandler: "The email said, Nude pictures of Anna Kournikova!"

Ross: "What?! She has not even won a major tournament!"

Chandler: "Well, I did try Billie Jean King."

31 days ago

Rajat Jain said...

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trying a bit of twai kando?

31 days ago

antiMatter said...

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This one's on Pete.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/275370-in-the-zone-with-pete-sampras-part-1

No Tennis in a long time?

32 days ago

Shikha said...

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Thought u might be interested:

Part 2:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/274004-rafael-nadal-the-story-inside-out-pt-2-a-page-turned

35 days ago

Omer Jawed said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/273137-hilarious-replies-and-one-liers
Love to hear what you say about this!

35 days ago

Chandra Jayaramakrishnan said...

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Goutham,

I'd love to hear your feedback on this.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/273832-sentimental-scribblings-of-a-not-so-modern-cricket-fan

Chandra

35 days ago