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Four in a Row? A Preview of the Race for the Premiership Title

For various reasons, I've not written on B/R for quite a while now, but as the 2009-10 Premiership season approaches, I thought I'd give my thoughts on the title race, given my successes predicting the events of last season...

Written by Nick Johnston about 3 months ago 278 reads 12 comments
Fighting To Keep the Dream Alive: FC Porto v. Man. Utd

Manchester United go into Wednesday's second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal fully aware of the size and importance of the task that confronts them...

Written by Nick Johnston about 7 months ago 101 reads 0 comments
Not Yet Midnight: Rays' Cinderella Story Continues

Who would have predicted it? The Tampa Bay Rays continue to laugh in the face of expectations.Tampa Bay had never won more than 70 games in a season. They'd never so much as smelled the excitement of playoff fever in their 10-year history...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 222 reads 0 comments
Time to Panic Yet? Manchester United Stuck in First Gear

After five competitive matches this season, last year's English and European champions have just one win and three draws to their name and only four goals...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 482 reads 5 comments
Yankee Stadium: A History in Numbers

Yankee Stadium, as we've all heard over the past days, weeks, and months is closing for good. It's undeniably (even for a BoSox fan like me) one of the greatest ballparks in history...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 579 reads 1 comments
Manchester United Holds Chelsea at Stamford Bridge: Who Leaves Happiest?

In a game frustrated by officious refereeing from Mike Riley, reigning champions Manchester United held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw, having led for much of the game after a first half goal by Park Ji-Sung, later cancelled out by a Salomon Kalou header...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 524 reads 1 comments
OctoberTest: Who Can Offer the Best MLB Predictions for 2008?

I hope I'm not stealing someone else's role or whatever, but I wanted to propose a challenge to all you baseball fans. It's mid-September, and all but one of the eight playoff spots are up for grabs (mathematically, at least, if not in practice)...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 424 reads 7 comments
Belgian GP Drama: Stewards Strip Lewis Hamilton Of His Spa Win

UPDATE: McLaren have announced that they will appeal this decision. We'll just have to wait and see I guess... The drama has only just finished at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 724 reads 16 comments
Is Motor Racing in The 21st Century Morally Irresponsible?

Before you dismiss this as a hippie, tree-hugging rant against a popular and long-running international sport, I have to admit that I am a fan of F1...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 563 reads 17 comments
South Africa Beckons: The Road To 2010 World Cup Starts Here

Whilst it seems as though we've only just finished Euro 2008, the road to South Africa begins in earnest this weekend for European nations. With 53 competing nations and 13 places up for grabs, qualifying runs from August 20th to October 14th next year...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 296 reads 4 comments
MLB Gears Up for the Hunt for a Red October

With the 2008 regular season heading into the last month, what are the chances of back-to-back World Series for the Boston Red Sox? First, they still need to make the playoffs...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 372 reads 10 comments
The Only Gay In the Village? Homosexuality and Sport

Competing this year in Bejing are 10,708 athletes. Only 10 are openly gay and only one of them, Matthew Mitcham, is male...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 559 reads 9 comments
Yelena Isinbayeva: The Reason I Love the Olympics

For many people, the highlight of the Beijing Olympics will be Michael Phelps winning eight golds or Usain Bolt obliterating the rest of the 100m field and his own world record with his shoelace untied...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 443 reads 1 comments
Bolt, Gay Or Powell? A Preview Of The Men's 100m

With the excitement in the Olympic swimming pool drawing to a close, attention now turns to the Bird's Nest Stadium and the action on Track and Field. For many, the highlight will be the men's 100m, featuring three supreme talents...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 591 reads 2 comments
It's Time to Stop Devaluing the Olympic Gold Medal

The Olympics are, without a doubt, the greatest sporting spectacle on earth. No one could argue that these games do not represent the pinnacle of human physical ability...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 865 reads 5 comments
All-Time Line Up: Manchester United

Many of you who read this by now will have seen Thomas Leemon's United XI which has had its critics, so I would like to offer my alternative vision of the ultimate line up of players from arguably the world's greatest football team...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 1,971 reads 9 comments
Can Chelsea Really Challenge On All Four Fronts?

"Big Phil" Scolari has claimed that he believes Chelsea can and will challenge on all four fronts this season and claim an unprecedented quadruple. Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Chelsea are too old to present a significant challenge to his side...

Written by Nick Johnston about about 1 year ago 442 reads 2 comments

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Nick Johnston Article Archive

Four in a Row? A Preview of the Race for the Premiership Title

Fighting To Keep the Dream Alive: FC Porto v. Man. Utd

Not Yet Midnight: Rays' Cinderella Story Continues

Time to Panic Yet? Manchester United Stuck in First Gear

Yankee Stadium: A History in Numbers

Manchester United Holds Chelsea at Stamford Bridge: Who Leaves Happiest?

OctoberTest: Who Can Offer the Best MLB Predictions for 2008?

Belgian GP Drama: Stewards Strip Lewis Hamilton Of His Spa Win

Is Motor Racing in The 21st Century Morally Irresponsible?

South Africa Beckons: The Road To 2010 World Cup Starts Here

MLB Gears Up for the Hunt for a Red October

The Only Gay In the Village? Homosexuality and Sport

Yelena Isinbayeva: The Reason I Love the Olympics

Bolt, Gay Or Powell? A Preview Of The Men's 100m

It's Time to Stop Devaluing the Olympic Gold Medal

All-Time Line Up: Manchester United

Can Chelsea Really Challenge On All Four Fronts?

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