Wiggo himself aint so special but an englishman winning the tour is huge. Farah is the only other contender really.
So what price would you have Jess?
Fair play to Wiggsy for probably tid but this is an olympic year and the olympics are so much bigger than anything else going on.
That was me being a bit cocky after a couple of pints, i think Farah will win if he gets double gold.
If the Tour was showing highlights on proper terrestrial TV it would be a dead cert imo.
The other thing against Wiggins is just how boring the tour has been this year; sky have absolutely dominated the general classification and everyone else has put up little fight.
Compare that to, say, Mo Farah, who will likely have a dramatic finish in at least one of his events.
It's counterintuitive that the guy who only just wins should be regarded as a greater sports personality than the guy who marmalises all before him, but this is the British public. We'll even vote for Andy Murray because we love a valiant trier/crier.
It's already been said but Freddie wants Khan to come inside, get a couple away and get back out. Khan wants to get inside and beat the guy up.
Freddie's way is easier on Khan because it's low-risk but I get the sense Khan finds it boring; he wants to get KOs and doesn't fancy spending 8 rounds a fight keeping the opponent behind the jab. Perhaps it's a crowd-pleasing thing.
But Khan isn't Ricky Hatton. He can't come inside AND take a punch like Hatton did. He's a much better boxer though. He just doesn't want to use his assets.
Much less incentive to do it now. If you win, it is much more likely you will get caught than it was ten years ago. It might be another two years before you're found out but then you lose everything.
The smartest will always find ways around the system but I'd think racing is now cleaner than it's been for years
My only surprise is that he's only tested positive NOW. Surely if he is at it now he would have been at it for the last few years, when he actually had a chance to win it?
Have never played chess. Are these videos ok for complete beginners to watch, or do I need to know the basics first?
I think you would need some form of basic knowledge (how thepieces move) as it's not designed for total beginners. However, my advice would be to spend 5 mins with this video and see how you find the level of it. Have a look at the end position and see whether you can work out a few possible ideas before clicking on the move you want to play.
If the second video still makes no sense, it might have been too much, but it's the only way you'll know for sure.
(I appreciate that Claudia Winkleman's job is not under threat after that report!)
Some funny moments but a pretty predictable and formulaic story. Whilst there are some competent actors in Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg, the supporting cast are so wooden they'd be more comfortable in B&Q.
If you like Family Guy, you will laugh. Don't take your brain or it'll feel left out.
Not to state the obvious, but you were watching a movie about a talking Teddy Bear Directed by Seth Mcfarlane not a (boring) master piece on Italian Neorealism by Fellini...
Well, Fellini was no Visconti but I take your point
Look, it's funny enough that people won't say in ten years time "Do you remember that god awful film he made?" [See the big band swing evening he did] but not even at American Dad levels of brilliance.
You will laugh, you might even cry (I'm a shocker for that - Run Fatboy Run. Seriously. Unbelievably I managed it) and it will be worth the time.
They're not designed to be easy, of course, but the way that Danny King presents it and explains the ideas - and the solutions - really allows you to take something away from it.
Persevere with the other 4 and see if you improve.
Those of you who enjoyed the coverage of that and the analysis of the games will likely enjoy English Grandmaster Danny King's instructional videos called "What happens next?".
This is the first:
There are 5 now, I think, and I've only just stumbled across them. It's a clever idea: he takes you through a few moves of a game, explains the position to you and then asks you which of two moves you should play next. You then have to click on one side of the video to open up a new video (either explaining why you were wrong or confirming why you were right)
Like Cambridgealex, not a jacks story (although I did today hear someone say "even if you flop a set and the flop comes AKJ, you still can't be sure you're ahead") but too good not to share:
Chap: "I hate aces" Me (sympathetic but surprised): "They can be tough" Chap: "Played the other day. Just before the final, two all-ins in front of me. I look down at aces. What do you do?" Me (thinking let's keep this jovial so a bit of sarcasm): "Fold?" Chap: "Exactly" Me: "WHAT??!" Chap: "I folded. One guy had queens and the other had 77." Me (On the floor in the foetal position crying): "okay..." Chap: "I know that, statistically, at least one of them will flop a set so I threw them away." Me: "Oh on the flop?" Chap: "No pre flop" Me: "Oh." (I mean what else do you say to that?) Chap: "And the flop came Q73, sure enough, and I would have come third" Me: "Good read then. I'd better stay out of your way!"
Freddie Roach says Khan wants a rematch in the UK. Garcia can fight for a million dollars in the US (he got half that this time) and has no real reason to take on a better boxer who has no titles.
Step up to 147 and fight a British joker so that he doesn't lose 3 on the bounce. Get back to winning or hang up your gloves
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