Category Archives: Media

Cricket according to Clarkson …

Posted on June 3, 2008 by

Have been reading ‘The World According to Clarkson’ written by Jeremy Clarkson. He writes a weekly column in The Sunday Times and is better known to BBC viewers as the anchor of Top Gear. His writing style is witty, irreverent … Continue reading →

Posted in Clippings, Cricket, England, Media, Rahul, Writings | 8 Comments

What the Doctor ordered …

Posted on May 15, 2008 by

XYZ Newswire: May XX 20xx Doctor Vijay Mallya hit the nail on its head, pierced the bull’s eye and put his finger on the problem all at once when he commented, “At the end of the day people need to … Continue reading →

Posted in BCCI, Cricket, Dravid, India, IPL, Media, Rahul, selections, Twenty20, WC07 | 25 Comments

When, not if. Roger that…

Posted on September 13, 2007 by

When you join the growing list of Novak Jokovic’s fans and search Youtube for his many videos, you will find that he does a few brilliantly funny ones of Maria Sharapova (“just friends”), Andy Roddick, Goran Ivanisevic, Lleyton Hewitt and … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Federer, heroes, Media, Nostalgia, Rohit Brijnath, Sampras, stories, Tennis, Writings | 6 Comments

The World on Time – Fedex

Posted on September 2, 2007 by

Now, thats not even a headline I thought of. Its an ad slogan for FedEx and since this is a post about Roger Federer, it just seemed kinda apt. The US Open is about to enter its second week and … Continue reading →

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About Influences …

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

Growing up, all kinds of things shape you. In different doses. People do it without realizing the impact. Sportswriters were obviously an important part of the ones that shaped me and I consider myself fortunate that a large period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Dreams, General, Media, Nostalgia, Personal, Roebuck, Rohit Brijnath, stories, Writings | 5 Comments

The King Of The Sports Page …

Posted on August 6, 2007 by

The thing about Jim Murray is that he lived “happily” but somebody ran off with his “ever after.” It’s like the guy who’s ahead all night at the poker and then ends up bumming cab money home. Or the champ … Continue reading →

Posted in Clippings, heroes, Media, Nostalgia, Not Cricket, Sports, stories, Writings | 5 Comments

The fab four and our fickleness…

Posted on July 27, 2007 by

Its not a prompt start to the Trent Bridge Test and sure enough the discussions wander off to the topic thats always kept on simmer these days. The fab four. Ten days ago, just ahead of the Lords Test they … Continue reading →

Posted in BCCI, Coaches, controversy, Cricket, Debate, Dravid, India, Media, Roebuck, Sachin Tendulkar, Zee | 3 Comments

Mandela – Gandhi & the BCCI …

Posted on July 11, 2007 by

Call it the love of the underdog if you will. Or the sheer amazement that the superpower is the underdog. But I love it when the BCCI wins little battles. Even more when nobody acknowledges the victories. Make no mistake … Continue reading →

Posted in BCCI, Cricket, Debate, India, Media | 6 Comments

A Few Good Men …

Posted on July 6, 2007 by

I eat breakfast three television yards away from four thousand bloggers who are trained to pick me off. So don’t think for one second that you can come down here, flash a bit of cricket knowledge, and make me nervous. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cricket, Media, Not Cricket | 6 Comments

Writings on The Wall …

Posted on June 20, 2007 by

Graham Ford’s Runaway Bride act (for thats the politest one can be) has done this. Its turned the focus solely on Rahul Dravid. This is going to be his summer. It will have to be. It had to be that … Continue reading →

Posted in BCCI, Captain, Clippings, Coaches, Cricket, Dravid, India, Media, Rohit Brijnath | 1 Comment

Just nod if you can hear me ….

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

Since people visiting here seem to come from somewhat of a similar bandwidth as moi often (sorry for the morning jibe !) , and since popular search words to get to the site include “Rohit Brijnath” (and err ..rambha), and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cricket, Dreams, Media | 4 Comments

Tiger ….

Posted on April 14, 2007 by

Tiger Pataudi on Karan Thapar’s Devil’s Advocate.. Tiger’s always been a say-it-like-it-is commentator on the game. And Karan Thapar’s interview style of trying to put words into his guests’ mouth (as opposed to listening and trying to veer an interview), … Continue reading →

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A messy week ahead …

Posted on April 8, 2007 by

The big weekend is out of the way and what do we have ? More questions than answers really. This whole seniors issue which is as much media created  as it is real though promises to be the biggest firecracker … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night …

Posted on April 7, 2007 by

So the BCCI meet is over .. and this is what we have as a statement from them. A lot of it is the blueprint they look for which one can revisit as the days go by. Important near term … Continue reading →

Posted in BCCI, Cricket, India, Media, Rahul, Ravi Shastri | 8 Comments

Greg, Tone it Down ….

Posted on April 6, 2007 by

Ok, This is going to be my last Rohit Brijnath post. (for the day!) And this time I’m not just going to link it. (In case at some stage in the future the link’s lost, I’m gonna cut and paste … Continue reading →

Posted in Clippings, Cricket, Greg Chappell, India, Media, Rohit Brijnath | 4 Comments

This is media too …

Posted on April 6, 2007 by

Rohit Brijnath , whose writings have always tried to capture the best that sports has to offer and the best that offer to sport, wrote this piece a few years ago. Just around the time India was setting out with … Continue reading →

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In defence of the media..

Posted on April 5, 2007 by

Greg Chappell Quit. And thats over and done with. And its time to move on. Mainstream media will just have to find a new horse to flog. And they’ll probably get one as the events of the weekend pan out. … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Greg Chappell, India, Media | 2 Comments

Media makes the fan …

Posted on April 3, 2007 by

Ironically, in a piece on his blog called Death of a Game, Rajdeep Sardesai provides a cricket loving mediaperson’s perspective of what should be. Somewhere in the piece, the love for the game comes through. Here’s hoping that there’s going … Continue reading →

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