Sport and Politics: The Olympic Games, Part 4
By Pete Usher 1968. Two gloved fists, three careers wrecked. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Continuing the series of how politics...
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- Nov 3
- 14 min
Sport and Politics - The Olympic Games Part 3.
By Pete Usher. Continuing the series of how politics and sport have, in fact, mixed at the modern Olympic Games. Parts 1 and 2 can be...
- Oct 19
- 11 min
Sport in Alternate History, Part 7. Teams that never were - Relocations
By Pete Usher MK Dons; they seem to be missing a goalkeeper. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Following on from Pete's article on...
- Aug 25
- 13 min
Sport in Alternate History. Part 4: Sport and Politics (I)
By Pete Usher Final sword match (foil) at the 1896 Olympics. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Sports and politics don’t mix. Eric...
- Aug 2
- 10 min
Sport in Alternate History. Part 3: Edgbaston 2005
By Pete Usher The smallest trophy in world team sports. Michael Vaughan holding The Ashes after victory in 2005. Picture courtesy ESPN....
- Jul 19
- 5 min
Sport in Alternate History. Part 2: Disasters
By Pete Usher Possibly the most famous of them all. The Munich air disaster. Picture courtesy Sky News. The first part of this article...
- Jul 11
- 8 min
Sport in Alternate History. Part 1
By Pete Usher. Gordon Banks making the iconic, impossible save from Pele in the 1970 World Cup. “If that had gone in, it would have been...
- Apr 5
- 15 min
Panel Beating
No, not that sort of panel beating. Image courtesy Wikimedia commons. In this article, I’ll be posing a few questions for some regulars...
- Dec 8, 2020
- 3 min
Why We Sing The Songs We Sing
By Pete Usher On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a...
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