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Liberal boofheads: (a chapter from Legends of the Baggy Green).(Sport)
That's not a nice feeling, when it goes between your legs.
--Tony Greig, Channel Nine
COMMENTATORS HAVE long been the butt of sports comedy, and some live in terror of making a terminal mistake. The media was the target for so many years, but it did not teach them any sympathy for victims. The most vociferous condemnation of player behaviour in recent years has come from the media.
Bill O'Reilly was one of the greatest spin bowlers of all time, and it is a minor irony that the American cable television personality of the same name calls his program The O'Reilly Factor a "no-spin zone". The American O'Reilly has a much more colourful turn of ...
- Tony Greig, Dean Jones on ICL commentary panel.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. November 24, 2007 700+ words
Tony Greig, Dean Jones on ICL commentary panel...in six former cricketers -- including Tony Greig and Dean Jones -- as commentators for...association with ICL, former England captain Tony Greig, said, "I am excited to team up with...
- Tony Greig.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) March 7, 2006 700+ words
EX-CRICKETER and commentator Fred Trueman once said of former England captain Tony Greig: "There's only one head bigger than Tony's... Birkenhead." The same could be said of the increasingly irritating Jose...
- Tony Greig buys Turbanator hat-trick ball in auction.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. September 12, 2003 700+ words
...Harbhajan Singh achieved hat-trick, first by an Indian in Test cricket, was collected by former England Cricket captain Tony Greig for Rs 55,000. "Since it's going for charity, I don't mind parting with that. I got hat-trick because of people...
- Time to adopt a path of honour in cricket: Tony Greig.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. September 14, 2003 700+ words
Bangalore, Sept 14 (PTI) Former England captain Tony Greig believes the game desperately needs cricketers who can adopt the "path of honour" and be honest to themselves as well as the...
- CRICKET: COUNTDOWN TO THE 2002 ASHES: 10 DAYS TO THE FIRST TEST IN BRISBANE:...
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) October 28, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Mike Walters CRICKET CORRESPONDENT SIMON JONES hit back last night after Ashes turncoat Tony Greig joined a series of former Aussie greats in tipping England to cop a 5-0 drubbing from the Aussies this winter. Former England...
- From sports comedy to cartoons, Irrera's talent covers all the bases The...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel DAVE TIANEN January 19, 1996 700+ words
...sports-related talk show: "It'd be sort of like a sports bar with regular characters, but also with guests." Although sports comedy has obviously paid off for him, Irrera isn't sure that his Stooges gigs will be built around athletics. He likes to test...
- Sports comedy remake fails to bear weight of original.(Time Out!)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Gire, Dann July 22, 2005 700+ words
...where that came from. In fact, Richard Linklater's randy remake cranks up the anti-PC bite of Michael Ritchie's 1976 sports comedy with ferocious irreverence. Ritchie's original starred the late Walter Matthau and the very young Tatum O'Neal in a...
- Stupid summer sports comedy has winning team.(Time Out!)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Gire, Dann June 18, 2004 700+ words
...Armstrong, who gives a despondent Peter the pep talk to end all movie pep talks. When it finally gets moving, this summer sports comedy threatens to become another "Caddyshack." Who knew? - Want to write your own review of this movie? Go to www.dailyherald...