Friday 18 December 2009
And the winner is...
My 'alternative' fighter of the year award - henceforth known as The Fran - goes to David Haye. The heavyweight division has been dreadfully dull for what seems like an eternity, but finally a fighter has come along capable of generating some much needed excitement. And he's British. 'Nuff said.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Shurely shume mistake?
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year top-10 shortlist has just been revealed:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8386162.stm
Unbelievably the current (and 14 time) world darts champion Phil Taylor is not on it. This year, besides reclaiming his world title, Taylor has won over twenty other titles - his match record is 190 wins against just 11 losses - earning prize money of over £760,000 (he has also won 36 of the last 44 tournaments he has competed in). During a match in April he recorded the highest ever 3-dart average for a televised event – an unbelievable 116.01. Yet the BBC doesn’t think he’s one of the top ten sportspeople of the year? Back in January, I declared Taylor to be the greatest living Briton:
http://floatlikeabutterflysting.blogspot.com/2009/01/hes-got-power.html
Since then, he has simply become even greater. Last time Taylor won the world title, in 2006, he was nominated for the BBC accolade. His achievements this year make 2006 look fairly average (by his amazingly high standards). So I can only assume his omission from the shortlist is some kind of administrative error which will be corrected shortly. Either that, or the BBC intends to reward him with their Lifetime Achievement award. Or possibly the Unsung Hero award?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8386162.stm
Unbelievably the current (and 14 time) world darts champion Phil Taylor is not on it. This year, besides reclaiming his world title, Taylor has won over twenty other titles - his match record is 190 wins against just 11 losses - earning prize money of over £760,000 (he has also won 36 of the last 44 tournaments he has competed in). During a match in April he recorded the highest ever 3-dart average for a televised event – an unbelievable 116.01. Yet the BBC doesn’t think he’s one of the top ten sportspeople of the year? Back in January, I declared Taylor to be the greatest living Briton:
http://floatlikeabutterflysting.blogspot.com/2009/01/hes-got-power.html
Since then, he has simply become even greater. Last time Taylor won the world title, in 2006, he was nominated for the BBC accolade. His achievements this year make 2006 look fairly average (by his amazingly high standards). So I can only assume his omission from the shortlist is some kind of administrative error which will be corrected shortly. Either that, or the BBC intends to reward him with their Lifetime Achievement award. Or possibly the Unsung Hero award?
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