Not Cricket : money in sport

Ashes turning into Masala in Star Cricket's mouth?

namya — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:10:00 GMT

Once an Indian went to a restaurant and ordered for a Masala Dosa. He called for the waiter angrily after starting to eat and said - "I ordered for a Masala Dosa but there's no Masala in it. I will pay only for a Sada Dosa." The waiter calmly...(read more)

The King of Bad Times

namya — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:59:00 GMT

A self proclaimed high brow news channel's top presenter was interviewing Mr. Dr. Vijay Mallya on his bid for Kevin Pietersen at the 2nd edition of the IPL auction. The first statement which was made was something to the tune of 'Everyone always...(read more)

St(un)anfordability

namya — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:32:00 GMT

Well after all the noise and excitement and paranoia and disgustment surrounding Mr. Alan Stanford, and with the current global financial crisis, one is not surprised to read this (unconfirmed) report. http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl...(read more)

Newsmakers don't make great newsreaders

namya — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:12:00 GMT

The latest Warne interview reinforces one's view about how people are so secure, tucked in their own cocoons. One has nothing to say about; " I was never scared of Tendulkar:" Maybe he wasn't. Ten years later, coming out of the closet...(read more)

Its not all about money, honey!!

namya — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Being constantly bombarded by the daily headlines screaming multi million dollar deals for buying out football clubs, exorbitant transfer fees for football players funded by petro dollars, and the ever rising prize money (which seems to be giving a fight...(read more)

Passing the Bat On

namya — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:29:00 GMT

The previous week seems to be the one to have witnessed the passing of quite a few batons. Men's Tennis might have seen it on Sunday (a bit too early to call, admittedly), the Left parties passed the baton of the support to the Congress led UPA to...(read more)