The festive season always creates a natural time to reflect on what has happened...
It's very much felt like the end of an era stepping away from a...
An unfortunate incident in a non-league football match reported on by me blew up...
Phoenix clubs are an unfortunate necessity of modern day football, but rarely do they...
The penalty shoot-out is a lottery of football. It’s even more so in rugby. Last week saw the Heineken Cup Semi Final between Cardiff and Leicester decided by a rarity...
All the talk at this end of the season is the big four. Who is going for the title, who is still in with a hunt in Europe. But spare...
Rugby league has had its fair share of missed opportunities, and maybe the table-top game Subbuteo was one of them. Subbuteo Rugby was a game of complexities and confusion. There...
With ice hockey being a minority sport in the UK, there are a number of ways the Elite League and the clubs try to make extra money. One is by...
Many years before I discovered the wonders of blogging, I started writing a short story about the memories I had from playing football as a junior. I played junior football...
Formula 1 just gets more extraordinary. Jenson Button made it two wins out of two in Malaysia after a fascinating race which was ended after 31 laps due to extreme...
The rise of Formula 1 in the headlines over the past 18 months has been quite extraordinary. The presence of Lewis Hamilton, one of the best British drivers for a...
After the controversy of yesterday, much was expected from Manchester Phoenix’s “major” announcement at 7am this morning. But it turned out to be an anti-climax, considering the situation, as the...
I don’t like the term minority sports. But in reality, every sport in this country is a minority sport compared to football. Such is the popularity and the resources available...
OK, so this Shearer thing, is it an April Fool’s or not? When it was brought to my attention at approximately 11.30pm last night, I thought “interesting”. About 30 seconds...

James Gordon is a sports media professional, commentator and football club director. MD of JDG Media, providing media management services to sports organisations, and founder/former editor of Love Rugby League. Read more...