Blogs & Pods « Glenn Mitchell

While I no longer broadcast sport as much nowadays I still take a keen interest in what’s happening.

You’ll find my thoughts here along with Great Sporting Lives, a podcast series with those who have had significant careers in sport.

A New Man for a New Generation

Date: December 6, 2011 / Posted by control

Michael Clarke’s ascension to Test captain was always going to be a tough sell for many of the game’s traditionalists. Many aging Test cricket followers weren’t quite ready for a man of Clarke’s looks and personality. But to borrow from legendary lyricist, Bob Dylan, ‘The times they are a changin’”, and cricket was never going to […]

Farewell Smokin’ Joe

Date: November 8, 2011 / Posted by control

The sporting world has lost one of its true warriors with the passing of Smokin’ Joe Frazier. The 67-year-old who, along with Muhammad Ali, staged three of boxing’s most epic bouts died of liver cancer. Born of humble beginnings in South Carolina, before fighting out of Philadelphia, he first reached world prominence at the 1964 […]

Match Fixing – Cricket’s Titanic

Date: November 5, 2011 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Scientists believe around 90 per cent of most icebergs are beneath the ocean’s surface. The International Cricket Council (ICC) will be hoping that the latest spot-fixing case played out in a British court is not the sport’s metaphorical iceberg. The jail sentences handed down to former Pakistan captain Salman Butt (30 months) and fast bowlers […]