Lawn Tennis: SPORTS SHORTS - Bartoli driven mad by London traffic.(Sport)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  June 23, 2008 ;     102 words ......for the entirety of the championships, having travelled from a hotel to the All England Club and back every day for the entire fortnight 12 months ago. She recalls: It was crazy. The hotel was not very far away, but the traffic was terrible and it meant being...

Yankees are just dandy.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 28, 1999 ;     65 words ...SHOPPERS and tourists were stopped in their tracks when members of an American marching band struck up in Birmingham. The Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums, on tour in Britain from Boston, Massachusetts, entertained hundreds...

Yankees are just dandy

Evening Mail;  July 28, 1999 ;     65 words ...SHOPPERS and tourists were stopped in their tracks when members of an American marching band struck up in Birmingham. The Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums, on tour in Britain from Boston, Massachusetts, entertained hundreds...

OUR FRIEND IN THE NORTH: Absolutely capital

The Independent - London;  January 8, 2003 ;     125 words ......down for me last week when I drove down to London to see friends for New Year. So many people seemed to have taken off an entire fortnight that it was possible to drive from one side of town to the other in under an hour. (We even had one early morning run from...

So easy for Hewitt Hurricane.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 8, 2002 ;     110 words ......The 21-year-old finished the tournament as he had started it, blitzing his way to victory and losing only two sets in the entire fortnight. Meanwhile, ladies singles champion Serena Williams and sister Venus completed their domination of this year's Wimbledon...

Travis star recovering

The Scotsman;  July 11, 2002 ;     95 words ......was last night making a good recovery in hospital following a swimming pool accident. The musician with the chart-topping band struck his head at a pool in Belfort, France, forcing the cancellation of four concert dates. The 30-year-old star suffered a suspected...

A MUTE POINT!(Sport)

The Mirror (London, England);  February 9, 2008 ;     70 words ......remote control mute button watching England the other night? Hitting it whenever that monotone, unfunny, dated brass bleedin' band struck up The Great Escape. Then switching it back on only to hear the monotone, unfunny, dated John Motson. I'm sure Wes Brown's...

Rain keeps people from Riverfest; Bands play to empty tables and food...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 14, 2003 ;     361 words ...A country-rock band struck up "Hello Mary Lou," an old Ricky Nelson tune. But no Mary Lous or hardly anyone else was on hand late Saturday afternoon to hear...

Why are they famous? Mary Pierce

The Independent - London;  June 29, 1997 ;     376 words ......tedious tennis played. Our screens will boast a green-and-white hush interspersed by coughs and overhead planes for the entire fortnight. So, who gives a toss about which one bangs a ball around the best? The object of interest is, in fact, the No 9 seed....

Downe meets his match Bob Downe Gilded Balloon, Palladium Comedy ****

The Scotsman;  August 31, 1998 ;     194 words ...The theme is "Every song a hit and every hit a memory" and from the moment the band struck up the first medley of Seventies icons, that's exactly what was delivered. Bob Downe burst on stage to a rapturous reception, introducing...

Gender-bender contest may earn women respect

New Truth & TV Extra;  February 2, 2006 ;     351 words ......living as one all my life and nobody's given me cash for enduring my existence. More FM wants the contestant to devote the entire fortnight to being a woman. Any bloke survives all the things a chick has to put up with might just deserve the dosh. I assume he'...

MAUREEN SPRING'S COLUMN: A really flippant fan of Wimbledon drama; MAUREEN...

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  July 2, 2001 ;     511 words ......hulks there now; though Pat Rafter comes a close second. See, I really am a flippant fan. Nevertheless, I view for the entire fortnight with the excuse, I might as well because there's nothing else on the box. Besides, we need something to argue about at...

French lesson for fumbling Falcons.(Sport)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  October 30, 2006 ;     491 words ...Byline: By Nick Purewal As Ludovic Valbon seared through an errant backline under a blistering French sun, the brass band struck up what must have sounded like a funeral dirge to the dejected Falcons. Trudging off the Parc Municipal at the halfway...

Aboard the new wave of cruising; LOADS TO SEA AND DO ON THE...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  June 15, 2003 ;     491 words ......perfect introduction for two cruise virgins... sailors in crisp white uniforms draping us in garlands of flowers as a steel band struck up a calypso on the shore. The only immediate problem was working out if we were actually moving as P&O's new pounds 200m...

POSTCARD FROM WIMBLEDON.(SPORTS)

The Washington Times;  July 6, 2002 ;     286 words ......WASHINGTON TIMES * By end of week No.2, the Wimbledon media which has been incarcerated at the All England Club for the entire fortnight tend to get a little slap happy - especially during rain delays. Yesterday the Rover witnessed one of the more creative...