Take it away Gil! For those wondering, The Spoiler offices are exactly how you’d imagine - full of men in corduroy, pipe smoke everywhere, Six Music playing on the wireless. All of which leads to an intriguing piece of trivia just announced on the radio - soul man Gil Scott-Heron’s dad, Gil Heron (rather fittingly, minus the “Scott”) used to play for Celtic in the 1950s! The first black player at the club, he earned the dubious nickname, The Black Arrow. We’re massive fans of his little boy, so what better excuse for a little bit of music!
Football Update
Snow joke: 10 funny things we learned from football’s big freeze
1) Well done to West Ham, who now have one more point than two snowflakes.2) Poor old Avram Grant, though. He can't even win a postponement3) And you've got to feel sorry for Sunderland. Only two games on and theirs still deserved to be last on Match Of The Day.4) A lot of controversy about Chelsea v Man United being postponed early. With both sets of fans travelling from so close, surely the decision could have waited until Sunday lunchtime?5) In fact, there are rumours that Chelsea have ask...
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The Ralph Cornwell Files
Let's Spring Into Action And Protect Athletes Ralph Cornwell is a Ph.D. candidate in health promotion/human performance at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Prior to pursuing his Doctoral Degree he was a collegiate strength coach. Research from the best minds in the automotive safety industry all agree, the circumference of the neck changes the way it reacts to forces applied to that area. The former Congressional appointed Chairman of the Head and Neck Committee put together a study on concussions and found: " Stronger necks reduce head acceleration, deltaV, and displacement. Even relatively small reductions in deltaV have a large effect
Mourinho gets ban for Red Card fiasco
Madrid's Ramos (middle) and Xabi Alonso were both sent off for time wasting Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been fined by Uefa and banned for two Champions League matches, the second of which is suspended for three years.Along with Real players Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos, Mourinho was found guilty of improper conduct relating to the pair's recent dismissals against Ajax.
Carles Puyol shows off his sexy girlfriend on Twitter
Doing the perfume dance… If you’re not one of the 394,088 Twitter followers hanging on Carles Puyol’s every waking thought and emotion, you mightn’t be aware that he’s managed to score himself a hot girlfriend/perfume model - not exactly what you’d expect from a man who opts for ”the roadie” look when he’s not winning things with Barcelona or Spain. Anyway, for those who weren’t aware, Carles kindly twatted her latest perfume video on Twitter. That’s her above. She’s called Malena Costa.
FIFA Puskas Award 2010 – Goal of the year
FIFA announced the 10 goals nominated for the Puskas Award, given to the scorer of the best goal of the year. The winner will be chosen by votes cast on the FIFA website and criteria for the award include the quality of the goal and the importance of the match in which it was scored.1. Hamit Altintop , Turkey vs. Kazakhstan, Euro 2012 qualifier - Sept. 32. Matthew Burrows , Glentoran vs. Portadown, N. Ireland Premiership - Oct. 53. Linus Hallenius , Hammarby vs. Syrianska, Sweden Superettan - June 204. Lionel Messi , Barcelona vs. Valencia, La Liga - March 145. Samir Nasri , Arsenal vs. FC Porto, Champions League - March 96. Neymar , Santos FC vs. Santo Andre,