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“This is where that mindfulness comes in,” he says of riding that rollercoaster. “Making sure I step back and understand that I am not a cricketer first. It is about being a good person and helping those around you and then cricket is a way I can do that. So, I’ve sort of just changed my outlook on cricket a little bit, which hopefully helps relax me coming into this season.” … [Read more...] about More than the average bear: Peter Handscomb’s meditative approach to cricket and life

Trainer Tony Sims believes Ryder did enough to earn a draw with Saunders in their first encounter and is eager for his fighter to avenge that loss, or his hotly disputed decision defeat to Callum Smith in November. … [Read more...] about Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez: John Ryder wants Billy Joe Saunders rematch if he does not fight Mexican star

The home fans held up a banner proclaiming their love for old coach Maurizio Sarri. At Stamford Bridge, on the same night, there was no sign of any similar declaration of love as Sarri’s new club, Chelsea, drew at home to Burnley and the manager ended up being charged with misconduct by the English FA. … [Read more...] about Cristiano Ronaldo could add Serie A scoring title

"We're raising a Black boy who's then going to be going to school by himself and he's going to be doing things by himself. We're going to have to get used to it and to teach him that ... he can be stopped by the police because of the color of his skin. It's just shocking that we have to tell our son this to be honest," Williams told CNN. … [Read more...] about Handcuffs to light bulbs shine light on painful Black experience

Twenty-seven films, many much loftier budgets and one Oscar later, Soderbergh was back in the snows of Park City last month – not for Sundance, in fact, but Slamdance, the Utah festival’s simultaneous, lower-profile sister event. If that seems like a strangely off-the-radar place to premiere his excellent new film High Flying Bird, that’s sort of the point. Soderbergh’s relationship to the mainstream film industry has been an ambivalent one ever since he announced his retirement from big-screen film-making in 2013. … [Read more...] about Streaming: Soderbergh’s slam-dunk take on racism in US sport