The Guardian:
Robert Yates returns to the streets of Liverpool, where he grew up, to report on a story of deprivation and hopeIn a parade of shops on County Road in Walton, north Liverpool, a couple of signs compete for attention. "Slip! Trip!" offers the first, in the window of Walton Accident Claims – the jaunty exclamation marks expla (Read More)
The Guardian:
Labour's drive to increase the number of pupils gaining C grades at GCSE is distorting education and forcing teachers to neglect their highest and lowest achievers, the schools select committee is expected to conclude this month.After a year-long inquiry into school accountability and inspections, MPs are ready to accuse th (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Martin Johnson's journeymen are impossible to define as a 15-man entity, except as an unreliable bulldozerTwickenham had been a graveyard for the imagination, a cemetery for entertainment, until England summoned the old standby of yeoman spirit to encourage their bored punters to keep coming back for more. This is a despera (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Dutch coach told to expect approach from Argentina • Hiddink also linked with return to Chelsea next seasonGuus Hiddink could be set for a surprise move to become the joint coach of the Argentina national team with Diego Maradona. Hiddink's Russia failed to reach the 2010 World Cup finals last week but the Dutch coach has (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Carlo Ancelotti says he is happy to work with Dutchman• Roberto Mancini favourite to be Russia's new coachGuus Hiddink plans to return to Chelsea as technical director following his failure to guide Russia to the World Cup. Hiddink said yesterday that an announcement on his future could come as early as next month. He has (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Suffering from 'novel nausea', Zadie Smith wonders if the essay lives up to its promiseWhy do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a novel. Bookshops don't know where to put them. It's a rare reader who seeks them out with any sense of urgency. Still, in recent months Jonathan Safran Foer, Margaret Drab (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
AbelardAbelard was a brilliant early-medieval theologian and rhetorician who agreed to take on Héloïse as a pupil. The two began an affair, and when it was discovered, she was sent to a nunnery and he was castrated. The story has often been retold, notably by Alexander Pope. "From lips like those what precept failed to move (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Criticisms from Lewsey and Greenwood annoy manager• Johnson wantseloquent response from England tomorrowRobert Kitson Martin Johnson has hit back at his World Cup-winning team-mates Will Greenwood and Josh Lewsey for their public criticism of his England regime ahead of today's final autumn Test against New Zealand at Twi (Read More)
The Guardian:
John Kennedy's retirement was another blow for a Scotland team short on talent and coherencePerhaps it was inevitable, but the confirmation a week ago that Celtic's John Kennedy had been forced to retire from professional football still struck an emotional chord with even the most hardened Scottish football fan.Kennedy's kn (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ricky Williams is 32 and far from done. And even without Ronnie Brown, the once written-off Miami Dolphins are back in the playoff picture.Williams rushed for 119 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Dolphins beat the Carolina Panthers 24-17 on Thursday night for their fourth win in six games. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
If you tried to build the perfect football coach, chances are the final product would look a lot like Stanford's Jim Harbaugh, a former star college quarterback and NFL Pro-Bowler with coaching in his blood. So far, the formula is working. (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Opinion:
TV and learning Steve Sacco - Newark, N.J. Sesame Street turned 40 this month, and the show has brought this school teacher back to a time when innocence and learning went hand in hand ("Forty years of sunny days," Life,...
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
The Russian darts player on life as a woman in a man's world, learning to drive and being escorted to the oche by James BondHello Anastasia and how are you on this crisp Autumnal morning? I'm fine thank you for asking.Are you ready to step up to the metaphorical oche with Small Talk? Yes.You're talking to us because you're (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Martin Johnson's team were never going to overwhelm Argentina so any win against New Zealand would do very nicelySorry, but I'm mystified at the fuss. What did people expect? England, minus a hatful of first-choice players, lost to Australia, but then again the rankings say the Wallabies are the third best side in the world (Read More)
FanHouse:
by Thomas GeorgeFiled under: Vikings, NFL Coaching"We made a lot of cultural changes. You don't come in with everything already firm. I thought this would be one of those rare chances. I didn't think I would be like (Bill) Parcells or (Dick) Vermeil where I was going to get multiple chances and shots.'' -- Vikings coach Br (Read More)