http://elekhni.com/2009/12/new-age-sportsmanship/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://elekhni.com/2009/12/new-age-sportsmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-3585 Amey Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:49:38 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=2068#comment-3585 It's a Christmas miracle! It’s a Christmas miracle!

]]> http://elekhni.com/2009/12/new-age-sportsmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-3584 lekhni Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:24:39 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=2068#comment-3584 You mean <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/439990.html" rel="nofollow">Haddin, Johnson </a> and <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/440420.html" rel="nofollow">Watson's antics</a>, right ? I was a little surprised to find Ponting actually <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/story/440420.html" rel="nofollow">thought his team members' actions were embarassing.</a> That must be a first, right? You mean Haddin, Johnson and Watson’s antics, right ? I was a little surprised to find Ponting actually thought his team members’ actions were embarassing. That must be a first, right?

]]> http://elekhni.com/2009/12/new-age-sportsmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 lekhni Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:21:15 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=2068#comment-3583 That's so true about the media questioning sportspersons' "killer instinct", as if cricket and tennis players were really predators in a jungle. That’s so true about the media questioning sportspersons’ “killer instinct”, as if cricket and tennis players were really predators in a jungle.

]]> http://elekhni.com/2009/12/new-age-sportsmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 Amey Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:59:13 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=2068#comment-3582 Oh, the Australian cricket team is the King in this arena, the Gentlemen's Game version of which is called "playing psychological games". Check out the latest craziness in Aus-WI series. Oh, the Australian cricket team is the King in this arena, the Gentlemen’s Game version of which is called “playing psychological games”. Check out the latest craziness in Aus-WI series.

]]> http://elekhni.com/2009/12/new-age-sportsmanship/comment-page-1/#comment-3581 Kamini Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:14 +0000 http://elekhni.com/?p=2068#comment-3581 So true, unfortunately. And if a sportsperson does display graciousness and fairness, the media wonders if he/she is lacking the "killer instinct". Given the pressure that today's athletes perform under, it requires superhuman abilities, I think, to remain truly sportsmanlike. My favorite, Roger Federer, pulls it off almost perfectly, I think. So true, unfortunately. And if a sportsperson does display graciousness and fairness, the media wonders if he/she is lacking the “killer instinct”. Given the pressure that today’s athletes perform under, it requires superhuman abilities, I think, to remain truly sportsmanlike. My favorite, Roger Federer, pulls it off almost perfectly, I think.

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