Sporting nostalgia turns a bit ‘nymphy’ as fly fishing fills live sports void 
By Mary Hannigan IE Source: irishtimes 6/7/2020
Mary Hannigan
Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
When you find yourself whiling away some of your Saturday evening by watching Peter Crouch attempt to kick a teabag into a cup, you know that it’s a very good thing that there is now some light at the end of our no-live-sport-on-telly tunnel. Crouchie meant well, he was doing his best to entertain us in his new BBC show Save Our Summer, but to be honest, it’s going to take more than watching someone attempt to kick a teabag into a cup to fill our summer sporting void.
 

German football has helped no end, of course, and fans of British horseracing were in clover last week when it returned to their screens, but other than that we’ve largely had to make do with nostalgia.

Like on Channel Four on Sunday afternoon when they showed the entire 1966 World Cup final, with guest Zoomy appearances from the likes of Geoff Hurst and Glenn Hoddle. (Glenn, incidentally, has a chandelier in his kitchen). Unlike Geoff, Glenn didn’t play in the game, mainly because he was only eight at the time, although that silver lockdown beard he’s now sporting makes him look like he might have appeared in the 1930 decider.

“I don’t want to spoil the result,” Gabby warned Geoff before chatting to him, but he then went on to reflect on his hat-trick which hinted at an England victory, thereby ruining the entire viewing experience for any viewer who didn’t know the result. And that might be the majority because, as we know, they don’t talk about it much.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
3426This Robot Mimics a Primitive Eel-Like Fish, Swims Like a Proautoevolution2021-08-13US
3427Are Canadian fish being poisoned by radiation?cosmosmagazine2017-06-11CA
3428Fish falls from the sky in Lake TappsTHE NEWS TRIBUNE2017-06-02US
3429Oklahoma man’s invention makes fish hook removal saferswtimes2017-05-29CA
3430Pet fish dumping potential problem for Michigan waterswwmt2017-05-27US
3431Trio of women catch over 900 lionfish in two daysfoxnews2017-05-26US
3432This adorable underwater drone swims like a fishbgr2017-11-22US
3433Alaska captain hit with $1 million fine, six-month sentence for misreportingnationalfisherman2021-08-10US
3434COVID-19 threatened Alaska’s fishermen. Here's how they perseverednationalgeographic2021-08-10US
3435Warmer seas turn fish poop into a problem for coral reefsHarrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara2021-08-11US
3436Are underwater farms the future of food production?timeslive2017-07-27ZA
3437Washington may have to pay $2B to save salmonkiro72015-06-22US
3438Illegal release of 6000 salmon costs farming company $150,000stuff2017-05-22NZ
3439Conservation celebrations: Why this tiny fish fingerling has scientists high-fivingABC Central West2017-05-22AU
3440Extreme angler and Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers presenter on ITVthesun2019-02-08UK
3441Marine patrol on Grand River results in charges and warningsbrantfordexpositor2021-08-31CA
3442Three fishermen reel in 70 KILOGRAM bass groper fishdailymail2017-05-16US
3443Meet the ‘world’s sexiest angler’ who freedives up to 65ft underwater to spear and catch fish with her bare handsthesun2017-05-12UK
3444The fish that is being loved to deathbbc2017-05-10UK
3445Md. woman lands ‘Fish of 10,000 Casts’ to set state recordwtop2017-05-11US
3446A third of fish catches in worlds' oceans is unreported, claims Canadian reportmercopress2017-05-08UK
3447Scientists have found parasites that 'drive' fish from inside their eyeballs Business Insider Australia2017-05-08AU
3448Possible charges pending after teen jumps into fish tank at Bass Pro Shops in Denverthedenverchannel2017-05-01US
3449Study indicates invasive fish could live in Lake Michiganfoxnews2017-04-30CA
345060 rare fish trapped off Mumbai coast since August 2016hindustantimes2017-04-19IN

215 216 217 137 of [218 - pages.]