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When I first read the Financial Times article about female ice hockey fans, I had to pause halfway through. As a Nottingham Panthers supporter, I felt an immediate sting – not because I was surprised, but because I was tired. Tired of seeing women’s genuine love for sport reduced to something superficial or sexualised. The suggestion that…
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Well, I guess I have a country music radio show now… If you’d told me this time last year that I’d be hosting a radio show with banjos, cowboy hats, and plenty of twang, I’d have laughed. Yet here I am: my very first country music show with Blunt Radio has been broadcast into the…
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It’s nights like those that make you remember why you love rugby league so much. I’ve just about calmed down enough to talk about what a feeling it was! Wakefield Trinity’s last home game against Hull KR wasn’t just a win – it was a full-on celebration of how far the club has come. Especially…
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There’s a question that many young professionals face at some point: What’s more important — advancing your career or protecting your well-being? I didn’t expect to face that question quite so soon. What was supposed to be an exciting first week in a role I’d been eager to start turned into a situation that pushed me…
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Finishing university is supposed to feel like a triumph. You hand in your final piece, get ready for the ceremony and all the pictures you can post to your LinkedIn, and suddenly, the world is wide open. That’s the story, anyway. In reality, for a lot of us, it feels a bit more like stepping…
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Ask anyone who’s been to a game at Headingley, the Jungle, or Craven Park, and they’ll tell you the same thing: northern England crowds do rugby league differently. It’s not about giant screens, booming pyrotechnics, or “game-day experiences.” It’s about heart, voice, and a very stubborn refusal to sit down when the game gets tense.…
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There’s a certain magic number for sports leagues — and in rugby league’s Super League, that number has long been 12. It’s not perfect, but it works. It keeps the fixture list balanced, the standard high, and the calendar from collapsing under its own weight. And yet, still came the announcement about changing Super League…