11th March 2010

Go China!

Editor

As the Chinese and American basketball teams clashed last night in an epic encounter watched by the presidents of both countries (score: 101:70 to the visiting team), it is doubtful whether Raymond Chandler’s Law comes as much consolation to the host nation. More reflective of their feelings are the words of Vince Lombard : “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing!” or even, to borrow from Mao, “Sport is the continuation of war by other means”. How quaint, and appealing, then to consider Grantland Rice’s old-fashioned views on the manner of sporting competition.

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