The Aardvark Speaks: Brighton

November 09, 2004

Brighton

Ronnie O'Sullivan

For some weird reason, a while ago I suddenly became hooked by the Snooker broadcasts on Eurosport. Which means I'll be glued to the TV set for the next few days, as the 2004 British Open in Brighton has just started yesterday.

Get hooked too by watching Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum break from the 2003 World Championship (requires RealPlayer). Amazing. O'Sullivan is also favourite for the British Open, but he expects a "tough test". We'll see.

Posted by Horst on November 9, 2004 11:54 AM to creatures great & small | Tell-a-friend

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We received this ping from Sinus Weblog - Szientometrie definiert Van Raan on November 9, 2004 07:58 PM:

Die Snooker-Saison beginnt wieder: Auf Eurosport kann man seit ein paar Tagen wieder Snooker mitverfolgen. Im Vorjahr war das bei mir im Freundeskreis der Renner schlechthin. Obwohl wir erstens keine Ahnung von den genauen Regeln hatten und zweitens nicht wirklich wussten, wie man die ... [more]

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Armin said on November 9, 2004 02:19 PM:

What next? Are you going to start listening to the cricket reports on BBC Radio 4 Long Wave?

Horst said on November 9, 2004 03:56 PM:

Uhhh... I guess not. Even though I think I managed to understand the rules of cricket after watching Lagaan, I just don't find it as enticing when it's a sports broadcast rather than a Bollywood movie.

dieter said on November 10, 2004 12:28 PM:

Actually I find Snooker much more understandable than Bollywood movies. There is a really special form of elegance involved. And some duels are extremely thrilling.

dieter said on November 10, 2004 12:29 PM:

By the way. Real Player is really bad spy software.

Horst said on November 10, 2004 04:24 PM:

Tell the BBC, they are hosting this video.

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