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My last Substack post of 2025 - it's a doozy about football!

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Surprise update on Japanese football legend still playing at 58

Why retire from elite sport when you're still having fun?

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December 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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What's become of boxing? My latest Substack post answers the question.

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RIP the sport of boxing

A made-for-Netflix event between an ex-world heavyweight champion and a self-promoting YouTube fighter may have put the final nail in the coffin of a noble profession

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December 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM

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My latest Substack post looks at tarnished sporting reputations...Hello, Mo Salah!

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Tarnishing a sporting reputation comes in many forms – and none of them are pleasant

Players, teams, sports administrators and global organisations all do things to harm their characters - but why? And is there an antidote?

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December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM

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Why cricket is important even to non-cricket fans.

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Why you should care about cricket & the England-Australia Ashes series

You may not be a cricket fan, but now’s the time to take an interest because the whole world of sport is at stake

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November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM

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Let's talk about the 'World' in World Series again.
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Baseball’s World Series – a fabulous contest, but can we talk again about the name?

The 2025 MLB finale will go down in history as one of the best ever, so it’s a perfect time to make the ‘world’ in World Series really mean something

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November 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM

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We need more inspiring sports gambling stories like this one...
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Sports Gambling – a far-reaching and disheartening problem, but here is a story with a rare happy ending

The NBA is in chaos because of gambling illegalities, but British golfer Marco Penge turned around his life and his game after his own scandal

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October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM

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Three weeks since the US Ryder Cup captain lost...should we attend his pity party???
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Should we feel sorry for Keegan Bradley?

This week, the US Ryder Cup skipper talked at length for the first time since his recent loss and it was more self-pity party than blame acceptance speech

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October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM

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What's wrong with golf...and what to do about it!!!
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Golf’s Biggest Problem – slow play, boisterous crowds or the LIV dilemma?

Let's see what YOU think is the single most important issue to address in golf

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October 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM

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How the Ryder Cup was won...and lost!
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Ryder Cup 2025 Stories Part 10: The Analysis – The How and Why About This Year’s Match

The greatest team competition in sports just proved itself once again

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September 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM

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My Ryder Cup forecast - a tie and here's why.
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Ryder Cup 2025 Stories Special Extra: Why this year’s match at Bethpage will end in a tie

This is the 45th Ryder Cup and the two teams are set for a long-awaited nail-biter – here’s why

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September 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM

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The most surprising Ryder Cup story in history...enjoy!
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Ryder Cup 2025 Stories Part 9: The match made famous by ‘The Concession’ was actually contested with an undercurrent of hatred

Nicklaus and Jacklin may have been the heroes of the iconic 1969 clash, but another man contributed to a far from friendly atmosphere

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September 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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Did I REALLY play for the Ryder Cup? Me, a 12-handicapper? Read this and find out...
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Ryder Cup 2025 Stories Part 8: I’m a 12-handicapper and I played in the Ryder Cup…true or false?

My true story shows that Samuel Ryder’s legacy is more widespread than most golf fans understand

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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Two weeks to go and another great Ryder Cup history tale from me...
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Ryder Cup 2025 Series Part 7: One of the Classic Matches of All Time Set up Today’s Rivalry

It was 1953 and the drama of this celebrated contest continued right to the very end and the outcome then resonated for decades

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September 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM

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Ryder Cup Series Part 6 – When The Ryder Cup Nearly Died

It’s post-World War II and the future of the matches is in the balance

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August 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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Why we should all be Tommy Fleetwood fans

The lad from Southport became golf's latest hero even before his first PGA Tour win

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August 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM

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Is the new US Open mixed doubles bad - not at all, and here's why.
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Are the mixed doubles changes causing a mixed message?

Adapting sports to fit modern audiences on TV and the internet should welcomed rather than feared

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August 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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Who was the 'first Seve' who could have created Team Europe in the Ryder Cup in the 1920s? open.substack.com/pub/rossbidd...

Ryder Cup Series 2025 Part 5 – Could Team Europe have existed in the 1920s?

For over 50 years from 1927, America battled GB and then GB&I before finally taking on a European team in 1979 – why did Team Europe take so long to arrive?

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August 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Watching the Women's British Open golf at Royal Porthcawl today and remembering playing there in a seniors pro-am with Masters champion Ian Woosnam and rugby union great Gareth Edwards. And here's my latest golf post.

Ryder Cup Series Part 4 – Money: that’s what some US Ryder Cup players want

The Americans want pay-to-play; the Europeans are happy to play for pride

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August 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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Ryder Cup Series Part 4 – Money: that’s what some US Ryder Cup players want

The Americans want pay-to-play; the Europeans are happy to play for pride

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July 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM

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More fascinating Ryder Cup history about when the US became the #1 golf nation rossbidd.substack.com/p/ryder-cup-...

Ryder Cup Series Part 3 – British domination of golf is over!

Did America become the No 1 golfing country even before a bruising first Ryder Cup loss in 1927?

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July 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM

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My 2nd Ryder Cup post will definitely surprise you
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Ryder Cup 2025 Series Part 2 – Why it took til 1927 for the first Ryder Cup to take place

How the second attempt at a Britain-US golf match between the pros was “unofficial”

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July 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM

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I'm writing a weekly series about the Ryder Cup with new stories and angles + updated material from my bestselling book Ryder Cup Revealed: Tales of the Unexpected...enjoy!
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