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Less outdated attitudes, more sports. | Home to (All the) Sports on Screen Podcast with @eltirolibre and @Sasky | Est. 2019 but loving sport since forever.

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Est. 2019 #WellActuallySC

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Just making picks for today’s #Euro2020Final.

We regret nothing.

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#WomensHistoryMonth is keeping us busy so you catch us and a new episode same time next week!

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As we say every show, sport isn't just sport. ⁠
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From the first game, it has inherently been a vehicle of political change, cultural identity, and nation-building, wielded for good and bad. ⁠
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For the West Indies, they used it to change their country for the better. ⁠

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We're just sharing this photo because there's few things in the game of cricket that Sasky loves more than flying stumps. ⁠

You catch us talking cricket (or trying to) ⁠in our latest show. https://t.co/Lp1LSTUDPd

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Want a tutorial on how to piss of a cricket team, the Caribbean, and half of London?⁠
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In 1976, Tony Greig had you covered.

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There's fearsome and then there's "My Nickname is Whispering Death" fearsome. ⁠
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In the 1970s, Michael Holding and the West Indies changed the game like no other.⁠

The story: https://t.co/t4I3VkaD9q

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40 years on from the iconic 1976 series, a new generation of West Indian players are redefining cricket as a whole new game. https://t.co/EUYdqOmAIZ

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When is a game more than just a game?⁠
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In the West Indies, cricket is woven into the fabric of the country, a bond between the 13 countries that formed it. ⁠
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It's national identity, a changing world, and a lasting legacy in the latest episode : https://t.co/aOxxvtpxdt

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Here's a #ThrowbackThursday to our first meeting!

We miss seeing you all in person. 😢

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A massive thank you to the wonderful people who came out for tonight’s first @WellActuallySC event and a great evening of sports talk and goals.

There will be more!

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@mkelliotmk Ahhh, thank you! ☺️��

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When cricket return to the world stage in 2020, so did the West Indian team, with a message and determination to be heard.⁠
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Listen to #7: The One Where It's Just Not Cricket (Fire in Babylon): https://t.co/wQCMeDLwH1

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"Maybe that’s why the folks who made me feel that way, may think Vivian Richards is the most arrogant guy on earth, but no. I bat for human beings, equal rights." https://t.co/p4ZrKFugum

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The game of cricket has long been a marker of England's history of colonialism in countries across the globe. ⁠
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But for many countries, the game became something to take for themselves, something to dominate in their own right. ⁠

#7: Fire in Babylon: https://t.co/wQCMeDLwH1

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Yeahhh, nahh / yeahh, no.

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The remainder of the Vegas/Colorado outdoor game at Lake Tahoe will be continued tonight at 9 p.m. PT/12 a.m. ET.

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"To tell West Indians you're gonna make them effin' 'grovel' - God help us, you asking for trouble."

Winning in 1976 was about more than just a cricket match for London's West Indian population. They celebrated as such.

Listen to the story: https://t.co/23Gjw9twPA

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While there are many things that are just not cricket, not so casual racism was an every-game occurrence for the world-beating @windiescricket.

We're talking @Sasky's favourite sport, its colonial heritage, and the "Fire in Babylon": https://t.co/eqzssIRUnv

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In a sport with deep colonial roots, the West Indies redefined not just the role of athletes in pushing a country forward socially but the very game of cricket itself.
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This is the story of how.
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Episode 7 - Fire in Babylon: https://t.co/lCUdjzCJ38

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From the @WellActuallySC Team - Happy Valentines Day!

We hope you're spending it with someone you like as much as we love sport (and we really, really love sport).

xoxo M & S

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"There's an elegance and a strength about him that's really intoxicating."

For racing driver/producer/sometimes actor Patrick Dempsey, telling the story of 'Hurley' was the opportunity to mix profession and personal passions. https://t.co/J5wmTfJuwv