The Anti Room

In a recent episode of Community, Jeff Winger (played by the wonderfully smarmy Joel McHale) was dismayed to learn that even though he clocks regular time at the gym and avoided donuts, to do all the right things to stay healthy and fit, he still registers a high cholesterol rate during a routine health exam.  [...]

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Defence! Defence! Get it on the rebound! Who’s marking number seven? I’m sitting on a bottom-numbing wooden bench in a cavernous sports hall somewhere off the M50, watching my son’s basketball team. There are two matches going on simultaneously, and the combined noise of the crowd, whistles, hooters, bouncing balls and even the squeak of basketball boots [...]

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While at the cinema last week, I nearly choked on my crisps when I saw this new ad for Reebok’s Easytone trainers. Sure, I get that the point of these trainers is to tone up legs, bums and all those other ‘trouble zones’ we’re supposed to give a rat’s arse about, so it’s understandable that [...]

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Unless you’ve been living under a massive wonton, you’ll know that the Olympics start today in Beijing. I’m no Jimmy McGee, but I manage to keep up with what’s going on sport-wise, mainly thanks to reading the odd newspaper and Google. Like lots of things that a) everyone is talking about and b) are on [...]

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