Tilting at windmills: how I tried to stop worrying and love sport

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Andy Miller hates sport - he really does. not only is he no good at it, but he just doesn't get it - why does anyone like it? throughout his life this has been quite a handicap, from the humillations of being able to play cricket at school to the embarrasment of not knowing, or caring, about Arsenal during the laddish post-Hornby years.

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