Why it’s not good for a coach to go all Braveheart in the dressing room

Al Pacino’s “Inches” speech in Any Given Sunday may make the hairs stand on the back of your neck, says Dr Ed Coughlan. But does it work? Consistently? And if so, for how long? Or is it just for effect?

“Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one’s attention to the internal experiences occurring in the present moment” — Manu Bazzano

Twenty years ago this week marked one of the most infamous acts in sporting history. Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield faced off for the second time in what was billed as The Sound and the Fury. Following Holyfield’s impressive TKO win the previous November, to upset the odds, both camps agreed on a rematch that would be ignominiously remembered as The Bite Fight.