New Statesman - <![CDATA[Benjamin Markovits]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/benjamin_markovits en <![CDATA[Heroic unhappiness]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2012/01/byron-heathcliff-harold-claire http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2012/01/byron-heathcliff-harold-claire Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits

]]> <![CDATA[Touched by time]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/04/toibin-eilis-brooklyn http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/04/toibin-eilis-brooklyn Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT Benjamin Markovits Brooklyn Colm Tóibín Viking, 256pp, £17.99

]]> <![CDATA[A new global game? ]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2009/01/obama-basketball-football http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2009/01/obama-basketball-football Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:31:46 GMT Benjamin Markovits Obama and Sport

]]> <![CDATA[ The boys of summer]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200608210036 http://www.newstatesman.com/200608210036 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits My friend and I dressed and ran out on to the glittering court

]]> <![CDATA[ Do the decent thing]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200608070040 http://www.newstatesman.com/200608070040 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits Why back an underdog, asks Benjamin Markovits, if you know it's hopeless?

]]> <![CDATA[ Injuring time]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200607240044 http://www.newstatesman.com/200607240044 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits The first thing a sportsman learns is how to hurt others

]]> <![CDATA[Sport - Benjamin Markovits learns to lose]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050052 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050052 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits There is an art to being a good loser, but master it too well and you're lost

]]> <![CDATA[Sport - Benjamin Markovits wants a record to stand]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200605290044 http://www.newstatesman.com/200605290044 Mon, 29 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits At 41, Barry Bonds is stretching towards a last great record. Most people want him to fail

]]> <![CDATA[Sport - Benjamin Markovits misses a hoop]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220040 http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220040 Mon, 22 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits A missed hoop, a scuffed shot . . . It's all too painful, the moment that can never be rerun

]]> <![CDATA[Sport - Benjamin Markovits wants sports on Newsnight Review]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200602060045 http://www.newstatesman.com/200602060045 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Markovits As with artists, the success of most athletes comes from their skill in ringing the changes

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