Twitter faux pas of the month (i): Andrew Flintoff. Fresh from a new series of A League of Their Own (it's shit) and commentating on the PDC Darts (which are also shit), Flintoff surpassed himself in December by "inadvertedly" giving out his entire mobile phone number on Twitter. The fact that he was surprised at receiving hundreds of calls and messages from strangers is the most amazing part of this story
Twitter faux pas of the month (ii): Roddy White. The Atlanta Falcons WR wound up the New Orleans Saints and by extension the entire city of New Orleans (most of the city list the Superdome as one of their prior addresses) by making an ill-judged but sadly little publicised comment about Hurricane Katrina. The Saints promptly turned in a bone-crunching defensive display to win 17-14.
Learned lesson of the month: Say what you like about Davids Gold and Sullivan. I, like Simon Jordan, would happily impale them on one of their own dildos. But in granting Avram Grant a stay of execution, in which they spelled out exactly what he needed to do to keep his club, did the man a much better service than was done by the owners of Newcastle and Blackburn in dismissing Chris Hughton and Sam Allardyce respectively. 3 games, 1 win required. Big Av led West Ham unbeaten through Christmas.
Unsung hero of the month: Tim Southee. It's been a brilliant year for New Zealand in sport, not disgracing themselves at the World Cup and sweeping all-comers in the world of rugby union. The cricketers have let the side down badly, losing 4-0 in Bangladesh. They bounced back on Boxing Day in a T20 against Pakistan, with the wildly inconsistent young buck Southee the leading light, with an excellent hat-trick (only the 3rd in the international game) and figures of 5-18 (the 2nd best of all-time). He spent the rest of the series being average. Such is the frustrating nature of the lad.
Comeback of the month: John Higgins. The Wizard of Wishaw was 9-5 down in a best of 19 UK Championship final against Mark Williams. Higgins came back to win 10-9 and in doing so dragged his name back out of the dirt created by the News of the World scam (sound familiar) that saw him and his agent accused of match-fixing after meeting a shady man in the back of a Ukraine bar. OK so it wasn't in a bar but grant me some poetic license!
Duck of the month: Wladimir Klitschko. I really don't like the Klitschko brothers for a number of reasons. 1) They refuse to batter seven colours of shit out of each other, which we all want to see. 2) Vitali is a big hulking moron. 3) Wladimir is a big hulking moron who is shagging Hayden Pannettiere. Which just isn't fair. With all that in mind I will find any excuse to drive them down, because we all know David Haye will knock them both out in 2011. So the mysterious injury suffered by Wlad before his fight with Derek Chisora says to me that the guy is not as great as he'd have us all believe.
Quote of the month: 2nd Ashes Test at Adelaide on Sky Sports. Xavier Doherty bowls a full toss which Kevin Pietersen swats away for four on his way to a career high score. Michael Holding: "I saw something like that this morning at breakfast. Buffet. Help yourself." Just say it in a thick Jamaican accent.
Sporting hero of the year: I cannot really do January without reflecting on the year as a whole. The best sporting event of the year was the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. The hero of the hour was Graeme McDowall, sinking the winning putt for Europe as well as bagging the US Open at Pebble Beach
Sportsman I hated most in 2010: Fernando Alonso. Simply because he's a knob.
Sliding scale of the month: The Messiah Meter featuring Alan Pardew. A tough first three games in charge (Liverpool, Man City, Spurs) yielded just 3 points, but really there was nothing to be blamed on Pardew at this stage, no matter how ridiculous his appointment was.
RM
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