Sport
Sport is a major part of the schedule, with a 3-hour sports-based programme each weeknight evening and 4-hour sport specials on Saturdays and Sundays. This time slot is considerably more than most other BBC local radio stations and reflects London's large number of sporting teams and events.
During the cricket season, BBC London 94.9 also supports Internet-only streamed commentary of all games featuring Surrey County Cricket Club (with Mark Church as main commentator) and Middlesex County Cricket Club (with Kevin Hand as main commentator). The commentators give brief game updates on main BBC London 94.9 broadcast throughout the day.
The current presenters and commentators include Phil Parry, Andy Rowley, Ankur Desai, Nick Godwin, Emma Jones, Emilia Papadopoulos, Steve Bunce, Mike Lawrence, Simon Watts, Kevin Hand, Mark Church, Pete Stevens, Sara Orchard, Will Shindler and David Croft.
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Famous quotes containing the word sport:
“The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one’s appetite is not too keen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Americans living in Latin American countries are often more snobbish than the Latins themselves. The typical American has quite a bit of money by Latin American standards, and he rarely sees a countryman who doesn’t. An American businessman who would think nothing of being seen in a sport shirt on the streets of his home town will be shocked and offended at a suggestion that he appear in Rio de Janeiro, for instance, in anything but a coat and tie.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)