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The Hollywood Issue
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Robbie Williams' LA Vale is no ordinary pick-up team. Phil Hogan hangs out with the other English millionaire in Hollywood trying to lead his football side to glory.
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The crazy gang
You're a British actor, new to LA, and fancy a game of football. Who do you call? Vinnie Jones's Hollywood United, of course... By Tony Horkins.
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My passion: Kevin Costner
The actor-director explains how shooting hoops on the streets of California shaped his character and why public ridicule remains his greatest fear.
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Bang goes Beefy
Ian Botham said his 1985 trip to Hollywood turned him into a joke. But here his former agent tells Nick Greenslade how close the cricketer came to being the next Stallone.
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The growing pains of the world's strongest boy
Andrew Anthony goes in search of Richard Sandrak, the 'mini-Schwarzenegger', and finds a familiar tale from La La Land.
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Cool hand
Paul Newman is one of the finest screen actors of them all - and is certainly the best driver. Gordon Kirby speaks to the Oscar winner.
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Showtime!
When the LA Lakers are on court, the stars come out to watch. Benjamin Markovits explains how a terrible team from Detroit became basketball's glamour guys.
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Speed: the sequel
Carl Lewis's first job was 'the greatest athlete who ever lived'. Andrew Anthony finds the controversial sprinter still struggling with his second act.
LA stories
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Let's call the whole thing off
Joe Queenan: From Monroe and DiMaggio to Streisand and Agassi, the love affair between Hollywood and sport has never quite blossomed into a successful marriage.
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Ultimate fighting
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Ultimate fighting: the final frontier
The future of sport in America is mixed martial arts, says David Mamet.
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Regulars
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October's ten
Sports stars who made it in Hollywood.
Last month's ten
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Ten questions for ... Sir Steve Redgrave
Our greatest rower and Olympian on Los Angeles '84, political boycotts and beating Matthew Pinsent.
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A long-term glove affair
Budd Schulberg, the writer of 'On the Waterfront', picks his favourite boxing films.
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Geoffrey Mortlake: The true adventures of Sven in La La Land
Living it up with the super Swede
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Frozen in time
14 July 1937: The biggest stars of tennis and Hollywood pair up
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Letters
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Reviews
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Observer Sport Monthly goes to the movies
Budd Schulberg's best boxing movies and more films.
Hollywood's sporting turkeys
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December 2007