Not all about winning

Who cares about squillions of quid when you can achieve fame like two reported in today's Times? Peter Buckley is about to retire from boxing after his 300th bout on Friday - he is the undisputed champion of defeats with a mere 31 wins and 12 draws to his credit. His success seems to lie in his ability to persuade opponents (presumably easily) and the authorities (apparently much more difficult ) that he is competent enough to carry on.

But this palls into insignificance alongside the revelation that whilst Philadelphia Philies are in danger of winning Major League Baseball's World Series their more important claim to fame is that they are the only professional sports team in the world to have lost more that 10,000 games.

Awesome !