Pitch

Inside every issue of Pitch magazine you will find stories, long and short, covering at least 30 different sports. There’s football, cricket, rugby – both types – golf, MMA, boxing, athletics and F1. And loads of others. Because ultimately we are sports fanatics.

NO SUCH THING

Pitch

FRONT ROW / CONTRIBUTORS

THE CHANGING FACE OF FOOTBALL • The idea of writing a book about football club ownership was already knocking around before I went to Salzburg in September 2023. But that's where I was confronted with the consequences of good and bad ownership, and where ‘Who Owns Football?’ really started to take shape.

In 60 Seconds… with J. Willgoose, Esq. • WE TOOK A MINUTE WITH PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING'S SELF-DESCRIBED CORDUROY-INFECTED KNOB-TWIDDLER.

Now Playing. • Tracks we're turning up this winter. Definitely. Maybe.

SCHE-MATICA New Bears Stadium, Chicago • The latest Super Bowl-ready project to emerge from the Land of Opportunity welcomes a new $4.2 billion home for the Chicago Bears. The Burnham Project is set to replace the NFL's oldest stadium, Soldier Field. Here's what we know about the Bears’ pit so far…

Rated. • Whraparounds, gigs ‘n shades. Pitch's best selection of eyewear for gravity-fuelled disciplines.

…Pitch a Baseball. • How to get the ball successfully from A to B. And look like you know what you're doing.

Franz Nietlispach. • ATHLETES THAT OUT-PERFORM THEIR SPORT

Basic, Better, Best… • THROUGH HISTORY

Biathlon. • Cross-country skiing in lycra. With guns.

No.1 - The Bomb Squad • They say that you always remember your first time. And with that universal sentiment in mind, and in a new regular feature, Pitch looks at the teams, machines, places and phases of era-defining innovation. Up front, it's everyone's sixth-or-seventh-favourite rugby team, the Springboks.

Copenhagen • Various sporting attractions in The City of Spires.

Backyards - No.7 India in India • Spinning a web in The Subcontinent.

Club Call: Scuderia Ferrari • Releasing Formula 1's Prancing Horse.

ALT. Icons. SPORTING PIZZAS • Bread. Tomato. Add topping. Simple. As Italian as a fat old lady with a moustache. And as timeless as Michelangelo's David. What has this Friday night takeaway got to do with sport? Well, quite a lot actually…

Reviews • The best of the best from print, film, TV, and audio. Compiled by Jade Craddock.

In 10 characters, or less… • Cricket's biggest personalities of influence over time.

The PDC World Darts Championship

Who are the favourites? • Given a bag of hypothetical £10 bets, Pitch takes a look at seven players who could give you a decent run for your money.

GREAT EXPECT – ATIONS • In Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer, England have two of the world's most celebrated, feared and talked-about midfielders.

The Never-changing Man • Outspoken, blunt, and unapologetically optimistic. After a decade in the sport, F1's sweariest team boss speaks to Pitch about the realities of life outside the paddock.

How To Film The World Cup • From midnight-in-Moscow to the Maracanã. Premier League, Champions League, and World Cup cameraman, Paul Burbidge speaks to Pitch about a lifetime spent filming the Beautiful Game.

Who Gets Which Spot –And Why? • The prime positions for the World Cup Final, according to Paul Burbidge…

Offsetting the silver fern on his left arm, Ben Stokes has an English rose tattooed on his right • IN HIS LATEST BOOK, AND THE WINNER IS, PETER DONALDSON TAKES A MOMENT TO EXPLORE THE STORIES THAT DEFINE BEN STOKES. AMONGST OTHERS.

RICHIE McCAW • What Greatness Looks Like…

Know Kabaddi • What's all that noise about? Andy Afford takes a look at a pursuit as...