Unit 1. This sporting life. It's not cricket. Fields of dreams. Advertising and sport -- Unit 2. Sporting figures. Anyone for tennis? Running commentaries. Leading ladies -- Unit 3. The state of the game. The sporting battlefield. Olympic ideals. Sporting legends -- Unit 4. Sporting codes. The level playing field -- Unit 5. Sportstalk I. Spot the balls up. What does it feel like? -- Unit 6. Sportstalk II. Television commentary 1. Television commentary 2. Radio commentary -- Unit 7. Sportswriting I. Framework for looking at texts. The comic hero. How to play. The fans' view. Telling it like it is -- Unit 8. Sportswriting II. Writing documentary.