Alexis James – Medium

Alexis James

Featured Book

Unsung: Not All Heroes Wear Kits

Unsung: Not All Heroes Wear Kits

Unsung offers an illuminating insight behind the scenes of sport, looking beyond the headlines to introduce and celebrate sport’s unheralded heroes.

2023

Stories

Pinned

Off-Field’s Debut Print Anthology: Volume #1 Out Now!

Beat the digital dark ages with Baltic swimrunning, Dubai camel racing, Bhutan baseballing, New Zealand titan healing, Swiss soccer…

Oct 7

Off-Field’s Debut Print Anthology: Volume #1 Out Now!

Oct 7

An Ode to The World Games: Summer’s Hidden Gem

Dragon boat racing, tug-of-war, lifesaving, korfball, orienteering, and flying disc take centre stage…

Oct 7

An Ode to The World Games: Summer’s Hidden Gem

Oct 7

Small Sports, Small Mercies

For small sports yearning for the big time, it’s a case of be careful what you wish for…

Jun 30

Small Sports, Small Mercies

Jun 30

Gradually, Then Suddenly, Sport Yields to the Robots

Sport’s giant technological leaps are often the result of small steps made by once-in-a-generation scientists unknown to its millions of…

May 30

Gradually, Then Suddenly, Sport Yields to the Robots

May 30

The Quiet Comeback of Pure Sport

Memorable sporting events in April are evidence of a core magnetism that pre-dates algorithms and the attention economy…

Apr 30

The Quiet Comeback of Pure Sport

Apr 30

A Springtime Smackdown From Mother Nature

Humanity 0 Mother Nature 40 at the Barkley Marathons reminds everyone who’s boss…

Mar 28

A Springtime Smackdown From Mother Nature

Mar 28

Super Bowl Rings: A Glitzy History of NFL Championship Bling

A new Super Bowl ring will be forged to celebrate the NFL’s championship-winning team. Here’s the glittering history of this US tradition…

Feb 3

Super Bowl Rings: A Glitzy History of NFL Championship Bling

Feb 3

America’s Soul Lives on at the Ball Game

The Americanisation of sport might be a global contagion, but patient zero is doing just fine…

Jan 31

America’s Soul Lives on at the Ball Game

Jan 31

Milestones, Moments, and Memories

Remembering a balmy Parisian morning facing the smouldering purple core at the centre of the Earth…

Jan 3

Milestones, Moments, and Memories

Jan 3

Living a Life for Others

Let’s hear it for the lifesavers, entertainers, campaigners, and investigators who devote their time and expertise to help others…

Nov 29, 2024

Living a Life for Others

Nov 29, 2024

Alexis James

Alexis James

Book Author

Alexis writes about unsung personalities and untold tales from the fringes of sport and society. Author of 'Unsung: Not All Heroes Wear Kits'. alexisjames.co.uk

Following

Help

Status

About

Careers

Press

Blog

Privacy

Rules

Terms

Text to speech