D J Taylor: We all love a sporting bad boy



Yesterday's accounts of the passing of the former world snooker champion, Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, from throat cancer at the age of 61 offered a neat little parable of the early 21st century's attitude to sport. Certainly, much was made of Higgins's achievements, his 15-red clearances and his two world titles  the first achieved at the tender age of 22, the second in the nail-rending 18-15 ...


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