by Ryan Batty | May 31, 2024 | The LP
Tags: tennis, music, playlist, Wimbledon, US Open, Queens By Grace Cunningham As bright, young tennis players hit pause on their pre-match playlists and make their way onto courts all over the world, all they can think about is keeping focus. Slinging their Head and...
by Amelia Cox | May 28, 2024 | Festival Season, The LP
Tags: Surfing, Beach Boys, Hawaii, Boardmasters, Coldplay By Amelia Cox Set against the backdrop of Cornwall’s golden coastline, Boardmasters festival attracts surf enthusiasts and music lovers from all over the world. At the core of the festival is the World...
by James Morgan-Wynne | May 25, 2024 | The LP
Tags: FIFA, COASTS, Bastille, music, sport, The Equaliser Whilst FIFA is a sporting game, the influence it has had on generations of football players who, when they aren’t out on the pitch or watching it – they are playing it, and a big reason for that is the...
by Harsh Srivastava | May 24, 2024 | The LP
Tags: Weightlifting, music, sports psychology By Harsh Srivastava “I always listen to music when weightlifting,” says Kate Farley, a 20-year-old powerlifter from Cambridgeshire. “It helps me focus and means I don’t have to listen to my own breathing. I find I...
by Sasha Spencer | May 24, 2024 | The LP
Tags; basketball, hip-hop, music, Shaq, LeBron James, Alan Iverson Since meeting on the streets of New York, basketball and hip-hop have been inseparable. But what makes these two cultural powerhouses so compatible? There’s a decade-old saying that ‘every rapper wants...
by Joseph Gainsford | May 24, 2024 | The LP
Tags: Skating, Sinead O’Connor, skateboarding, punk rock, Thrasher Magazine By Ludo Reynolds It’s July 2015, and the concrete wasteland where B&Q used to be is something most Peterborians don’t bother to look twice at as they cross over Town Bridge. ‘An ugly...