The writer-director team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck want to overturn the usual triumphalist sports narrative, but the elements of their counter-narrative are sketched in without any particular conviction or strength.
The captain also paid tribute to team director Andy Flower, who took charge after the team's defeat in India last winter.
Team director Choi Jung To turned to Kim Kyung Hoon to fill the vacuum.
This could be a significant marketing advantage, says Mark Barbato, executive director and product team leader at Lilly.
At age 34, Bruyneel retired from racing and took up Lance Armstrong's invitation to become team director for U.S. Postal.
England team director Andy Flower backed up his captain in refuting any claims of ball tampering but admitted Anderson had been "naive".
Team director Andy Flower insisted Flintoff will not be picked if he is not going be fit for a full five days.
Ford team director Malcolm Wilson admitted Gronholm's departure was a big disappointment.
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But England team director Andy Flower said on Wednesday that he thought Prior was a better option on the Asian sub-continent pitches.
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An ECB spokesman said team director Hugh Morris will decide which players can be released - but England fixtures will always take precedence.
So the question arises, what made the director-producer team of Alvin Rakoff and Christopher Morahan take on such a book in the first place?
Bruyneel, the team director for all seven of Armstrong's Tour de France victories, was a mid-level overachieving pro cyclist himself in the 1980s and 1990s.
Manor founder John Booth takes on a new role as Virgin Racing's sporting director while Alex Tai, a former Virgin Group director, becomes team principal.
"While it is true that Kim can be slow and his body movement is imperfect, he is a great attacker, " says team director Kwon Seung Teik.
The best-ever team director, Bruyneel, is likely to follow Armstrong.
Team Sky, which boasts 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins among its ranks, parted company with team director Steven de Jongh after the Dutchman admitted to taking banned substances during his 14-year career.
Other defendants in the suit, according to the person who has seen it, include Thom Weisel, the former chairman of the management company that owned Armstrong's cycling team, and Johan Bruyneel, his longtime team director.
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Factor in Rubens Barrichello's frightening accident, when one of his rear wheels flew off at 180mph, and you wonder how Jean Todt, Ferrari's team director, managed to limit himself to "disappointing" as his word for the weekend.
"Liam Plunkett has been part of the England performance programme and England Lions squad this winter so we are confident that he will be ready to play a role for England should the need arise, " said England team director Andy Flower.
The ECB is satisfied, following receipt of this binding assurance, that to the best of his recollection, Kevin did not convey any messages which were derogatory about the England captain, the England team director, the ECB or employees of the ECB.
England coasted home to give Andy Flower a win in his first Test since becoming team director on a permanent basis, and now anything other than a remarkable Windies fightback at Chester-le-Street next week will ensure the Wisden Trophy returns to English hands only two months after they relinquished it in Trinidad.
Ferrari team sporting director Stefano Domenicali said the one-two finish was a great result for the team.
Nilsen has been an impressive performer for Leeds' A team and director of rugby Andy Key is confident he will transfer that form into the first-team.
"Michael drove an outstanding lap, " said Ferrari team technical director Ross Brawn.
Vonn suffered a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee and a lateral tibial plateau fracture, according to ski team medical director Kyle Wilkens.
Lakshmi Mittal, the wealthiest person in Britain, has a stake in the west London club, along with Formula One head Bernie Ecclestone and Renault team managing director Flavio Briatore.
The Mets said the 34-year-old left-hander was operated on at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where team medical director David Altchek repaired a tear in the capsule in the front of his left shoulder.
But the team's managing director Jerry Colangelo and head coach Mike Krzyzewski are confident the current squad will perform better than the team that went to Athens.
But although team insiders say there will be no operational changes at Renault as Bob Bell combines the role of team principal with his duties as technical director, it is hard to see how the team will not miss their figurehead, Briatore, and Symonds's tactical nous.
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