There was a time not that long ago when, no matter what atrocities other sports stars got up to, you could bet your house our Aussie swimmers would never let us down. While cricketers and footballers stumbled out of nightclubs, our swimmers were head down, bum up following a black line up and down the…
Category: General
On-field celebrations: The good, the bad and the ugly
After the Windies smashed Australia over the fence and out of T20 World Cup contention, serial slogger Chris Gayle took to the field and danced the jig he reserves for special occasions. As his teammates joined him in a fairly aggressive rendition of Gangnam Style, some asked whether it was the done thing to carry…
In defence of the Mexican wave
History was made at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the weekend. People who were there will talk about it for generations. Those who weren’t will say they were. Years from now, our kids and grandkids will question us about 22 March 2014. What were you doing, they’ll ask, the day the Members stand did the Mexican…
Take me out at the ball game
As boxing fixtures go, the upcoming Major League Baseball games at the SCG could be real humdingers. Nine months ago, a game between the LA Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks degenerated into tit-for-tat brandings at the hands of the respective pitchers and then into an all-in brawl resulting in eight player suspensions. The SCG Trustees…
A complaint about offensive television broadcasting
The following is an open letter to the Australian Communications and Media Authority: Dear ACMA I wish to complain about the offensive content that lately passes for television programming. I understand from your website, which is a bit of a circus to navigate by the way, that in the first instance I should take up…
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