There’s are many good reasons not to get back with an ex. For a while everything goes swimmingly. The familiarity is a bonus, like emotional shorthand, saving you all the time it usually takes to get to know a new partner. But familiarity does breed contempt. And before long, alarm bells ring, those annoying habits…
Why Aussies watch golf through their fingertips
Asked once what he had to shoot to win a particular tournament, US golfer Roger Maltbie answered: “The rest of the field.” It’s been a bit like that following Australian golf for about the last 20 years. Even when Greg Norman held the world number one position, you could never comfortably watch him play a…
Exit the show pony
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…
Time to see women’s cricket
I had to read the women’s T20 World Cup final last night. That’s right, read. It’s not the most satisfying way to follow a game. Granted, the Twitter banter between Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan was an entertaining alternative to the live action. @MichaelVaughan appreciating Meg Lannings work! #goaussiegirls pic.twitter.com/PxlRiBkEDM — Adam Gilchrist (@gilly381) April…
Are you a Sliding Doors fan, Tiger?
While I’m no fan of Gwyneth Paltrow, let’s for a moment apply the concept of one of her less nauseating movies to the life of Tiger Woods. Let’s assume in this Sliding Doors scenario that Tiger kept his 3-iron in his pants at the peak of his career. What would his career statistics look like…
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…
The venerable sport of Gwynnie bashing
As the whole world now knows, Gwyneth Paltrow consciously uncoupled from hubby Chris Martin yesterday. Unlike other people who do this kind of thing in their sleep. For many of us it confirmed the suspicion that, consciously or otherwise, Gwynnie is not entirely coupled with reality. There’s the naming of the first-born after a computer…
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…
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