We’d primed ourselves for an epic finish in the wee small hours. But it was not to be. Just before 10pm on Thursday night, the curtain closed on Lleyton Hewitt’s stellar tennis playing career. It was not the five-set marathon that has defined so much of the past two decades. David Ferrer had his measure…
The Aussie Open on a ground pass
Having a kid changes the way you watch live tennis. Pre-progeny, I’d hunker down in Rod Laver Arena all day, working those neck muscles left, right for hours on end, me and 15,000 people getting into the soporific rhythm of summer tennis. You’d have time to study the nuances of the game, the tweaks players…
On the road for Lleyton
First, to explain the 24-hour delay in this week’s Friday Funnies. It’s Lleyton Hewitt’s fault. On a day when I’d normally be posting the week’s sports highlights, my daughter and I spent nine hours in the car fanging our way to Melbourne for Lleyton’s farewell. A marathon drive diminishes your capacity in many key areas…
A night at the Fast4 tennis
I’m a purist. I don’t like stuffing around with tried and tested formulas. Fifty-two types of Tim Tams? Just give me the original, thanks. The latest Star Wars? Ain’t going there. I also like to see innovations widely road tested before I jump in. For at least a few years. Which means I was one…
1,009 not out. Not a typo.
Cricket stole the show this week, in good ways and bad. I’m still not sure what the big deal was about a kid eating watermelon at a cricket game. OK, yes, he ate the skin as well. But it’s not like it was an onion. Mitchell Schibeci’s watermelon demolition was Twitter’s top trending topic Down…
Why Chris Gayle’s comments matter
Within minutes of Chris Gayle propositioning reporter Mel McLaughlin on national TV, one bloke tweets: “Waiting for the attack of the feminazis after that interview.” You wonder if he sees the irony in what he’s written, his own sexism towards anyone who takes issue with Gayle’s sexism. Sitting at home watching it all unfold, you…
The shame of Ooltewah High School
He was a 15-year-old kid playing in a holiday basketball tournament. Now he’s international news, not for his feats on the court but for what three of his teammates did to him off it. In a rented cabin where the team was staying in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, it’s alleged three of his Ooltewah High School teammates…
The end of a love affair
The festive season can be hard on relationships. But it seems this Christmas has claimed the greatest love affair of them all.
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