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…
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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…
London Olympics: Aussie hoighloights Day 8
If you Googled the last time Team Down Under had to wait a week between gold medals, it’d come back: Computer says no. Not since shoulder pads and big hair were fashionable and Kylie unleashed Locomotion on the world have we faced such a lean patch in the Golden Roughs department. Still, our overall medal tally continues…
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