Colin Tatz, Australian National Australians may well love their sport, but why don't we delight in success elsewhere? Sport is here for the moment and gone in a few seconds, minutes, hours or days. AAP/Julian Smith University Patriotism is well and good, but nationalism is something else. It is exaltation of the nation above all, the feeling of superiority over others – … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
Sophie Scholl – a little known adventurer… and fighter
Many adventurers become world famous. Some never get the chance. The memory of Sophie Scholl is revered in her birth country of Germany but she is barely known in other parts of the world. Tim Edwards explores the short life of one of the world's greatest unknown adventurers and describes how a tiny tomboy sports-lover stared evil squarely in the face and refused to be cowed by … [Read more...]
That Richmond Clash Guernsey!
All the fuss about the Richmond clash guernsey worn at the AFL Grand Final was out of order. The whining before the game from old club stalwarts was bad enough but on sports media programs after the match when the hosts should have been focusing on analysis of the game, on what a great Grand Final it was, on how wonderful Dusty was, and on how great Richmond were, even normally … [Read more...]
Sally Pearson shows the Phoenix how the rising from the ashes thing is done! (Part 1)
A few weeks back Socrates had a chat to World Champion hurdler, Sally Pearson, about her last few years as an athlete. What a tale the world's number one had to tell. In Part 1. of Sally's story, Socrates describes Pearson's rise from the ashes despite extraordinary physical and emotional pressures and, just to prove she doesn't mind doing it the hard way, she did it all … [Read more...]
2017 Koori Knockout – where NRL superstars and small town athletes come together to represent their communities
My daughter and I dropped by Leichhardt Oval on the Monday of the Labour Day long weekend to check out the Rugby League Grand Final. This wasn’t your everyday Grand Final, of course. For most of the footy-loving world, the season ended either on Saturday at “the G” when the Aussie Rules men wound down their competition or on Sunday at the ANZ stadium where the League boys … [Read more...]