The fastest human being on the planet, Atalanta, is being coached by her mentor, the beautiful Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis, before her next race. I’m talking to you Allie. You’re taking this seriously, aren’t you? I’ve been watching your back since your lightweight, ratbag, mother popped you out and immediately let that dip shit of a father leave you on the mountain. … [Read more...]
In sport – what’s more important? Fairness or money.
Who deserves the harshest consequences for unsporting behaviour? A serial offending ludicrously wealthy professional athlete or a homeless teenager with a lot of tough stuff going on in her life? That's what I asked myself as I was pondering the following questions. What is the primary role of sport? What is its most important function in the world? Is it a business? … [Read more...]
The NRL Bunker and forward passes – here’s the perfect solution!
Last week every newspaper, sports news web site and Rugby League media program across the land ran a “NRL has gotta do something about forward passes” story. Journalists and footy pundits were incensed. A recent run of tries scored from “blatant” forward passes got all those experts incensed and keyboards tapping. What a load of old bollocks. Most of the complaints … [Read more...]
Sporting Clubs – where you can be who you are
While listening to prominent podcast broadcaster, Josh Szeps, (when he was a guest on the Radio National “The Year That Made Me” programme), talk about how “coming out” for him was not about dealing with homophobia, discrimination or bigotry but was more about how coming out felt like being corralled into a very specific tribe that did not feel right, it reminded me of the … [Read more...]
Rusty and an ice cold beer – Photo 4.
Here is the fourth in the selection of the most important photographs in Australian sporting history. The images are not ranked or presented in any particular order. Ranking is a subjective notion that I won’t buy into. Each image presents a frozen moment in time that has historical significance in the Australian world of sport. Even more importantly, each image opens the door … [Read more...]