I really should listen to my good friend and work colleague who tells me not to watch Sunrise because it makes me angry. But as I was watching the tennis last night, that was the program on this morning when… Read More ›
sport
BFTP: If bare midriffs and short-shorts really made athletes run faster
then this is what the male sprinters would be wearing.
I haven’t lived in Newcastle for 30 years,
yet I’ve heard enough stories over the years about the Johns brothers that nothing crass, selfish, dangerous, destructive or insensitive that either of them could ever do will ever surprise me.
Femmostroppo Reader – June 14, 2010
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Not quite so angry now…
…but still astonished and appalled that Sam Stosur could make it to the French Open final but there was no news about it on the morning chat shows this morning. Granted we were only watching for about half an hour… Read More ›
Good news, sad news, obOzsport news
Rise, Sir Patrick Stewart. Farewell, Rue McLanahan. C’mon, Sam Stosur, c’mon.
Leave it to football to prove that women are the ‘sex class’
Gentlemen, a bit of perspective please. A police inquiry into an affair of prostitution involving an under-age call girl could not have come at a worse time for Raymond Domenech and his players just 50 days before the start of… Read More ›
Fire in the frost: Feisty Olympians defy the odds
As the opening quarter of 2010 draws to a close, we look back on what I believe is the one of the highlights of the year: the Winter Olympics in February. In this event, a whole different kind of athletic… Read More ›
Sing it: Hooray for Canada!
I have enjoyed the Canadian sense of whimsy evident for the big events. Who else would finish a show with giant inflatable beavers?
Quickhit: Icedancers with a new twist on blackface.
Via baby_elvis, this ice-dancing routine. From the news: Russian world ice-skating champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin have danced around the controversy surrounding their Aboriginal-themed routine, insisting they will still use it at the Winter Olympics. Aboriginal elders say the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 