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Artistic talent and crime

January 14, 2010 – 7:12 am

Via Jason Soon’s Sick of Politics blog I came across an interesting piece by Clive Hamilton on talented artists who commit crimes. Like Jason, I think it’s probably the first time I’ve been in unqualified agreement with Clive. Wonders will never cease.
Hamilton says:
Should artistic talent place those who possess it above the law? Put this [...]

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Gay Gareth

December 19, 2009 – 10:49 pm

Former Wales and Lions captain Gareth Thomas has broken one of the major taboos that surround sport by revealing he is gay. The 35-year-old joins stars like basketball’s John Amaechi and hurling’s Donal Og Cusack who have come out.
“Just because you are gay, it doesn’t mean you fancy every man who walks the planet,” Thomas [...]

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All flesh is grass

October 13, 2009 – 7:41 pm

A New Zealand taekwondo champion, Logan Campbell, has decided to try to fund his next Olympics bid in an unusual way – by opening a brothel. However, he has run into difficulties, with the New Zealand Olympic Committee set to sue him:
Campbell went public with the scheme in July and the 23-year-old said he hoped [...]

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She’s the Dope!

August 26, 2009 – 1:34 am

Tests have revealed Caster Semenya’s testosterone level to be three times higher than those normally expected in a female sample, BBC Sport understands.
Analysis prior to the World Athletics Championships and the 18-year-old’s big improvement prompted calls for a gender test from the sport’s governing body.
It was made public only hours before the South African, who [...]

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Just not cricket

September 12, 2008 – 10:10 am

It seems former Australian Test cricketer Craig McDermott is in a spot of bother because of his involvement with failed property investment company Bridgecorp Finance. McDermott was loaned $19.6M by Bridgecorp to aid his Gold Coast property development business. He stated that one of his assets was his $7.5M Gold Coast mansion, along with various shares, [...]

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Caution: real person wins Olympic medal

August 21, 2008 – 4:27 am

Bryony Shaw wins unexpected medal, drops F-Bomb on national telly, BBC apologises. It doesn’t get any funnier.
British Olympic medalist Bryony Shaw has prompted an apology from the BBC after expressing her euphoria in inappropriate terms during a post-race interview. Expressing her delight at clinching a bronze in the dramatic windsurfing competition in Qingdao, Shaw told [...]

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Cruisin’ for a Wedgie…

August 15, 2008 – 12:45 am

One of the commenters over at Tim Blair’s called this bloke a ‘ponce’, which in British parlance has a pretty specific meaning: living off the immoral earnings of a woman. Thing is, it’s kinda true, because Robert Nelson is the serial nong who stuck a naked pic of his six year old daughter on the [...]

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Spot the smiling copper? No, we couldn’t find one either

August 6, 2008 – 6:05 am

Every now and again, the British news media indulge the national talent for ironic pisstake, and I’m pleased to report that China’s touchiness in the face of global criticism in the lead-up to the Olympics is now becoming a favoured target. What makes this report (from Channel 4 News) so good is the way it [...]

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So, will Cricket self-destruct?

January 8, 2008 – 9:13 am

I decided to take the scenic route from Edinburgh to Oxford, which meant two days offline. During my absence, it emerged that cricket is in danger of imploding after the fall-out from Australia’s victory over India in the second test. Rather than rehash what’s already been said, I’ll point Catallaxians to this excellent but very [...]

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Open Ashes Thread – Fifth Test, SCG

January 1, 2007 – 10:15 pm

Well, Justin Langer is going to walk away after Sydney as well, in many ways a less surprising decision than Damien Martyn’s pin-pull after Adelaide. Langer has been hit on the head repeatedly throughout his career: a footballer put through the same ringer would have hobbled out of the game by now, likely with permanently [...]

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