Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category

Why I hate the Olympics

One of the main reasons would be the Channel 7 coverage. Why? Firstly, it’s interrupted by ads every 10 minutes and when they come back from those ads, there’s always some highlights package taking up valuable programming time, when they could be showing actual events. Secondly, their tendency to show nothing but events that Australia [...]

An innings

Now, I have nothing against David Hookes and I think it abhorrent that he died the way he did. However, the media circus that has surrounded not his death, but his post-death period, has been nothing short of cringeworthy. Yesterday was his funeral, and while I respect that he was a good cricketer and deserved [...]