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ISBN | 9780143785224 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Bib. Info | 293 pages ; 24 cm |
Categories | DU - Oceania (South Seas) |
Product Weight | 380 gms. |
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In sport, the term ‘good bloke’ doesn't mean what it says. Like ‘fun run’, it often actually means exactly the opposite. Titus O’Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation’s sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things. With ridiculous tales from Australia’s chequered sporting history, A Sporting Chance dissects the scandals big and small, the mistakes made in covering them up and the path athletes tread back to redemption. From the Essendon supplements saga and the sandpaper-loving Australian cricket team to whatever it is Nick Kyrgios has done now, Titus reveals the archetypes at the heart of our greatest sporting scandals Sports -- Australia -- History. | Scandals -- Australia. | Australian