http://www.sportingmind.com.au/ Sporting Mind en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:00 GMT Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:00 GMT info@sportingmind.com.au info@sportingmind.com.au http://www.sportingmind.com.au/images/ray-warren1.jpg http://www.sportingmind.com.au/ http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-cheats-a-list/ France's petit cheat Thierry Henry, in the tradition of stinking French liars and cowards, has done for France what Napoleon could never do. That is, he has booked his country... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-cheats-a-list/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-cheats-a-list/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/death-of-a-blogger/ It is a painful reminder of your own mortality when you wake up and realise you aren't the young man you once were. When you can no longer kick a... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/death-of-a-blogger/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/death-of-a-blogger/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:29:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/tour-de-france-the-final-word/ Well, the 2009 Tour de France has finally ended, leaving thousands of sleep-deprived Lycra fetishists to catch up on some sorely needed rest. It is around this time every year... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/tour-de-france-the-final-word/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/tour-de-france-the-final-word/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:08:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/is-leftsidedness-a-choice/ Australian great Bill "Tiger" O'Reilly had it that left-handers should be shot and dismembered, if not killed entirely, because of the problems they posed to hard-working people like him and... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/is-leftsidedness-a-choice/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/is-leftsidedness-a-choice/ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:38:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/englands-attack-sponsored-by-polident/ Following on from the drawn First Test in which England avoided a massive scare, POLIDENT have claimed responsibility for the attack that left Australians unable to go out. Unsurprisingly, in... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/englands-attack-sponsored-by-polident/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/englands-attack-sponsored-by-polident/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:07:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-pocket-edition-of-steve-waughs-tour-diaries-hits-the-shelves/ In time for the latest tour our dutiful careerists and vainglorious nationalists are taking part in so that we can enjoy the freedom our republic affords, the medication developed by... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-pocket-edition-of-steve-waughs-tour-diaries-hits-the-shelves/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-pocket-edition-of-steve-waughs-tour-diaries-hits-the-shelves/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:39:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/on-the-eve-of-the-first-test-we-look-back/ On the eve of the First Test, between original combatants England and Australia, the cronies, sucks, whistle-borrowers and mindless squatters sitting in for the one true SportingMind are taking a... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/on-the-eve-of-the-first-test-we-look-back/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/on-the-eve-of-the-first-test-we-look-back/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:40:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/roger-federer-has-only-to-top-himself/2/ Now that Roger Federer has eclipsed Pete Sampras as the holder of the most Grand Slam final's victories, and with a looming depression that inevitably follows such an achievement, the... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/roger-federer-has-only-to-top-himself/2/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/roger-federer-has-only-to-top-himself/2/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:07:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/sportingmind-pulls-out-with-a-heart-muscle/ The most over-rated player to ever strut before a wanton nymph, in even the most contented of winters, SportingMind has pulled what club-footed doctors are describing as "something we didn't... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/sportingmind-pulls-out-with-a-heart-muscle/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/sportingmind-pulls-out-with-a-heart-muscle/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:23:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/an-unkindness-of-footballers/ The thousands of emails that flooded my inbox, almost beyond the point of recognition, made this post a necessity. And while this topic has piqued my interest considerably, I am... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/an-unkindness-of-footballers/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/an-unkindness-of-footballers/ Sun, 24 May 2009 10:46:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/taking-a-trip-back-to-the-90s/ The time was the early 90s. Keating was still Treasurer and Bob Hawke was smashing schooners like they were soon to be unfashionable. Yeltsin was asserting his authority in a... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/taking-a-trip-back-to-the-90s/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/taking-a-trip-back-to-the-90s/ Thu, 07 May 2009 02:34:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/chickengate-margaret-pomeranz-and-david-strattons-review/ The North Melbourne AFL club has been the focus of intense media attention over the past two days, all because of a certain video that has made its way on... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/chickengate-margaret-pomeranz-and-david-strattons-review/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/chickengate-margaret-pomeranz-and-david-strattons-review/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:26:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/sportingminds-pet-hates-and-loves/ Acutely aware that the "list" post is the blogospheric equivalent to that of a TV Christmas-special episode, I'll avoid the sugar coating and come clean with it: I'm doing this... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/sportingminds-pet-hates-and-loves/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/sportingminds-pet-hates-and-loves/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:14:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-untouchables/ Melbourne, the self-proclaimed sporting capital of the world, has a lot to answer for. You would never think, looking from the outside, that Melbourne is so socially stratified. Instead you... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-untouchables/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/the-untouchables/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:44:00 GMT http://www.sportingmind.com.au/an-exclusive-interview-with-phil-gould/ The N.R.L. simply cannot take a trick. Moments after unveiling an indulgent new ad campaign, the sport once again found itself embroiled in controversy. As such, it was only a... http://www.sportingmind.com.au/an-exclusive-interview-with-phil-gould/#comments http://www.sportingmind.com.au/an-exclusive-interview-with-phil-gould/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:03:00 GMT