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Australians and the Olympics (etc.)
Athletes don’t ‘do it for Australia’ Date August 12, 2012 Sam de Brito Haven ¢â‚¬â„¢t these Olympics dismantled one of our favourite national myths ¢â‚¬“ that our ¢â‚¬Å“selfless ¢â‚¬ athletes ¢â‚¬Å“do it for Australia ¢â‚¬ ? The selflessness actually comes from their families, who sacrifice precious energy, time, money and fossil fuel on a group who are some of […]
Olympic Chaplains: what do they do?
From a friend who is a veteran International Sports Chaplain, David Smethurst: News from the London 2012 Olympic Games Sundays are my days off from Olympic duties. One Sunday I had to rush from north of Londonto Tonbridge, Kentto speak at a large Combined Churches Olympic Outreach atTonbridgeCastle. The original speaker had cancelled. So I […]
Can You Be Too Happy?
Do you think you can be too happy? That seems like a crazy question and surely the answer would have to be “no, you can ¢â‚¬â„¢t be too happy.” Studies show that there is a darker side to feeling good, and the pursuit of happiness can sometimes make you, well, less happy. Apparently too much cheerfulness […]
Australian Olympic sports: the last word
Harder to stand out in a crowded pool Date: August 11, 2012 Jake Niall Senior sports writer for The Age Are we being too hard on our Australian swimmers following their single-gold-medal performance? Photo: Stuart Walmsley ONE former champion, Susie O’Neill, questioned the Australian swimmers’ work rate. Another, famed butterflier Geoff Huegill, smelt a lack of ”team […]
Why is coming second such a disaster?
Seconds count, but all we really want is first RICHARD HINDS August 04, 2012 In Atlanta 16 years ago, a huge billboard prominently displayed in the Olympic city spruiking the wares of a sneaker company proclaimed: ¢â‚¬Ëœ ¢â‚¬ËœSecond is the first loser. ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬â„¢ Thus, upon this supposedly altruistic event was imposed the very American notion that second place […]
Drugs in Sport
Short race, lasting legacy Date July 15, 2012 Tim Lane Canada’s Ben Johnson streaks to a 100 metres world record at the 1988 Games. Photo: AP A SUPERB documentary last Tuesday night on SBS provided a salutary reminder of the threat posed to the integrity of sport by performance-enhancing drugs. Daniel Gordon’s film The Race That Shocked The […]
Beauty: If you’re pretty and you know it, don’t show it
Date July 22, 2012 Sam de Brito Handsome yet despicable … Mad Men’s Don Draper. “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool,” Daisy Buchanan says of her daughter in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Though I’d never wish cretinism on my little […]
Roger Federer: most ‘beautiful’ sportsperson ever?
The beauty of artful Roger Timothy Boyle July 15, 2012 PERHAPS more than his remarkable record, Roger Federer has shocked people with the mode of his performances. There’s something purely aesthetic about Federer that endears him to an audience beyond the tennis world. He’s described as an artist, a genius, and other such terms usually […]
What a Wonderful World
A stunning commercial from the BBC www.youtube.com/embed/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0<
Compassionate Listening
By James Stillwell Sometime when I teach a Bible study, I occasionally have a heckler or two in the audience. I don’t mean the funny guys in the balcony on the Muppets Show – those guys are hilarious. They laugh with you, not at your expense. What I mean is people who have an “axe […]
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