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Great Sport Documentaries Part Three: Thrilla In Manila
In Thrilla In Manila (2008) – a film about the third and last bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975…
Sports Culture & Ethics
Doping, sports documentaries, cycling, cricket, boxing and the culture around sport generally.
10 essays
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Healing and Performance Enhancing Drugs
Despite the wonderful achievements of western medicine, not all of its practitioners have been fine people. There have been real-life monsters who…
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A Carnival of Sporting Clichés
While discussing sports related brain injuries, Canterbury Bulldogs captain James Graham commented recently, without irony or attempt at humour: “For me, concussion…
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Actovegin: Sports Doping Or Magic Cure?
Originally published on The Roar https://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/22/actovegin-good-sinister-or-just-a-sham/ Sport superstars call it a miracle healer; scientists call it a sham, Western medicine’s version of…
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Genocide At The Women’s World Cup
“Level at the break, the Matildas composed themselves and, helped by the substitute Lisa De Vanna, killed off the Equatoguineans“. (News report…
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Things Go Pear-Shaped At The Rectangular Stadium
AAMI Park takes you by surprise. Exiting the Monash Freeway along the curving Batman Avenue it suddenly appears beside you. Squat and rooted to the ground…
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The Stadium With Decent Beer
Fresh from boasting about Melbourne’s official title as The World’s Best Sporting City, the Victorian Government has begun negotiations over the naming rights of…
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The Messy Business Of Sports Doping
I despised Andre Agassi when I first saw his long wispy hair and that gold earring; a desert rat with tacky jewellery. He came from Las Vegas.…
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The Melbourne Cup Circus Is In Town
“Victoria Racing Club barman Les Taggart’s smiling face greets connections as they arrive in his Flemington bar to celebrate a win”, says…
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The Case For Smell In Sport
It was interesting to discover on Celebrity Master Chef that Simon Katich cooks like he bats: there he was, eyes fixed on the recipe, whisking and fricasseeing away with the same…