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Sporting Chance, A [eAudio] : Australian Sporting Scandals and the Path to Redemption

O'Reily, Titus2018

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In sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it in fact often means the exact opposite. -- In this Great Southern Land, a sportsman can be excused almost any sin if he is elevated to the mythical status of being a 'good bloke'. So, what does it take to earn the title of 'good bloke'? And can female athletes be good blokes, too? -- A Sporting ChanceFrom the corrupt cop who gave us the race that stopped a nation to the Australian boxing champion who refused to train - not to mention the sandpaper-loving Australian Test cricket team - Titus reveals the key archetypes at the heart of our greatest sporting scandals.In his own rambling and at times incoherent style he asks the question: are Australians really that forgiving of their sporting heroes? Or, with the rise of social media, women's sport and the drive towards greater equality, are the good blokes of Australia's sporting landscape becoming an endangered species?