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Title:A Sporting Chance : Australian Sporting Scandals And The Path To Redemption
Price:USD$10.00
ISBN:9780143785224
Item ID:BB06-51428
Quantity:1
Publisher:Penguin, Melbourne, 2018
Edition:Unstated
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
Penguin, 2018, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Unstated

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. There's the corrupt cop who gave us the race that stopped a nation and the boxing champion who refused to train. There's the cashed-up businessmen who bankrupted clubs and the commentators who can't get their foot out of their mouth. And of course there's the good blokes, like Wayne Carey, Matthew Johns and Shane Warne, who it seems we'll forgive for absolutely anything. In his rambling and at times incoherent style, Titus asks the question- are Australians really that forgiving of their sporting heroes? With the rise of social media, women's sport and the drive towards greater equality, are the good blokes of Australia's sporting landscape an endangered species? Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 293 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Australia; ISBN/EAN: 9780143785224. Inventory No: 51428.
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