Apercu of This Sporting Life genus

Commercial short cuts seize upon air wallowing inside heads

Ethan Switch - Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 22:54:39 - print it raw

Continuing the fine tradition of many sporting ceremonies, the opening of the eighteenth Commonwealth Games last night threw open the skies with minds of audiences expanding free from costly medications and supplements.

Fooling athletes and spectators on the strength and existence of recreational and drugs, images of flying trams and giant koalas were beamed across screens with a sense of realism known to many in smoky dungeons and backroom disco sections. Live and in full spectrum stereo, the figures and forms floated across the fields with unknown clarity.

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Rats continue jumping the Commonwealth Games ship

Ethan Switch - Wednesday, March 8, 2006 - 23:39:22 - print it raw

Slitting the throats for no other reason than pleasure. the count increases again on the athletes stepping aside from the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne later this month. As the implausibility of other nations posing much of a threat, the exodus of the heavies leaves with the spectacle a freckle of doubt.

Sidling up with Grant Hackett on the benches last night, Ian Thorpe, under a dubious cloud of sickness. One in which the swimmer has been granted permission to turn his body into a receptacle of pills, tablets and various other drugs. Taking the place of Thorpe, the switching mind of Craig Stevens. Stevens earlier having surrendered his place to Thorpe in the Athens Olympics.

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Melbourne Tigers dethrone Sydney Kings for NBL Championship

Ethan Switch - Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 13:32:48 - print it raw

Clipping the series with a three game sweep, the Melbourne Tigers toppled the near undefeatable Sydney Kings to take out the 2005/2006 NBL crown. One thousand and fifty eight days after residing in the harbour city, the Tigers are taking the NBL championship trophy down south and out of the Kingdome.

Winning the final game 88-83, the Tigers handed the Kings their lowest match score for the entire season. Living and dying by three pointers, the Kings were summarily rounded down in the grand finals series as the games slipped away and a fourth crown alluded their hands like many a rebound.

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Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games disappoints on drugs runners

Ethan Switch - Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 16:23:45 - print it raw

Pocketing 11 pieces of gold, 12 in silver and 6 bronze medals, the powerhouse nation of Germany rankled in top honours on the tally for the XX Olympic Winter Games at Torino. Slim in at seconds, the United States with 9 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze. Closing out the dais on totals, Canada on 7, 10 and 7 in the medal shines.

Throughout the entirety of sixteen days of competition, over the 800 urine tests and misplaced light beer samples and 362 blood samples, only one athlete managed to score marks on a drugs test.

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Winter Games game with gamey game

Ethan Switch - Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 23:44:47 - print it raw

As the XX Winter Olympics snowballs proceedings and cranks potato flakes on throwing medals around necks, a few rampageous spectators set down to absorb the action. Bringing the feeling and atmosphere of the Torino Games right into their living room, they inevitably lose some of the actual meaning behind the spirit of the Games.

Sweltering in the obscene heat of Australia's summer, the band of merry mischief and mayhem makers charged their slender bottlenecks and hailed a small dozen round of duck nests. Citing nothing more than the duality of individualism and team spirit, the small group of enthusiasts unleashed their passion for the Games on the game foul.

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Speed of sound, strength of butter, smell of cerise

Ethan Switch - Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 23:40:19 - print it raw

Turtle cracking champion, Poul March, struck down by a falling shell. Walking through the desert sands on his way to emcee a backyard wrestling match, March was hit on the skull as a crow overheard let loose its payload.

Unnaturally bald, and a man incapable of not sweating, March's head was of the perfect stone shine normally used in situations of birds cracking such animals as turtles, tortoises and terrapins.

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