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A Thoroughly Unhelpful History Of Australian SportStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionWhen it comes to sport, Australians are mad. Completely, irrationally insane. It's the closest thing we have to a culture. From Don Bradman's singular focus to Steven Bradbury's heroic not falling over, sport has shaped our sense of self. Author descriptionWriter and broadcaster Titus O'Reily was born in Melbourne and raised by the Sisters of Collective Misery, a kindly but sombre order who placed an emphasis on sport above all other things, including religion.Titus's unique take on sport has been hailed by some of the most respected figures in sport as 'awful', 'childish' and 'barely comprehensible'.Known as 'the voice of Australia's working class', despite the fact he long lost touch with them and, in the main, reality, Titus has somehow become a popular satirist of Australian sport.Aside from despairing over the state of his beloved Melbourne Football Club, Titus lives alone in his city apartment which is described as 'unwelcoming' and 'sparsely decorated'. |