The Public Apology is proud to present its latest mini-series, ‘Branding Bernie’: How Bernard Tomic Got His Mojo Back. Here, we look at the forgotten man of tennis, Bernard Tomic, and his desperate bid to recapture the hearts and minds of the Australian tennis public… PART ONE: MEET AND GREET Bernard Tomic sat in the waiting…
Read More ‘Branding Bernie’: How Bernard Tomic Got His Mojo Back (Part One)Shane Warne is the greatest leg-spinner the world has ever seen. It’s a testament to just how good he was at cricket that his on-field performances were able to overshadow his astonishing moments of depravity away from it. Very early on, Australia signed a social contract with Warne: we agreed to forgive (and in some cases celebrate)…
Read More Shane Warne: The Steep Decline Of Australia’s Greatest Leg-SpinnerThe fifth test of this Ashes series commences later this week. Just thought we’d remind you, since you’ve probably moved on with your life by now. Unfortunately, it will mean nothing in the context of this series, since England has already claimed the Ashes in commanding fashion. We got dicked in England. It has been utterly…
Read More This Fifth Ashes Test Is Going To Feel WeirdLast Sunday, The Public Apology’s Alasdair McClintock partook in the annual City2Surf in Sydney with roughly 80,000 other humans. It was his third year competing in the famous race – and possibly his last. Like many civilians, he struggled massively – both physically and mentally. Here, he describes what was going through his head during the painful…
Read More My Emotional Journey: One Man’s Effort To Run 14 Kilometres SequentiallyAustralian cricket is in crisis. It’s taken us all by surprise, although in retrospect, it shouldn’t have. It’s simply mirroring our decline as a society. When Darren Lehmann joined the Australian cricket team, he brought a sense of alphadom to the side. Lehmann was “taking back” Australia to the olden days. “Positive cricket” was the…
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