Why is Shane Warne hell-bent on positioning himself as the biggest douchebag in Australian sport? Some players go through their entire careers without a single hiccup. Like honest coal miners, they clock on and give it their all each day, with a minimum of fuss, histrionics and hair product – much like Derek Zoolander’s father…
Read More It’s time for Shane Warne to gracefully fade awaySo Peter Roebuck is dead. Great shame – the bloke could write. But what now? At present much mystery surrounds his death. No doubt soon the dirty details will all stream out like the legendary hot Indian curry the following morning, some of it will be true, some of it will be not so true…
Read More Dear Media, let’s get the facts straightIf we take the Prince of Pop as precedent, it’s inevitable that the salacious details currently emerging in the aftermath of Peter Roebuck’s death will overshadow the man’s body of work. These frantic final moments will no doubt obfuscate his charitable deeds in Petermaritzburg, where the politically active Roebuck housed 16 young men and spent…
Read More Vale Peter RoebuckThePublicApology is backing a government nationalisation of all cricket clothes factories, distributors and retailers with the end goal of developing a Standard Practice Cream. Colour-coding inconsistencies have plagued cricket competitions across the globe for decades. And while this publication is apolitical by nature, this writer urges the federal government to get behind the standardisation of…
Read More TPA backs AusCream schemeCricket Australia 60 Jolimont Street Jolimont Victoria 3002 Australia (+61 3) 9653 9999 Dear Andrew, In relation to your unjustified sacking of Simon Katich from the Australian cricket team, I demand you supply ThePublicApology with – ahem – a public apology. Now this writer has accepted – and grown to eventually embrace – the many…
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