Australia's Weekly Sports News Review

Volume 1, Edition 22            -        Monday, 28th August 2000        -             www.theskink.com

Issue of The Week

Q. Australia: 60 medals?

Mad Dad Damir admits drinking problem

New York, Friday: Damir Dokic, the "mad dad" of tennis star Jelena, has admitted he has a problem with alcohol.

WTA tour officials released a statement yesterday saying "No shit, Mad Dad."

"The WTA are always provoking me!" - Dokic.

A. Ah Anna, a 2nd round exit sees billions lose interest in the US Open. What a huge responsibilty for one so young and sweet and nubile.

I kill you, pig! - Isn't it going to take a youngster with balls of mountain granite to make the moves on Jelena, now that she's reached courting age.  Good luck, son.

Stuff you need

New Zealand Crushed Again--Yay

100 tunes from the Js.

Sydney, Saturday: The Australian women's basketball team cruised to a 36 point victory over New Zealand in Saturday's Olympic warm-up match.

While it was tough finding anyone who gave a fuck many Australians agreed it was always pleasurable to beat up on New Zealand.

"It's always pleasurable to beat up on New Zealand," one said.

"How I love a man who buys things from dstore.com." --Anna Kournikova

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Human Head Found Wholly Intact Inside Killer Cod

Yes, you read correcly overseas readers, the cod in Oz can bite your head off. And if you're coming down for the Games, try not to swim near any salmon. They'll eat you whole. And the mullet! Jesus Christ! They're killing machines. Killer mullet. Dangerous, indeed evil, killing mullet.

Head in cod story here...

Nintendo--Get more from your TV.

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Basketball: Bounce the ball, run, attempt one of the myriad ways to get fouled, get some free shots, and repeat.  What a big pile of shit.

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Don adds depth to British challenge

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. (N64) Lead an elite group of multinationals against the forces of terrorism.

Reuters Porkies...

Gold Coast, Saturday: Talk of a clean sweep for Britain in the men's Olympic triathlon sounds a touch ambitious.

Indeed, Anthony Mundine's claims that he'll climb Mount Everest nude to plant Muhammid Ali's sperm on Sherpa Tenzing's grave will garner the punter better odds from Centrebet.

Poms thinking 1-2-3 in Sydney. An incredible story...

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LONDON (AP)--A food fight at the Oscars of heavy metal music left actress Britt Ekland hospitalized with a broken wrist and ankle.

Poor, brave Britt...

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Buy this watch and you'll get laid. It will make you cool.

Andrew Johns, one of Britain's medal chances in Sydney. Any guesses where he grew up? Who's team he couldn't make? That's right. Romania. No, Australia. The Brits other hope is Simon Lessing, from Cape Town, who's lived in France since 1989. He moved to England in May. Is anyone allowed to be British? What's the selection criteria? Breath? But good luck to them because anyone carrying the massive legacy of the Poms history of failures deserves goodwill. Or failing that, extreme apathy.

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VENICE (AP) -Sharon Stone and her red stiletto heels set off a chain-reaction boat collision in the canals of Venice.

Poor, brave Stoney...

Haven't got a Sony Playstation? You poor, lifeless creature. A whole world of couch-sitting , drug-taking, pizza-eating awaits!

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Aussie hurdler urges Taurima to apologise

Further
1. The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they both were eaten by a killer whale.

Facts 2-6...

Canberra, Thursday: Australian hurdler Kyle Vander-Kuyp has urged long jumper Jai Taurima to stamp out the fire he created this week when he offended his black American rivals.

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Guest Columnists



Poetic licensee
The Rabbit Trapper on the League Grand Final...

Tasmania's Finest
Bluey Hedger on that prick that's always yelling 'In the Hole' at the golf...

Stumper's Stateside View--An Occasional Column On Australian Sporting Legends In The USA...

Long jumper Jai Taurima on how to raise public awareness of yourself.

PM pays tribute to retiring Horan

Sydney, Sunday: Prime Minister John Howard yesterday paid tribute to retiring Wallaby star Tim Horan, one of the best in Australian Rugby Union's greatest ever decade.

Howard gets medieval on Timmy…

The Latvian Pantsman on the Home of Cricket....

...at Silly2000.com

Sir John, who's contribution to rugby at Kings School involved being buggered by prefects called Kenneth.

Derby days to open next season

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National Rugby League clubs are set to approve chief executive David Moffett's controversial plan for the first round of next season to comprise local derbies.

Parramatta and Penrith will provide one of the matches, while other local derbies include Auckland playing Canberra in Auckland, Wests Tigers taking on the Sydney Roosters at the SFS, while the Sydney Bulldogs will confront Melbourne at Happy Valley Stadium, Hong Kong, in front of 200 million Chinese ex-pat Australians.

Moffet was not available for comment as he was believed to be part of Team Mundine taking Muhammid Ali's semen to Mount Everest.

Supercoach Anderson, on being asked the Kiwis chances in the Rugby League World Cup.

Ah, Bert, we miss you. Have any kids? The Guru's reproduced but the grey matter got  passed down too.

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