A Sporting Chance
A Australian Sporting Scandals and the Path to Redemption
$25.19
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2019
Summary
Ridiculous Australian tales of sporting stuff-ups and forgiveness by the bestselling author of A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport.
In sport, the term ‘good bloke’ doesn’t mean what it says. Like ‘fun run’, it often actually means exactly the opposite.
Titus O’Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation’s sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things.
With ridiculous tales from Austr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760892852 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760892858 |
| Author: | Titus O'Reily |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Titus O'Reily
Titus O’Reily is a writer, presenter, performer and broadcaster known for capturing the trials and tribulations of being an obsessive sports fan. His commentary and sporting round-ups have attracted over 300k followers on social media.
As well as his own national comedy tours, O’Reily appears on The Front Bar, The Project and is a regular on ABC Radio and NOVA FM. He is in demand as a guest speaker at high-profile events like the AFL Grand Final.
Titus has written four books: A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport (2017), A Sporting Chance (2018), Please Gamble Irresponsibly (2019) and Cheat- The Not-So-subtle Art of Conning Your Way to Sporting Glory (2020).
His unique take on sport has been hailed by some of the most respected figures in sport as ‘awful’, ‘childish’ and ‘barely comprehensible’. Others say ‘hilarious’.
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