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...Lawson "Australia's Mark Twain," but he's no Mark Twain. Actually, he's pretty sentimental and pedestrian.) Anyway, Lawson got that one right, about sports. Since colonial days, when diggers on the goldfields made sure they always had time at the end of the day for a football match or a bare-knuckle fight, Australia has cherished games of all sorts. Harry Gordon is what they call the dean of Australian sportswriters just now, and he feels the country's sports nuttiness "was nourished by distance, a sense of inferiority and a desire for oneness." Maybe...
...surfers were out - hey, did you hear two surfers got eaten by sharks down here last week? - and the volleyball venue was rocking. A couple of Aussies had made it to the final, so you can imagine. The great old swimmer Dawn Fraser came out for the match and she took the mike and led the crowd in the "Ozzie, ozzie, ozzie - oi, oi oi!" chant. Bondi had an M.C. character named Lifeguard Dave, and he ran around directing the crowd in a half-dozen versions of the wave. You know how I hate the wave...
...That's a pretty good trifecta. In the men's doubles it was the Woodies' swan song. Aussies Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge were dissolving their partnership after a decade in which they won everything - all four Slams, Wimbledon six times. Prime Minister John Howard came out for the match, and saw the Woodies win the first set 7-5. Between sets the tennis crowd did a lousy wave but the loveliest version of "Waltzing Matilda" I heard all week...
Sometimes you judge a sport not by what happens on court but by what happens in the stands. For in the U.S.vs. Australia women's gold-medal basketball match, the on-court action was scrappy, sloppy and churlish. But what was happening among these fans of basketball was nothing but pure exhilaration...
...sharpened his skills by watching tapes of the PBS news anchor. The governor will practice in his "gym," a freestanding dwelling with bunk beds, exercise equipment and small kitchen. The room is so small, aides will sit on the floor. The podium will be exactly 48 inches, to match the one being used at the three debates, and tonight's practice will be held at 9 p.m. eastern to simulate the actual time next Tuesday's Boston debate will take place. There is some concern about the evening hour of the performance, since the governor usually hits the sack each...