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Come in Spinner: The gelt or the gold
Sport is not only big business but also an activity where hugely disproportionate returns accrue to the most successful.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the patented Thorpe media formula
Thank you, Crikey reader Tim Deyzel for one of the more comprehensive shellackings we’ve received for some time.
Thorpe’s ‘many medals for Qantas’ — just a dash for cash?
“I’m not motivated by money, if I was I would not have stopped swimming,” Thorpe said yesterday. That didn’t deter some members of the pubic from dismissing the comeback as merely as a dash for cash, reports Crikey intern Sophie Cousins.
Thorpe comeback: Jordan-esque success or Schu-like failure?
Why do sporting greats make comebacks? Because they’re competitors who get off on competing and never really get used to a world where the adulation and applause has died down, writes Back Page Lead’s Charles Happell.
Thorpe back in the swim, but drinks business still treading water
Champion swimmer Ian Thorpe has denied his return to competitive swimming is being driven by money, but there is no denying at least one of his business interests has struggled since the swimmer went into retirement in 2006.
World Cup: Australia’s World Cup bid roo-ted by ham-fisted schmaltz
The Australian advertising and creative community is recoiling in horror over the nation’s video pitch for the 2022 World Cup.
Wankley Awards: Thorpie’s 12-hour return to swimming
The mere possibility of a return to swimming is good news for Ian Thorpe Inc, and his manager is happy to fan the flames — and global media attention. For that, Crikey bestows a deserved Wankley.
Thorpe, Dodson: “Stop the blackmail”
A group of prominent Australians, including swimmer Ian Thorpe and Indigenous leader Pat Dodson, have taken out an ad [PDF] in today’s Oz titled “Stop the Blackmail”, opposing the government’s sub-lease plan for Aboriginal town camps.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Onya, Thorpie!
Readers give the Thorpedo the thumbs-up, the straight dish on digital radio, some California dreamin’ and more.
Ian Thorpe: Australia’s dirty little secret
In a speech given in London earlier this month, Australian Olympic legend Ian Thorpe dove head first into Australia’s failure to address the problems in indigenous communities.
Shock: Ian Thorpe extinguishes Olympic flame
No-one else seemed to notice, except one of our readers…
With Cadel, sporting celebrity turns full cycle
With his second-placing in the Tour de France – which ended this morning on the Champs Elysees (with the Arc de Triomphe as a fitting backdrop) – Cadel Evans became the first Australian to earn himself a podium finish in cycling’s greatest race.
