Archive for October, 2013
Hi, I’m Simon Black…
Graduation night
The Walkerston sugar mill was deserted, save for a few journalists and footballers clad in puffy, blue safety suits. The mill hadn’t been operational for weeks. It didn’t smell like sugar. There was no green tinge. The overpowering scent was of deodorant.
Fight animals
Boxing is the red light district of professional sport. It is marginalised and corrupt. It is self regulated and embarrassing. Organising a fight shouldn’t be so tough.
No one should be surprised that Sugar Shane Mosley fled Australia the day before his fight with Anthony Mundine. No one should be surprised that the promoter, Vlad Wharton, missed a pecuniary deadline.
