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The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport

The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport

by Titus O'Reily
Paperback
Publication Date: 12/11/2024

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A highly entertaining romp through sporting history’s best sins and greatest sinners.

WHERE THERE’S SPORT, THERE’S SINNING.

Name a global sports icon and there will be a sin or two. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Ronaldo – they’ve all committed their fair share of sins. And we’re not talking low-level transgressions like coveting your neighbour’s servant or his ox (as appealing as that might be). No, this is about the seven deadly sins:

SLOTH The gateway sin

LUST The fun sin – until you get caught

WRATH The road rage of sins

GREED Doing bad things to get more things

PRIDE Self-love, just not the lust one

GLUTTONY Fun until the hangover, or your pants no longer fit

ENVY Feeling bad because someone else is good

Titus O’Reily leads us into the temptations of sportspeople across the globe, from elite cricket, ice hockey, NFL and baseball through to lower-league soccer and competitive eating. We meet the players, mascots and administrators whose sins over the decades have been absurd, unwise, inspired, reckless, or all of the above.

One thing’s for certain: sinning is never boring.

ISBN:
9781761349027
9781761349027
Category:
History of sport
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12-11-2024
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
234x154x22mm
Weight:
0.38kg
Titus O'Reily

Writer and broadcaster Titus O’Reily was born in Melbourne and raised by the Sisters of Collective Misery, a kindly but sombre order who placed an emphasis on sport above all other things, including religion.

At the age of eight, Titus set off from Melbourne for London in a rowboat containing only himself and a positive attitude, arriving just two months later thanks to a powerful stroke and favourable currents.

In London, Titus developed a love of drinking, writing and ice skating, the last being something he did professionally across Europe for almost a decade. Upon returning to Australia, Titus turned to writing about sport, carving out a reputation for inaccuracy and being difficult to work with.

Titus’s unique take on sport has been hailed by some of the most respected figures in sport as ‘awful’, ‘childish’ and ‘barely comprehensible’.

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