Passing of Jane McGrath
June 23, 2008
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On Sunday June 22 the sad news of the passing of Jane McGrath came through. It was a sad day for cricket fans and sports fans in general. Not only that the general community has lost a brave soul.
Jane McGrath was the wife of one of the best fast bowlers in cricket history, Glenn McGrath.
You can read more about Jane McGrath and read a statement from Glen McGrath at the McGrath Foundation website.
G’day Sports Fans!
March 27, 2008
Welcome to the One Man Sports Network brought to you by Rob Keating. I am 41 and live in Canberra, Australia.
What you will find here are sports stories that I am following from around the globe.
I have always loved sport. This came from my father. At the time I was born he played squash, water polo and rugby union. You could say sport was in my blood.
As I grew up I played rugby union, soccer, basketball, tennis, cricket, volleyball, badminton and rugby league. I also competed in athletics and swimming carnivals.
During my high school days a normal day for me involved some sport at school. In the afternoon I would have basketball training, followed by rugby union training and then to round out the day I had volleyball training.
You would think with all this sport that would be enough but no. I would watch anything I could on tv or read tennis, rugby league or whatever sports magazine or newspaper article I could.
Growing up, the teams I grew to love were Liverpool, Eastern Suburbs rugby league, Chicago Bulls, the now defunct Canberra Cannons, Los Angeles Dodgers and the Carlton AFL team.
Later in life I played professional beach volleyball on the beautiful Australian beaches. Those were fun days. Amongst the endless hours of volleyball training I would play tennis with my mates and also attend the Australian Open tournament as often as possible.
As a youngster Friday nights were my favourite night. Not for going out and drinking but because I played basketball each Friday and then went home and watched the ABC sports program. I also enjoyed a Moove flavoured milk or two.
I was up early the next day to play rugby union. Quite often on Saturday night it was off to watch the NBL Canberra Cannons basketball team. On Sunday afternoon it was volleyball. Frequently after volleyball I would go and watch the new Canberra Raiders rugby league team compete in the NSW Rugby League competition.
As I was growing up in Australia access to overseas sport was limited. I remember watching Wimbledon each year and also the weekly English soccer show on the ABC. Later in life I started watching the Major League Baseball, NBA basketball and the NFL. I loved the days before pay television when all this was on free to air.
I also loved the big events like the world cup soccer and of course the Olympics. My first memory of the Olympics is the Montreal opening ceremony. We had just got a colour television and I was blown away by the colour and spectacle of that day.
From that moment I always dreamed of attending the Olympics either as a competitor or spectator. I keenly watched all Olympics from that day onwards. I also started collecting Olympic memorabilia. Fortunately for me Sydney was awarded the 2000 Olympics and I was able to go along. That was a fantastic experience. I also was a volunteer… almost. You can ask me about that one day.
I am married to Tina, who lucky for me is from Beijing. This has allowed me to once again get into the Olympic spirit and my family will be in Beijing in August 2008.
That is probably enough for my introduction post. You probably get the idea that I am a true sports fan. I hope you enjoy what I bring to you from the world of sports.
cheers, Rob
