Several members of the Australian Olympic team were victims of drink spiking at a Beijing nightclub during the games in China. It is not believed that the Australians were targeted but on several different occasions Aussies became sick after drinking at China Doll.

A member of the Australian women’s archery team was the first person to have their drink spiked.

From The Sydney Morning Herald:

The Australian Olympic Committee on Wednesday confirmed that the first victim – a female athlete and understood to be an archer – was struck ill at the end of the first week while at the China Doll bar after her events had finished.

One other victim last night told The Herald that in their case they suddenly felt ill, vomited and then passed out on a couch in the otherwise popular nightclub.

It is also understood that among those Australians who did suspect their drinks were spiked over the ensuing nights a rower, an athlete, and an athletics official who attended the bar at different nights were among them.

The Australian Olympic Committee didn’t report the incidents to the Beijing police or the IOC. That was good thinking on their part. If they had made a big deal out of some of their athletes being drugged China would have gotten all pissy and the Aussies never would have made it home. The Australians should be thankful anyways. In the United States we have to wait for the Chinese to send us poisonous products. The folks from down under got the experience firsthand.

There’s been a lot of talk about how well Team USA conducted themselves while in Beijing. This basketball team respected its opponents unlike the failed squads from 2002, ‘04, and ‘06. Glen Saville of the Australian basketball team is telling a different story.

From the Illawarra Mercury:

“Without a shadow of a doubt, Kobe carried himself way above every other person on that team,” he said.

“I’d heard and read stuff about him in the past, but he was a class act all the way through, even going back to when we played them at the pre-Olympic tournament in Shanghai.

“Most of the other guys on that team just acted like prima donnas. They just carried on like pork chops,” he added.

There’s truth mixed with sour grapes in Glen Saville’s statements. He’s bitter because the loser always is, but Team USA is an arrogant, trash talking bunch. This is the second time that a member of the Australian basketball team has complained about Team USA, and Jose Calderon thinks Spain should have won the gold medal game. The United States is back on top in basketball and it has the world pissed off.

Australian Customs officials seized 150 bottles of steroids disguised as ‘gay lube oil’ thwarting a smuggling network’s latest attempt at bringing the banned substances into the country. The bottles contained testosterone and deca durabolin and were found in Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

Customs spokesman, Richard Janeczko, says the steroids have been smuggled into the country in several different ways.

“These goods are found mainly coming through the mail, express mail, some of them have come in through passengers, others have come in through people carrying them in.”

Mr Janeckzo, says people take steroids to try to look good.

“The bulk of the people we investigate are actually not elite sports people. The people that want to enhance their image either gym people, security guards, bikies.”

I don’t use steroids but a bottle labeled gay lube oil would make me stop. If somebody saw me with the vial how would I justify it? I can admit to using steroids or bite the bullet and say ‘what, you’ve never tried this?’, but either way I lost.

Too bad the steroids being investigated in the Mitchell Report weren’t smuggled in this way. It would have been funny as hell to see ballplayers in front of Congress testifying about the clear, the cream, and the gay lube oil.

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As NFL hopefuls try to impress scouts by running, jumping, and lifting weights, their minds will be tested as well. The players will be given the Wonderlic test, which has been called a short form intelligence test. I don’t think it reflects how a player will do in the NFL, but it’s supposed to show how players problem solve, primarily in tense situations.

The Australian Football League is testing it’s new players in a similar way. The AFL has put together an “educational” dvd, hoping to teach rookies how to behave in a variety of situations. To say that the NFL test is harder than the AFL test wouldn’t be saying enough. Here are some sample Wonderlic questions. The AFL test features questions like these:

• If you’re a man wandering along a darkened corridor at a party and a woman calls you into her room thinking you to be her boyfriend do you a) pretend to be him and get into bed with her or b) walk away?
• You are in the company of a woman who has had too much to drink do you a) get her a glass of water b) call her a taxi or c) take her home for sex?
• Upon walking into the room where your friend and his girlfriend are having sex you a) stay and watch or b) not watch and walk away?

If you answered A-C-A, you’re an idiot. The answers are all of the above, all of the above, and A.. Think about it..

AFL releases sticky situation quiz. Courtesy of The Age

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Major League Baseball is hoping to open either the 2008 or 2009 season outside of the United States. Five countries (Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, and Taiwan) are bidding to be the host site. Opening Day has taken place outside of the U.S. of A. 4 times in the past, Mexico (1999), Puerto Rico (2001) and Japan (2000 and 2004). What could make this time special is the possibility of opening in more than one foreign country. Director of Major League Baseball for Australia and New Zealand, Tom Nicholson:

“To create that emphasis of a single series opening it has usually been just two teams opening and it’s one event, but there’s certainly possibilities of entertaining the concept of maybe series in a couple of countries. That’s one item that’s being looked by our international office.”

I’m cool with whatever that country wins… I’m sure the players are hoping for one of the Asian countries so they won’t have to fly to Australia. Plus, I think when you get a hit in Australia you run to third base. Very confusing..

Australia knows they’re a long shot but they’re trying to keep hope alive. They have offered us this video of Australian National team coach Jon Deeble teaching fungo. He even works in a Manny Ramirez story.

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Top that China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.

Major League plan for Oz. Thank you The Advertiser via News.com.au

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