Posts Tagged "Stephanie Rice"
Sports stars that divide us
By smithha, 24 Mar 2013Whether they like it or not, continuous coverage and constant cash flow sees sportsmen under the microscope more than ever before.
4 Have your say
Swimming stinks – let’s move on
By Brad Cooper, 4 Mar 2013
I have no axe to grind against swimming. I spent my youth head-down, tail-up in a succession of pools following the black line all the way to the Olympics. And I liked it.
7 Have your say
Never mind the Medal Tally, here comes the future
By johnhunt92, 15 Aug 2012
The games have been run and won, the flame is out and the partying/post mortem has begun. With that in mind, how do we rate London 2012 from the Australian perspective?
0 Have your say
Please Olympians – have fun, for our sake
By Ben Pobjie, 9 Aug 2012 I was interested to read an article by Shaun Carney in The Age today, on the Australian Olympic team’s “failure” at the London games. Most particularly, with this line, which summed up the thrust of his argument:
33 Have your say
Roar Exclusive: AOC further punishes Olympic bad boys
By Dane25, 8 Aug 2012 The Australian Olympic Committee yesterday called a snap meeting to discuss modifying the punishments dished out to team dumb spuds Kendrick Monk, Nick D’Arcy and Josh Booth.
2 Have your say
End may be nigh for fallen champ Rice
By AFP, 2 Aug 2012 Australia’s Beijing triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice said she will take a break from swimming and consider whether to continue after a frustrating London Games.
0 Have your say
London-bound Stephanie to swim the Rice of her life
By David Lord, 16 Mar 2012 Beijing triple gold medalist Stephanie Rice churned up the Adelaide pool last night to become the first Australian swimmer to win selection for the London 2012 Olympics.
3 Have your say
Rice lets swimming do the talking
By Liam FitzGibbon, 16 Mar 2012 Olympic champion Stephanie Rice declared she had finally let her swimming do the talking after producing her best swim in three years to ensure a shot a defending her 400m individual medley title in London.
0 Have your say
Why the sporting elite shouldn’t tweet
By Chris Chard, 17 Jan 2012Ever wondered what Stephanie Rice had for breakfast? Or who Fui Fui Moi Moi thought should win Australian Idol? Well then. Boy, are you going to love Twitter.
19 Have your say
Cooper back by round six, say Reds
By AAP, 29 Oct 2011Super Rugby champions Queensland are expecting prized five-eighth Quade Cooper to return to action two weeks earlier than expected after successful knee surgery.
59 Have your say
Rice puts comeback in perspective
By Liam FitzGibbon, 6 Apr 2011 Stephanie Rice declared her comeback from injury was going better than expected after pushing reigning world butterfly champion Jess Schipper to the limit at the national titles in Sydney.
0 Have your say
Chirpy Quade Cooper leads the way for the tweeters
By Darren Walton, 23 Mar 2011He’s already granted Quade Cooper an on-field licence to thrill and now Queensland coach Ewen McKenzie says he won’t place the shackles on the Reds playmaker’s unusual pre-game tweeting either.
18 Have your say
How Stephanie Rice’s tweet hurt her
By AAP, 15 Feb 2011 In a year when her public profile took a battering, Stephanie Rice copped more “negative buzz” than any other Australian athlete, according to a survey.
0 Have your say
Ian Thorpe has ended months of speculation by announcing his return to swimming today, just in time for the 2012 London Olympics. It’s a much-needed boost for Australian swimming, which has been on a steady decline since Thorpe’s retirement four years ago.
11 Have your say
So social media has humbled more Australian athletes. This time it’s St Kilda Saints trio Nick Dal Santo, Nick Riewoldt and Zac Dawson who were caught with their pants down; exposed for the world to see on Facebook, Twitter and undoubtedly hundreds of emails.
128 Have your say
I’m no homophobe, says tearful Rice
By Liam FitzGibbon, 9 Sep 2010 A tearful and apologetic Stephanie Rice insists she is not homophobic, claiming her patriotism simply got the better of her when she made an offensive remark on Twitter.
0 Have your say
Rice is a fool but Roberts got it wrong
By johnhunt92, 9 Sep 2010 2010 has not been the best year for the golden girl of the pool, Stephanie Rice. Injury has seen her form slump and ultimately seen her miss the Commonwealth Games in order to prevent her having a bad run into the 2012 Olympics. And now this week, the use of the word “faggot” on Twitter [...]
32 Have your say
Rice in hot water over Tweet
By AAP, 8 Sep 2010 The fallout over Stephanie Rice’s bizarre homophobic slur on Twitter has cost Australian swimming’s glamour girl a luxury car. And it may not end there.
52 Have your say
Dark clouds are hovering over Delhi and the Commonwealth Games – in more ways than one – as preparations for the Games, just over a month away, lumber dangerously behind schedule and the seeds of disinterest grow.
70 Have your say
Sceptical Rice turns negative into a positive
By Liam FitzGibbon, 25 Apr 2010 An out-of-condition Stephanie Rice received an unlikely confidence boost for the year ahead after exceeding her own expectations with an impressive swimming performance at the grand prix meet in Sydney on Saturday.
0 Have your say
THE ROAR ON