It's a crazy world in sport out there

It seems that even with all the mud slinging going down these last few days between the Australian and Indian Cricket teams (allegations of cheating, low quality umpiring and racism ... is calling someone a monkey racist?), other games can still hit the dirt as well. Two Russian ice hockey teams had one of the dirtiest, most violent games in history recently. The winning team scored 7 goals which is miracle considering there wouldn't have been much time to play actual ice hockey as such. Ice hockey seems to be more brutal than that operatic stunt show they call World Wrestling and even more dangerous than good old rugby. Speaking of rugger, I was surprised to see South Africa's most successful provincial coach miss out on being appointed Springbok Coach. The previous national coach has gone, despite his World Cup achievement. Being "P.C." or satisfying that emotional tsunami that occasionally sweeps through sporting officialdom seems to be more important than long term planning or common sense.