I used to be a huge fan of the Olympics, but sadly I can't take them seriously anymore. It's almost got to the stage where I try to guess who's NOT taking performance enhancing drugs rather than the other way round. The events surrounding the Greek sprinters overnight have done much to change my mind.

Regarding Marion Jones, I don't think I would hang a "C" for cheat round her neck just yet, but maybe a huge "?". It might help if she picked a husband who wasn't drugged up to his armpits!

I was in the USA during the 1996 Olympics and was surprised to find that for USA TV networks the Olympics consist of those events that the USA wins


Tom: "They shot Sonny on the causeway...he's dead."
Michael: "Turnbull is a good man"
Shane MacGowan: "It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunk tank"