IN SPORT, THE TERM 'GOOD BLOKE' DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT SAYS. LIKE 'FUN RUN', IT OFTEN ACTUALLY MEANS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.

Titus O'Reily; the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople are so readily forgiven for doing terrible things.

With ridiculous tales from Australia's chequered sporting history;

A Sporting Chance dissects the scandals big and small, the mistakes made in covering them up and the path athletes tread back to redemption. From the sandpaper-loving Australian cricket team to whatever it is Nick Kyrgios has done now; and of course the good blokes, like Wayne Carey, Matthew Johns and Shane Warne, who it seems we'll forgive for absolutely anything.

In his rambling and at times incoherent style, Titus asks the question: are Australians really that forgiving of their sporting heroes?