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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Gods and broken men: Ben Cousins and the deification of athletes

As he ran, drenched in sweat, biceps glistening under the Western sun, a crazed, adoring crowd as his backdrop, he looked less a 5’10 kid from Geelong, and more a towering Greek God. ‘Ben Cousins, is there anything he can’t do?’ the commentator yelled.


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