Year 2004- The Olympics Come Home and a Aussie Cricket Legend Retires.

Paul and Glenn are back for another action packed episode and this time John Dawson our great mate enters the Sports Shack. In this episode we go back to the year 2004. We discuss our Winners and Losers for the week and our memories from the year such as the Boxing Day Tsunami, locust plagues other news events, music and film/tv from 2004. Some of the sporting topics we discuss include - a Russian boxer who emigrated to Australia with his family and became a household name. - a courageous and versatile track and field athlete who defied the odds however was still not loved by the public. - tall poppy syndrome - an Aussie cricket great retires after a brilliant career - the tragic death of a former Aussie cricketer and media personality. - the Aussie cricket team conquer their final frontier - the Athens Olympics and a great sacrifice by an Aussie Swimmer - the death of a few sporting legends who left us with great memories. - a young Russian tennis star emerges and Phil Michaelson finally wins his first Major. We also talk about some Motor sport from the year, we have our quiz and Who Am I and Where Are They Now? segments.