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Aussie Rules makes it back to ESPN! ... well kind of. 
Posted By: Paat Kelly
Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2005, at 6:14 p.m. US Eastern Time
Footy has made it back on to ESPN (.com)! It is a backhanded, look at those "Crazy Aussies" kind of news, but at least they are talking about football! Now if only they would give the same amount of coverage to the Grand Final.
From ESPN.com:
Aussie athlete to amputate finger to play better
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian professional football player plans to have one of his fingers amputated in an attempt to improve his game.
Brett Backwell, who plays Australian rules football for Glenelg, a suburb of the city of Adelaide in South Australia state, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Tuesday he has suffered from pain and restricted movement since he broke his left ring finger three years ago.
Doctors had suggested fusing the bones in the finger, but Backwell rejected the proposal.
He said he believed that amputating the finger was the only way to stop the pain and allow him to keep playing.
"To chop a finger off, that's a bit drastic," Backwell told the ABC. "But I love my footy, and love playing sport, and if that's going to help me to succeed at this level then it's something you've just got to do."
 Aussie Rules makes it back to ESPN! ... well kind of. | Paat Kelly | Tuesday, 13 September 2005, at 6:14 p.m. US Eastern Time |
 Re: Aussie Rules makes it back to ESPN! ... well kind of. | Bob | Tuesday, 13 September 2005, at 11:52 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Aussie Rules makes it back to ESPN! ... well kind of. | Paat Kelly | Wednesday, 14 September 2005, at 2:45 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Aussie Rules makes it back to ESPN! ... well kind of. | Bob | Wednesday, 14 September 2005, at 8:40 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Aussie Rules makes it back to ESPN! ... well kind of. | Paat Kelly | Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 11:01 p.m. US Eastern Time |
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