Whilst living it up on the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Florida, Open Season finds that the grass really is greener, strangely on a cruise ship.

Open Season finds that not all athletes are obsessed with the money, cars and fame often associated with modern-day sports stars.

Back in the day, way back in the day, there was a TV show called Lost In Space.

It was compulsory viewing in Perth during the 1970s, at least in my house, and at least if only for Marta Kristen who played Judy Robinson, a role taken up by Heather Graham in the lame 1998 movie version of the classic TV show.

On Tuesday afternoon, having voted in the morning, Barack Obama rounded up some close friends and colleagues, shed his Secret Service detail, and went to play two-hours of pick-up basketball in a Chicago gym.

Six hours later, he was President-elect of the United States of America.

On Sunday, Ilgvars Timbra was not the happiest he's ever been during 38 years of driving a yellow cab around the streets of New York City.

Timbra – we can call him George, apparently – was caught up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, trying to find a passenger for the trip over the East River into Manhattan.

The result, according to Pedro Almeida, a motorcycle mechanic in Dili, made everyone proud.

East Timor, officially the worst football team in the entire world, had played a competitive game and did not lose.

Forget the credit crunch, Sarah Palin, and an Australian dollar lower than Tottenham Hotspurs' Premier League standing.

Actual evidence the world is upside down was revealed last weekend by activities in and around Australian sports stadiums.

Australians love a winner.

Australians also love a winner on an international stage, especially when he or she appears to be a good bloke – or sheila and has worked hard for success.