Go Hockeyroos!

By Val Castronovo, Matt Cooper, Daren Fonda, Barry Hillenbrand, Belinda Luscombe, Ben Nugent, Julie Rawe, Eric Roston, Chia-ying Tsai, Josh Tyrangiel

When you're the home team, the world can indulge you some rhetorical flourishes. Not content with such prosaic entries as "Men's Swim Team," the Australians have renamed their rosters:

Women's Handball: the Redbacks Men's Handball: the Crocodiles Women's Basketball: the Opals Men's Basketball: the Boomers Women's Hockey: the Hockeyroos Men's Hockey: the Kookaburras Women's Soccer: the Matildas Men's Soccer: the Ollyroos