“He wouldn’t get a kick.” This is how Adam Cooney responded to the question of what would happen if Tony Lockett came into the game in 2018. It was as extraordinary as it was flippant and disrespectful, but the 2008 Brownlow Medalist is not alone in his dismissive feelings of legends past. Cooney’s reasoning as…
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Is there no cricket in South Africa to report on?
What on earth has Test Cricket come to where even bandaging on man’s hand can be considered something sinister?
What makes a sport a sport?
Disturbing news out of Denmark, with it being revealed that Rugby League is not considered a sport.
BBL and the changing landscape of Australian Cricket
The BBL is here to stay but what does that mean for the rest of the Australian Summer of Cricket?
One Night in Cleveland
One night in Cleveland, we were all reminded again of the majesty of sport. This night, the seventh of an enthralling series of games simultaneously, ended Baseball’s longest ever championship drought, and added another devastating chapter to the newly minted longest standing wait
Friday Flashback – Ray Allen and that Shot
This Flashback Friday we look back at ‘The Shot’, the iconic moment when Allen saved LeBron James’ Miami Heat from elimination from the 2013 NBA Finals.
Gold, Gold, Gold for Australia: Catherine Skinner – Women’s Trap Shooting
Nerves of steel and a penchant for a dinner of ice-cream, Catherine Skinner is now an Olympic Gold Medallist too!
Gold, Gold, Gold for Australia: Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay
The burden of favouritism was no problem for the 4x100m Women’s Relay team, winning gold as expected in Rio.
Mack Horton – 400m Men’s Freestyle Rio Olympics
Mack Horton stares down rival Sun Yang to win gold for Australia.
Would you tackle Junior Paulo?
‘Would you tackle Junior Paulo?’ asked the NRL in their Facebook post late on Friday night.
Like any sane human being, I answered God no to myself, do I look like an idiot?? I then succumbed to the powers of click bait for a good laugh at poor Jamie Buhrer before I exasperatedly wondered – what is Junior Paulo doing in green?
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