Is it Over for Two Great Rivals?
Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt etched their names into tennis history in different ways. One is the greatest of all time, the other the youngest No1 in the open era, both are now 32 and falling...
View ArticleLong Live the Kennett Curse
My favourite moment of Kevin Rudd’s rein at the top of the Australian Labor Party was the smug grin he gave when being sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia for the second time, right before he said...
View ArticleHappy Hawks – Fragile Freo
Another AFL Grand Final has come and gone and in the wash up, Hawthorn Hawks have become 11-time champions of Australia’s most popular professional sporting code. It’s a good thing they did too because...
View ArticleLooking Forward the Only Way for Socceroos
Mark Bosnich says Lucas Neill should retire because he’s a big part of the problem with the current national side. Lucas Neill says “football is a game of opinions. He’s entitled to his, (but) I expect...
View ArticleDon’t Hate Stuart Broad for Obeying the Laws of the Game
If you’re going to boo Stuart Broad this summer do it for the right reasons, writes Paul Johnson, who isn’t covering The Ashes for the first time in the last three series. Gentlemanly conduct be...
View ArticleCounterpoint: Aggressive Aussies are Doing the Right Thing
Should anyone be worried the English press and Andy Flower think the Australian cricket team are a group of schoolyard bullies? Absolutely not. The ends will justify the means. Wind back the clock ten...
View ArticleTomic May Have Given Up but the Future for Aussie Tennis Looks Bright
Heart. Everyone has one, it’s just some are bigger than others, and although I would say I’m not casting aspersions in this column, in reality I am. If perception is reality then Bernard Tomic might...
View ArticleEthical or Simply Untouchable? What’s Right, Wrong and Grey in Journalism
Rightly or wrongly a United States journalist named Caleb Hannan wrote a published piece for Grantland in which he effectively outed a transgender woman named Essay Anne Vanderbilt. In the same week...
View ArticleThank You Harry
Harry Kewell, thank you! I feel like I have written countless words about Harry Kewell over the years. Certainly it’s fair to say that as good as Kewell was, he wasn’t always loved and has been vexed...
View ArticleThe Greatness of Augusta National
The greatest thing about The Masters Tournament is that while everything else changes, the course stays the same. Augusta has seen plenty of changes in the professionals who take it on over time....
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