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Tim Lane is one of the most respected voices in Australian sport, having gained a strong following for his weekly AFL column in The Age. Tim has also called 32 AFL/VFL grand finals and was behind the microphone for Cathy Freeman's memorable gold medal at the Sydney Olympics.
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That much-maligned body, the AFL Match Review Panel, this week deserves high praise for making a painful, but responsible, decision. Whatever you think of…
With 22 pieces to manoeuvre, 18 in play at one time with almost unlimited rotations permissible, on a big board used far more strategically…
It's time the AFL delivered a formal apology. The more humbling and grovelling the better. It should be delivered to all the members of…
It's a good thing the football competition is in a state of wild unpredictability, because lately there haven't been too many headline-grabbing controversies. Last…
It's lucky all the stuff we write and talk about during a footy season isn't studied too closely by people who are detached from…
The modern sports broadcasting trend of having pre-prepared lines for the big moments can work brilliantly, but it can also backfire. I recall trying…
Believe it or not, games against Collingwood haven't always been the most urgent in Carlton's season. Over the last 50 years it's fair to…
The signs of impending doom were there, we just didn't look hard enough. Or we put too much faith in the established order. Or…
This column starts at an old-fashioned pie-night in 1981, Channel Seven's Dorcas St studio in South Melbourne the venue. The event was a promotion…
This column started as a lament, and finished as a song of praise. When writing began, before play on the final day in Ranchi,…
When Ron Barassi stared into the void at half-time of the 1970 VFL grand final, he imagined a hazy outline. In the few frantic…
