In the 2002 film About Schmidt, Jack Nicholson kept a rein on his overworked, latter-career mannerisms, in what was a controlled, subtle performance that contributed to a greatly satisfying commentary on the simultaneous blandness and complexity of small-town, big-country America.
Our greatest ever Socceroo deserves a decent send-off, so here’s hoping plenty of fans turn out at ANZ Stadium for Tim Cahill’s final game tomorrow night.
Cricket Australia’s new billion-dollar broadcasting deal has created a polarising view on the economics and ethics behind our nation’s most beloved sport and how, let alone if, we can watch it.
Graham Arnold was asked in the pre-match press conference about how his philosophy will translate to the pitch – a fairly pedestrian question that is asked almost as standard at pressers. “I’d rather remove the word philosophy,” Arnold replied.
It might have been reduced to a 10-over match but last night’s one-off T20I still had significance in that it continued a horrendous eight months of cricket for Australia as they lost to South Africa on the Gold Coast.
Losing was never going to sit well with Adelaide 36ers coach Joey Wright and despite his close relationship with Adris De Leon, he made the call to cut the import point guard and now bring in a potential NBL game changer, Demitrius Conger.
If rats desert a sinking ship, I guess the opposite situation would be to see some form of highly noble creature boarding said doomed vessel.
The Wallabies have notched their fourth win of 2018 with a comfortable 26-7 demolition of Italy in a match that was billed as a lose-lose scenario.
The spread of dispensable short-form cricket is the greatest threat to mankind since hyperbole. Not only is it clogging our environment and harming human interest, it is endangering wild animals, like Glenn Maxwell.
Rugby Australia chief Raelene Castle has been making calls. Ringing around. Trying to find someone to be sole selector of the Wallabies.
Two Test batting spots are up for grabs in today’s fourth round of the Sheffield Shield with a huge group of batsmen in contention to play the first Test against India.
Next week’s AFL Draft will be the latest incarnation of an event that has evolved rapidly and indelicately in recent years.
The grumbling aside, Wayne Rooney’s last appearance was a nice occasion which ended in a solid 3-0 win against the US.
Craig Cameron, the Suns list manager, has been reported as saying that the Suns have not received any offers from other clubs to trade their top tier draft picks, and that any offers would need to be very good to be accepted.
In the movie Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character roams the jungle opposed to an enemy hell bent on his destruction.
An analysis of Bangladesh’s recent Test performances would reveal a fairly routine trend.
Incredible scenes have played out at the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix following a terrifying high-speed crash
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu had saved a penalty for India against Jordan, but all of his hard work was undone when he allowed his opposing number one to put this outrageous effort past him
Serbia’s Nemanja Matic had won a penalty in somewhat dubious circumstances but poetic justice was served
Daniel Worrall is producing a remarkable individual performance for the Redbacks in their Sheffield Shield clash with the Warriors.
Santiago Ponzinibbio has claimed victory in front of home fans in the main event of UFC Argentina.
They say that if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. But debut UFC fighter Johnny Walker needed just one more attempt to finish his bout with Khalil Rountree at UFC Argentina.
Have you ever seen anything like it?
Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless.
Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless.
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Blockbusting centre Samu Kerevi was a standout in the Wallabies 26-7 win over Italy at Padua this morning, but coach Michael Cheika has problems heading towards next weeks clash with England at Twickenham.
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