In the recent Socceroos campaigns in Russia and the UAE, it has become quite apparent the playing squad needs a serious shakeup, based around…
In the recent Socceroos campaigns in Russia and the UAE, it has become quite apparent the playing squad needs a serious shakeup, based around…
If there’s a cricketing retort that grates me more than any other, it’s the one that has regularly been thrown up over the last…
Australia’s 3-2 defeat of Syria in their final group game in the AFC Cup had resonance beyond the scoreline and the official booking of…
Last week was ‘purge’ week. That nadir of the year when you collect all of the old paper you’ve accumulated – bills, adverts, statements,…
Moneyball was a movie based on the Oakland Athletics’ Major League Baseball team’s success in building a team of undervalued talent through purely statistical…
An international cricket selector must look at both statistics as the foundation of form and non-statistical information to understand those stats in context. The…
There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne. Doomed spinner after doomed spinner placed their lips on this…
We keep hearing it. That Australia needs to play hard cricket. Or tough cricket. But not one person who says it can define what…
The triple century is cricket’s rarefied tier, the area of the stats sheet where mortals dare not tread. To cross the mark of 300…
The 2018-19 season ended for the Tennessee Titans as so many have before; prematurely, without a playoff berth to look forward to, and endless…
The 2018-19 season ended for the Tennessee Titans as so many have before; prematurely, without a playoff berth to look forward to, and endless…
The 2018-19 season ended for the Tennessee Titans as so many have before; prematurely, without a playoff berth to look forward to, and endless…
I had my first taste of boarding school when I was 11 years old. At the time, I used to whistle Bob Dylan’s song…
I had my first taste of boarding school when I was 11 years old. At the time, I used to whistle Bob Dylan’s song…
I had my first taste of boarding school when I was 11 years old. At the time, I used to whistle Bob Dylan’s song…
Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless. As a batsman, he just came out and took the bowlers on, almost regardless of the…
For the rest of Mitchell Johnson’s life, the defining moment of his career will, of course, be the 2013-14 Ashes, with the early 2014…
As I read the 145 pages of the Ethics Committee review into Australian cricket, I started hearing Jack Nicholson’s voice - in the role…
Some moments, you always remember where you were when they happened. On the last day of the Adelaide Test in 2006, I was at…
There are three minutes left in the grand final. Collingwood have been hanging on for dear life for an hour now, but a ticking…
By now Cooper Cronk’s grand final heroics are etched in rugby league folklore. His act – playing with a broken scapula – puts him…
So here we are at the final game of the season. I’m not feeling a lot of love for either of these sides out…
Okay, so the All Blacks have just lost at home. For the first time against a single Test nation in nine years. As a…
Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.…
Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.…
Occasionally, it isn’t a matter of hyperbole to talk about something in terms of the best or worst ever. This is one such case.…
In the recent Socceroos campaigns in Russia and the UAE, it has become quite apparent the playing squad needs a serious shakeup, based around…
2019
Kirdar at Victory is a goal.kicking freak as is Noah Bolta. Both these young guys need to be seriously looked at as does…(more)