Articles by Leigh Josey


Wankley Awards: The AFL Footy Show’s drunken hypocrisy

The Footy Show’s grand final edition made sure they got the best of both worlds: they aired Brendan Fevola’s slurry Brownlow vox-pops in front of their family audience… right after throwing him under a bus.

Lords does Twitter

Crikey brings you the best of Twitter from Lords.

The pride of Yuendemu takes centre stage in the AFL

Tonight’s AFL game between Essendon and Melbourne means everything to the residents of Yuendemu.

MCG vs. Stadium Australia: a FIFA World Cup final showdown

Despite the love in the room for the G last night, there are serious questions over the suitability of the ground for hosting the FIFA World Cup.

Terry’s terrible Tuesday: how the media botched a Tiger (non) sacking

Richmond FC, and its coach Terry Wallace, have so far had a season to forget. But they didn’t deserve the botched misreporting of Wallace’s (non) sacking that played out this morning across Melbourne.

Image wrap: Swan’s Budget has character. Apparently

For the nation’s newspaper editors, one of the most pressing items on the list of Federal Budget coverage considerations is the front page image…

Front page spread: how the world awoke to Swine Flu

The spread of Swine Flu is big news.

Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to … Ben Cousinsmania

We tried. God we tried. But in the end Crikey couldn’t ignore the all consuming hype surrounging the return to AFL football by Ben Cousins, writes Leigh Josey.