Patrick Swayze


The bloke running Fox Sports

You may not know him, but Patrick Delany plays a major role in determining which sports you watch on free-to-air, and which are restricted to those willing to pay for the privilege. Tom Cowie profiles the head of Fox Sports.

RIP Patrick Swayze, original Dirty Dancer

The leading man in two enormously popular romantic fantasies — one where he was the first-love fantasy, and one where he was the perfect-martyr fantasy — has died from pancreatic cancer, writes Linda Holmes.

Twitters Of Patrick Swayze’s death greatly exaggerated

This morning, the Twitterverse exploded with rumors that actor Patrick Swayze had passed away. It was wrong.

And the Weekly Wankly Award goes to…not Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze was just the sideshow this week. But what a side show, writes Jane Nethercote.