Sports people behaving badly


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.

Federer’s a nice guy — when he’s winning

Tennis’s “nice guy” Roger Federer lost his cool during the US Open final this week. What happened to the Grand Slam sweetheart? He’s always had a temper, says Neil Walker, it’s just the games that got harder.

Andrew Symonds’ final over

All-rounder Andrew Symonds has surely played his last match for Australia, says Glenn Mitchell. The latest alcohol-related incident comes at the end of a tumultuous 12 months; even Ricky Ponting’s stopped defending him.

Triple M puts the root into grassroots footy

Perhaps the AFL should also be having a little word with their official broadcast partner Triple M in the wake of Chookgate, writes Neil Walker.