When an AFL team loses a few games or has a bad season, it doesn’t take long before the media start asking questions of the head coach. Yet some coaches seem to have an easier time than others. Cases in point – Kevin Sheedy and Denis Pagan. Essendon’s dismal start to the year is not […]
News that the AFL has commissioned a report into slowing down the game can only be described as ludicrous, not because slowing the game down is a bad idea, but because the AFL only just finished speeding it up. Footy fans with even the shortest memory will recall the panic in the weeks leading up […]
The Australian cricket team this morning knows who it will be playing right through to 2012 after the ICC released its Future Tours Program, and it seems fans and players aren’t the only ones who have noticed the growing popularity of series between Australia and India. The two nations will play each other every year […]
Fans in the stands at San Francisco’s AT&T Park skipped a heartbeat last night when Barry Bonds, just one home run away from equalling Babe Ruth’s record of 714, skied a ball deep into centre field. Chicago Cubs fielder Juan Pierre thought it was gone, but he leapt and when he came down the ball […]
Terry Butcher, the frontrunner in the race to take on the head coach’s job at Sydney FC, is in Sydney this week for some palm-pressing, perhaps a spot of house-hunting, and definitely some hard-nosed negotiations about taking on the inaugural A-League premiers. “We have had advanced talks with Terry and at this point in time […]
Temper, temper. US baseballer Delmon Young, a 20-year-old prospect with the Tampa Bay Red Devils, has just been suspended for 50 games for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire. The ban, believed to be the longest in the league’s 123-year history, is a major blow for the young player, who was the number […]
Occasionally a player comes along who takes their sport to new heights. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods did it for golf. Lance Armstrong did it for cycling. And now Russian-born Ilya Bryzgalov could be doing the same for ice hockey. Bryzgalov, a goal-keeper with the Mighty Ducks (Anaheim), has stopped all but one of the […]
Andrew Bogut has capped off a stellar first season with the Milwaukee Bucks by being named in the NBA All-Rookie First Team. The All-Rookie team is voted on by NBA coaches, with Bogut earning 55 points, coming in behind only two others – Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets (58 points) and Charlie Villanueva […]
Pierre Littbarski – coach of the A-League premiers Sydney FC – is gone and nobody is surprised. Rumours have been circulating since the end of the season that he and star import Dwight Yorke won’t be on the team’s payroll next season. The club is reportedly $5.8 million in debt after last season, meaning highly […]
Everyone has an opinion on whether Fremantle should be granted the win over St Kilda in the tense closing moments of the match being played at AFL House today. In their regular round of interviews, coaches have all had their say. Leigh Matthews, with typical brevity, reckons Freo should get the points, saying “justice” should […]
