$34. That’s what you would have earned if you put a dollar on Bangladesh to beat Australia before the first Test began. Only a fool or a genius would have taken that bet, unless of course they knew something the rest of us didn’t. That’s not to accuse the Australians of exploiting Bangladesh’s unbackability in […]
Playing yesterday, the two best teams in the AFL from last year had very different Sunday afternoons. After unfurling the premiership flag in front of their home crowd, a moment many thought would kickstart their season, the Swans ran around the SCG with a half-interested look about them, and were duly thumped by a so-so […]
Test cricket is an anachronism. It’s a game designed and built in another time, and a game that has somehow survived a period in which our attention spans are shrinking faster than an Eskimo’s tackle at bathtime and television is demanding ever more dramatic action from the sports it pays so handsomely to cover. And […]
Why haven’t Victoria Police sought the names of the AFL players who allegedly returned positive tests for illicit drugs? Doesn’t the AFL now possess evidence of illegal drug use? Those players broke laws, so aren’t the police duty bound to nab them? Theoretically, yes. But according to one Melbourne lawyer, there are reasons why the […]
AFL fans know you can’t read too much into early season results. Last year Carlton won the pre-season Cup, leading to hope among fans and speculation among pundits that 2005 might not be as bleak as many expected. It was, and leading into 2006, it’s fair to say expectations are anything but inflated. The Blues […]
You could be forgiven for thinking there was a sporting event on in Albert Park this weekend. In reality, it’s a many-ringed circus with an emphasis on girls in tight clothes, jet fighters, wheel spins, stunt riders, and eventually a car race. The car race is on Sunday afternoon, and while many might call that […]
In 1993 when Ron Walker announced Melbourne would host the Grand Prix, he said it would one day make a profit. He didn’t tell us which day that was, but it’s still a long way off. According to an article published in the Melbourne Weekly Magazine (MWM), the first GP lost $1.75 million, $2.7 million […]
As the Formula One Grand Prix roars to life in Melbourne this week, the sport itself has made progress on how it will be administered from 2008. The five teams in the GPMA (the car manufacturers that compete in F1 – BMW, Daimler/Chrysler, Renault, Toyota, Honda) have finally submitted their entry forms for the 2008. […]
We shouldn’t be surprised by the disappearance of the Sierra Leone athletes from the Commonwealth Games. It happened in Manchester, with athletes from Sierra Leone, Bangladesh and Pakistan deciding to start a new life in UK. It also happened at the Sydney Olympics, with 80 athletes taking a shine to Bondi and Manly and the […]
As sure as Jana’s drama, Asafa’s victory, and Australia’s increasingly ridiculous medal tally, drug testing was always going to make headlines at the Commonwealth Games. But it was how drugs finally made it into the headlines that’s worth noting. Essentially, they are in the news today for not being in the news. In an embarrassing […]
