Fishing isn't just a sport for old salty sea dogs who nap on piers with a fishing wire tied to their toe like Huckleberry Finn. It's for anyone with a beer bottle, some fishing line and half a prawn.
The Australian Press Council will investigate suggestions of a slew of errors in the Herald Sun's coverage of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix after the newspaper repeatedly published uncontested crowd estimates, revenue projections and TV viewership figures without acknowledging their contestability.
Pat Byrne introduces "Game-in-a-box": where he thinks outside the square in bringing you the game of the week as he sees it … in a box. This week its Rabbitohs vs. Bulldogs.
Crikey introduces a new weekly column for NRL fans: Game-in-a-box. This week Pat Byrne covers last week's Dragons versus Titans game.
Australian public health experts contacted by Crikey say sports sponsorship by fast-food giants KFC and McDonald’s and the like should be banned. They also believe sports stars should be banned from endorsing foods that are unhealthily high in fat and sugar. “We should start with a ban on unhealthy food sponsorship of children’s sport,” says […]
New research claims the vast majority of Australian elite athletes are unhappy about sports stars promoting junk food and alcohol. And most learn to live without it.
New research from the University of Sydney claims the vast majority of Australian elite athletes are unhappy about sports stars promoting junk food and alcohol. And then there's Coca Cola.
Ex-Test spinner Stuart MacGill is adamant sports should not accept money to promote food brands like KFC and McDonalds. "I don’t think you can have any of us advertising junk food to be honest," he tells Crikey.
Go barefoot. Provided you dodge any real nasties -- glass, sharps, bear traps -- your feet might just thank you for it, writes Crikey reader Jim Forbes.
Sport is not only big business but also an activity where hugely disproportionate returns accrue to the most successful.
