You can track the lonely comings and goings of the girl dubbed The St Kilda Schoolgirl online and in the media, but who's taking her out of the spotlight and helping her run away from this hideous mess? asks Virginia Trioli.
Imagine playing a cricket match with wildcats prowling the edges of the field and 600kg antelopes trying to nuzzle up to you. Rafiq Copeland indulges in some colonial cricket in the Masaai Mara Reserve, Kenya.
The Age published an agenda-driven story this week about the finances of the North Melbourne Football Club. It's a shame they didn't observe the most basic tenet of journalism and check the story with its target, writes Jamie Johnstone.
“I'm not motivated by money, if I was I would not have stopped swimming,” Thorpe said yesterday. That didn't deter some members of the pubic from dismissing the comeback as merely as a dash for cash, reports Crikey intern Sophie Cousins.
Why do sporting greats make comebacks? Because they're competitors who get off on competing and never really get used to a world where the adulation and applause has died down, writes Back Page Lead's Charles Happell.
Champion swimmer Ian Thorpe has denied his return to competitive swimming is being driven by money, but there is no denying at least one of his business interests has struggled since the swimmer went into retirement in 2006.
What do cyclist Lance Armstrong, "content farmer" Demand Media and Google have in common? Read on.
Forget the drugs, the more fascinating aspect of the Ben Cousins story is his narrative addiction, writes Mark Tomlinson.
Surely now, even the hyper-competitive little man from Adelaide -- who has more than made up for his physical shortcomings in 14 years of Grand Slam tennis with an unparalleled strength of mind -- must see the writing on the wall: his days of winning the biggest tournaments are over.
I grew up knowing I was no good at chess, but ..., writes Crikey reader Jay Martin.
