1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1070+ words) Greed and hypocrisy often go hand in hand which makes it unsurprising the various reactions to the failure to privatise Australian cricket's Big Bash League. For those not in the know, Cricket Australia has been looking at ways to flog…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (908+ words) Whiteboards are the most dangerous items in professional sport. When Brisbane players listed the strengths and weaknesses of their Essendon opponents last week, they did it in the full and confident expectation that someone would erase the evidence of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1069+ words) It took 2" years rather than the couple of months predicted by former world record holder Kelvin Kiptum but the two-hour marathon barrier has just been broken. And like Roger Bannister's 1954 feat in finally cracking the four-minute mile, the once-unimaginable climb…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1014+ words) George Blurton and Raelene Boyle have little in common other than being the subject of moves to grant them retrospective medals for their sporting achievements. Their cases have vastly different merits and prospects of success. Blurton, a scintillating footballer who…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1015+ words) Patrick Voss has been pilloried from one end of the football world to the other over his cry-baby taunt of Melbourne opponent Harrison Petty. In a sport noted for the physical brutality demanded of its participants, the self-discipline required to…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (932+ words) A dozen or so millionaire cricketers will be the major beneficiaries should Cricket Australia fall for the trap of privatising its Big Bash League franchises. The cricket body is weighing up a move to sell shares " probably up to 49% for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1086+ words) Simon Katich is set to coach a senior West Australian cricket team this year. And no matter how well he goes as a locum in the West Indies in July, WA Cricket could do a lot worse than attempt to…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (811+ words) Carpe Diem is spelled out in the tattoo running up Sam Whiteman's left forearm. And Whiteman, as brave, popular and valuable a cricketer as WA has produced this century, should Seize the Day before he leads his State this week…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (727+ words) The elements that took Carlos Alcaraz to Australian Open triumph this week could be the factors that eventually make him the greatest player to ever stalk a tennis court. It is a big call, of course, but winning seven major…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1051+ words) What is Cambridge council playing at? You might have read recently that the council, which covers many of Perth's western suburbs, has turned its back on funding any new sport or park infrastructure projects over the next three years. But…...