Opinion
AFL 2024
Latest allegations should spell the end of Tarryn Thomas’ career
If new allegations of harassment against former Kangaroo Tarryn Thomas are verified, his case to return to play AFL football must be ruled off for good.
- by Greg Baum
Latest
Opinion
IPL
The joy of six has not been entirely lost, but it’s getting there
Cricket is overdoing a good thing with sixes. It is one thing to reinvigorate a sport to stay in line with the times, another to indulge it to death.
- by Greg Baum
Analysis
AFL 2024
If McKay and Curnow don’t get you, Daicos will
Carlton’s forward line titans threatened early and late, but it was Nick Daicos who stood tallest when it mattered most.
- by Greg Baum
‘Get your foot off Carlton’s throat’: When Eddie McGuire went into bat for the Blues
For Eddie McGuire, there’s nothing better than the anticipation of playing Collingwood - and then beating them. Which is why he intervened at the Blues’ lowest ebb.
- by Greg Baum
Andrews accused of trashing Commonwealth Games brand for own political gain
The boss of Commonwealth Games Australia has again taken aim at Daniel Andrews’ “callous” decision to abandon the 2026 Games.
- by Greg Baum
‘It is breaking me’: Brayshaw brother launches attack on AFL judiciary
Hamish Brayshaw has mounted an impassioned attack on what he sees as the incomprehensible way so-called head protection in the AFL is being administered.
- by Greg Baum
The road to Paris
Paris 2024
Covering the Olympics and the party of the century: Our reporters get behind the scenes of the Games
Life at the Olympics isn’t all beer and skittles. It’s way better than that.
- by Greg Baum
A screamer, a banana and a monster torp: Breaking down the brilliant moments of Anzac Day draw
Jamie Elliott was still rubbing his eyes in wonder at Bobby Hill’s laser-guided sidewinder of a kick to him in the first quarter when he said this Anzac Day skyscraper of a mark was the best of his career.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Drugs in sport
Chinese checkers and the WADA cone of silence
The thing about a cover-up is that there’s nothing to see. It’s the smell that gives it away.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
AFL 2024
The art of the sporting apology, and how it became a business
Somewhere in the sports world, someone is always apologising, and saying sorry has become a business with its own skill set.
- by Greg Baum
How many medals will Australia win at Paris 2024? Here’s what the data analysts think
An independent forecast about Australia’s prospects in the Paris Olympics is bullish, but not unrealistic.
- by Greg Baum