The announcement of the outcomes of the long investigation by the AFL into the Melbourne tanking issue of 2009 is our Warren Commission.
Footballers who grew up on dairy farms
February 19, 2013 by 42 Comments
John Harms is on the lookout for footballers who grew up on dairy farms.
Footy Almanac – of and by the fans
February 19, 2013 by 9 Comments
Join Gigs on a nostalgic journey through the history of the Footy Almanac.
Almanac Rugby League – The Rugby League Almanac Launch (in Sydney)
February 18, 2013 by 3 Comments
The Sydney launch of the 2012 Rugby League Almanac is on at the Alexandria Hotel on this Wednesday, February 20. Come and have a beer on this historic occasion.
AFL cancels live AFL streaming over the internet. NZ types not happy
February 18, 2013 by 8 Comments
For the past couple of years, New Zealand fans ave been able to watch the footy live streamed on the internet via AFL Live. This year, when the Saints and Swans play for premiership points in Wellington, it has been cancelled.
Footy? Ask a mother.
February 17, 2013 by 28 Comments
Wow. You want to hear a strong voice, and a fresh voice. Well have a look at this for thought-provoking.
The hastily revised AFL guide to commonly used terms for season 2013
February 15, 2013 by 5 Comments
Recent events in the sporting landscape have led to the AFL, in conjunction with Channel 7, releasing a revised media guide and glossary on official changes to commonly used terms in football for the 2013 season.
Light reading for the dark night of sporting’s soul
February 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Rick Kane has provided some fodder for the ongoing discussions about the drugs in sport scandal.
Middle Australia: Which way is up for Essendon?
February 11, 2013 by 5 Comments
Who’d have thought such rigorous, reasoned thinking would come from Middle Australia (and that The Editor of The Middle Australia Report is a Bombers fan is a nice complication).
Pharmakos/Pharmakon: The seduction of immortality
February 11, 2013 by 17 Comments
Phillip Dimitriadis believes that fans should take some responsibility for the sordid state of affairs in modern sport.
The Sporting-Industrial Complex
February 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
The current performance enhancing drugs controversy should be the “canary in the coalmine” to tell us that there are some things rotten in the culture, value and ethics of modern professional sport.
The best of the 2012 Almanac?
February 9, 2013 by 3 Comments
Noel Delbridge (who is Mike Brady’s biographer) loved The Footy Almanac of 2012. He’s calling for nominations for your favourite piece in it. He reckons Tony Robb’s Carltonia takes the prize.
A question for fans
February 9, 2013 by 8 Comments
Barry Levinson asks the question that many footy fans are asking at the moment.
Soccer: Not Violent Enough?
February 9, 2013 by 2 Comments
In this article from Neos Osmos Ian Syson looks at disturbing violence in football and, significantly, at the reporting of the respective codes and, hence, how they are imagined and understood.
Bombers, Weapons and Tanks
February 8, 2013 by 9 Comments
Did the expectation of supporters for the “dream team” of Hird and Thompson to fulfill their wish for an immediate premiership put undue pressure on them to achieve this goal?
A new sporting horizon
February 8, 2013 by 4 Comments
Rod Oaten believes the crisis at Essendon opens opportunities for those with unfulfilled dreams.
Imagine: a world without Essendon
February 8, 2013 by 21 Comments
The Essendon steroids scandal presents a rare opportunity, says Brad Carr. An opportunity to make massive in-roads into the hate that resides in our community, by getting rid of Essendon.
Middle Australia tells us not to worry: it’s Essendon.
February 7, 2013 by 12 Comments
Middle Australia says the penalties for all this stuff will be harsh but that we shouldn’t be concerned: it’s only Essendon.
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