Third Test – Day 3: Will Mr Kyly Boldy ‘go boldly…’?

Tony Roberts talks Nine’s jingoistic coverage, pop-gun attacks and Australia’s reversal of fortune.

Crio’s Racing: 1982 and finding a winner in the now

30 years. It is a fair slab of a lifetime. It can offer perspective. It can also lead to romanticizing. 1982 seems long ago. The champs of that time seem somehow more imposing. Etched in my (more impressionable) memory. Look at the Grand Final – Helen D’Amico and Bruce Doull! On the racecourse the mighty [Read more]

The Big Bash: Just a slight change in the direction of the summer

John Harms looks at how the BBL is very AFL and 21st century.

The ‘Off-season’ is now the ‘On’

John Carr’s poetic take on the off-season.

Middle Australia Selects the Australian Cricket Team

Some clear-cricket-thinking from Middle Australia.

Thommo and The Don

Michael Sexton goes straight to the source to see whether the story of Jeff Thomson bowling to a 69-year-old Don Bradman in the nets is true.

Third Test – Day 5 report: WHAT ABOUT ME!!

The stage was set for Sean Curtain but the Australian capitulation left him standing all alone – like Shane Watson after another mix-up between wickets.

R.I.P Ronnie Auchettl

Steve Hodder recalls the Ron Auchettl he knew through teaching at Whittlesea Secondary College. A humble man, Ron’s students were shocked to learn he played for Carlton. He passed away this week.

Almanac Rugby League – The Rugby League Almanac Celebration

The Rugby League Almanac Celebration is on at the Erskineville Hotel in Sydney on Dec 19.

Third Test – Day 4: Don’t dream. It’s Over.

Smokie Dawson suffered nightmares of being locked in the Channel 9 commentary box the night before the fourth day of the Test. Worse was to come.

Third Test – Day 4: Nightmare

Day 4 at the WACA was a nightmare for the Australian team and Colin Ritchie.

Crio’s Question: Who was destined for greater things?

Ricky Ponting’s retirement announcement triggered fond reminiscences. There are some wonderful anecdotes of his formative sporting days from blokes who knew even then that he was marked for special honours. Who have you “spotted” well before they became public property?

Third Test – Day 3: Tasmania is on fire

Tasmania is on fire: Australia is not is the message from ABC radio. We constantly cross between the WACA and Hobart for updates on each of the potentially catastrophic events at distant sides of the country.

Punter Looks at Forty (apologies to Jimmy Buffett)

Peter Baulderstone channels the American singer-songwriter for his Ricky Ponting commemorative poem.

In A-League of its Own: Round 9

After a blistering start to the 2012-13 season, the A-League slowed almost to a halt at the weekend with just 6 goals scored in 5 games, says Tom Riordan.

Thank you Test Cricket for sumptuous, textbook batting

Textbook shots, when played by the finest batsmen are of endless wonder, says Peter Zitterschlager, who never tires of their nuance and charm.

Player Review System a farce

Cricket has been played for a long time and it seemed perfectly fine for over a hundred years to take the good with the bad in terms of umpiring decisions, says Rob Stewart.

Off Season Odyssey – Part 44: The Final and Opening Siren

It’s the last stop of our encore performance of Matt Zurbo’s Off Season Odyssey.

The Footy Almanac 2012 on sale here

The 2012 Footy Almanac – the game by game account of the season written by fans, for fans, and graced with a John Spooner cover portrait of Sydney’s Adam Goodes – is available for purchase through our online store now.

Should footy fans take responsibility when things end badly?

After what has happened with the Kurt Tippett saga, Andrew Weiss asks Crows fans should take some of the blame for what has occurred.