If Armstrong is guilty of taking performance enhancing drugs he should be stripped of his seven tour titles. It’s simple: taking PEDs is cheating.
Armstrong’s fall from grace
October 17, 2012 by 11 Comments
Cade Lucas looks at the complexities of the Lance Armstrong case.
Crio’s Racing: Oasis Bloom struts Thousand Guineas stage
October 17, 2012 by 10 Comments
There’s good value in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield today and Crio sorts out the best bets for you.
Off Season Odyssey – Part 32: Masters of Stories
October 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
I’m driving through Air Force bases, and Army bases, and American Military bases and palm trees and R.A.A.F museums, when I hear Townsville Sharks Masters Footy Club are having a training run on a stinking hot Sunday morning. I’ve been on the road for a day and a half, and still have to get [Read more]
G’day Marcellin
October 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
Looking forward to publishing some yarns from the Year 10s.
A sporting pilgrimage
October 16, 2012 by 7 Comments
Parilla is a ‘blink and you miss it’ town smack in the middle of the South Australian Mallee. There is nothing there really. Most of its buildings are perched on one side of a one hundred metre stretch of road that comes from Adelaide and eventually leads to Sydney.
No Oliver, you may not have some more. Eighty will do.
October 16, 2012 by 5 Comments
Another off-season, another fundamental change to the way football is played, says Adam Ritchie. Considering how great our game it, it sure does seem to be tinkered with a lot.
Book review: Classic Cats – Geelong’s Premiership Years 1951-1952
October 16, 2012 by 2 Comments
Geelong local Denis Hart reviews Classic Cats, Michael Rogers and Bruce Kennedy’s book on Geelong’s premiership years of 1951-52.
Pat Howard to speak at Marist College cricket lunch
October 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Former Wallaby and Australian Cricket Performance GM, Pat Howard, will speak at the inaugural Marist College cricket lunch on Friday.
In A-League of its Own – Round 2
October 16, 2012 by 4 Comments
Heart’s 1-1 draw against a severely undermanned Wellington was as disappointing as Victory’s 5-0 loss to Brisbane, says Tim Riordan.
Off Season Odyssey – Part 31: Soothing Rain
October 16, 2012 by 4 Comments
Lucy’s hurting. It breaks my heart. She comes over, all warm smiles, to pick her boys up from where I’m staying the night, just outside Charter Towers. Her ex-husband is camping in the bungalow until he sorts his shit out. It’s been his turn with the kids for a day or two. He’s vanished [Read more]
A-League: In Rado we trust!
October 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Brisbane Roar looked every bit the back to back Grand Final winners they are. Better than last season? Its early but they’re worth a bet.
Don’t let the Dawes (insert pun)
October 14, 2012 by 17 Comments
Why is Dawes even contemplating leaving Collingwood?
Caulfield Guineas Day: Gai is to blame!
October 13, 2012 by 28 Comments
Another great Guineas day – but not everything went to plan! Buffering showed why he is “the best of the rest” with a very soft win. Unfortunately there is not a lot of depth in the sprinting ranks at the moment so we have Buffering, Bel Sprinter, Golden Archer and the like being the mainstays. [Read more]
Off Season Odyssey – Part 30: A Legend Called Uzz
October 13, 2012 by 11 Comments
Shortcut, Gladstone. The road winds, just right, through rolling hills and eucalypts. It’s beautifully empty other than the music in the deck and kilometre long coal trains that weave into and out of riding side-saddle with me. They look as if they were made with everything else: the volcanoes, the rocks. Natural. I grew [Read more]
Guineas Day: Boom Boom
October 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Harms returns to the races, after a long winter of footy. Read more. [This piece was published earlier in the week – ignore the Cabernet reference!] Please add your racing thoughts to the excellent conversation following Crio’s preview.
If it moves, Brand it. If it doesn’t, sponsor it anyway.
With even the AFL Trade and Free Agency period now having a sponsor with Gillette plastered over everything, can it be too long before commentary of the opening round sounds like this….