Crio’s Question: One Man’s Rubbish is……..

The goal square full of streamers. The desperate search for discarded tickets when the protest siren sounds. Colour and movement or the disposable society? Crio asks us to reveal our true allegiances: oral expressive or anal retentive?

McKenzie has Wallabies moving in the right direction

Tim Ladhams has been sweating over a hot plasma screen all weekend, monitoring several sports for the Knackery. To his trained eye the Wallabies cup is becoming half full, after Robbie Deans spilled most of the contents over recent years.

Waiting to go into bat

Luke Ridgewell’s cricket report is the funniest and truest thing you will read this week. No wonder Woody Allen loves baseball. Cricket, baseball and neurosis are synonymous.

Evoking Avoca

Our rural racing correspondent Glen Davis journeys to Avoca for Cup Day.

Comeback kids prove their Socceroo credentials

Roundball reporter Tim Ladhams offers his customary magisterial overview of the weekend’s A-League fixtures. Ten minutes with Tim will make you too a candidate for the Socceroos coaching position.

An Innocent Abroad

Jason McNeil journeyed down from Brisbane for a sporting weekend. He got both the Cats and the Storm beaten within 24 hours. Harms has had him deported and Dips has withdrawn his passport. Jason is a welcome addition to Almanac ranks.

Footys4all in Africa

Sunday’s secular sermon is a ripper yarn with great photos. Your footy team lost. So what? Your horse ran last. You expected? Your golf was as bad as mine yesterday. No excuses. It’s time to put a tenner in the plate for the Footys4all Foundation.

All-Indigenous teams should be seen on the world stage

Sean Gorman offers historical perspective and social context for the Indigenous All-Stars footy team’s current tour of Ireland.

AFL Grand Final: Docker’s best year in history for no reward

Mickyo bleeds purple for his beloved Dockers, as he revisits the best and worst day of his life.

Tits, Tips, Trailer Trash & The Truth

Peter Baulderstone offers suggested reading of the best articles from the international sporting web. The title is just bait and switch marketing. This is the sort of stuff that Litza used to write before Rupert’s $ seduced him.

Caulfield Cup Day Preview – Who is that third person in the room!

Sal Ciardulli’s mind is on the Caulfield Cup. But his heart is at Upton Park this weekend, where his lad will be witnessing his Hammers take on Manchester City. Sal’s forever blowing bubbles.

Crio’s Racing…as distinct from racy!

Crio offers sound advice to the racing aficionado. Competitors appeal only for the fillies.

Pleasures of club cricket in PNG

A ripper yarn from David Lloyd about his role in reviving club cricket in Madang on the north coast of PNG. A top effort at any age, but at 60 DL shows there is still hope of a Test call-up for all of us.

It’s true: Cricket Australia make a good decision

Hold onto your hats: Smokie Dawson takes time out from bagging Cricket Australia to admit that, just this once, he might have been wrong. (But before you get too carried away, what about the fixturing and the commentary?)

From Waverley with love

As a teenager Jo Toscano wore a brown parka with a yellow No.3 stuck to the back. She relives her lifelong love of Hawthorn (bring back Waverley!) while watching the Hawks win a cherished flag.

The Legacy of Richo and The Evolution of Jacko: the changing ideology of the Richmond Football Club

Tiger fan Theo Efthymiou grew up in the ‘Richo era’, when individual brilliance was made the substitute for team success. Now, he dares to hope that Daniel Jackson’s rise symbolises a new era where Richmond will no longer accept star players alongside team mediocrity.

The next Rioli

The Almanac’s eyes, ears and nose are everywhere. Jackson Clark offers insights into the next Rioli likely to make a name on the national footy scene.

10 Best Golf Caddy Jokes

Peter Baulderstone reports from the golf course: “Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?” Caddy: “Eventually.”

As one legend walks into the sunset another marches on

Grand Final rematch, a nine-player victory, and a masterclass from Alessandro Del Piero. It wasn’t without its negatives, but Tim Ladhams is pretty happy with the opening round of the A-League.

Buddy Hello, Goodbye

Despite the blow to his Hawthorn heart, Rick Kane believes that the Buddy deal is a historical moment that we should celebrate with pride.