Writer Mike Sexton can’t claim Jack Sexton as a relative, but has researched the footballer’s story to convey a sense of the Melbourne and Adelaide worlds of the 1930s.
Cricket on Christmas Day
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The possibility of having international cricket played on Christmas Day opens up business and scheduling opportunities for more than just Cricket Australia, writes Geoff Lockhart.
Rock Triv Shows Entertaining Colac and Raising Money for Charity
June 4, 2014 by 19 Comments
Luke Reynolds tells us how Colac has been celebrating with Rock Triv – a unique community fund raiser that combines fun, music and fund raising for charities.
Special Sub
June 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
Charlie Krebs reckons the Saints should have been allowed an extra substitute player when Maverick Weller was concussed by a reportable charge from an opponent. Justice or dangerous precedent?
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 14-The Socceroos Push Brazil All The Way (2006)
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Dennis Gedling reports on a night to celebrate what would be the most honourable loss the Socceroos would ever have.
AFL Round 11: Coleman’s Likes and Dislikes
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
Carl Coleman lives in Copenhagen. Footy moves him to an original quasi-poetic form of reflection. [Tell us more about your lot in life CC. Why Copenhagen? – Ed]
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 15-Maradona Magic and Argentina’s Second World Cup (1986)
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It was a World Cup final for the ages. Denis Gedling recalls Argentina’s stirring victory over West Germany at Mexico ’86.
Part 2 – Love and Legacy: Worth Having; Worth Remembering
June 3, 2014 by 5 Comments
Gregor Lewis on the Froch v Groves fight, and the passion and characters that made it such a compelling one. (Anyone not convinced that boxing can be turned into fascinating writing should give this one a read – Ed).
Another heart-stopper for FIDA Tigers
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Is a draw a dream that don’t come true, or is it something worse? The FIDA Tigers take on the Kananook Bulls.
VFL v SANFL: the Topknot Pigeons and the Richie Cunninghams
June 3, 2014 by 5 Comments
State footy was alive and well at North Port Oval last Saturday when the hirsute VFL took on the clean-cut SANFL.
AFL Round 11 – Hawthorn v GWS: We Giants will fight until the end
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
GWS devotee Kath Presdee, and Young Master, take great heart in the Giants’ narrow loss to the Hawks.
AFL Round 11: Review
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
In yesterday’s review JTH looks at the big presence of Tex Walker, and argues you write Geelong off at your wallet’s peril.
WAFL: Away teams win the derbies; Tigers spring the surprise
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
In the highlight of football in Perth over the weekend, Les Everett’s East Perth won the northern derby while Swan Districts continue to gap the competition.
AFL Round 11 – Adelaide v Gold Coast: Tex Rules
June 3, 2014 by 102 Comments
Malcolm Ashwood runs the Rulebook over the Crows defeat of the Suns. The return of Tex Walker has given the Crows a new potency.
The Lions and the case for a priority pick
June 3, 2014 by 4 Comments
Despite their good week, the Lions are bottom of the ladder with two wins. D.N.A (the Almanac’s man in Paris) recons that there is a case for a priority pick. What do you think?
AFL Round 11 – Haiku Bob – starting a fire
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Haiku Bob celebrates the end of autumn and his Magpies artistry on Friday night.
AFL Round 11 – Brisbane v Carlton: I don’t have the blues any more
June 3, 2014 by 2 Comments
As Andrew Weiss thaws out in the cold and bleak Adelaide hills, his Brisbane Lions, battling through a dark and gloomy season, find some sun. “There is a season – turn, turn, turn…”
Part 1- Love and Legacy: Worth Having; Worth Remembering
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Gregor Lewis brings us along with Sam Soliman II, his kickboxing background and events leading up to last weekend’s Sturm v Soliman IBF Middleweight title fight. It’s quite a ride.
AFL Round 11 – West Coast v North Melbourne: Dumb as Dirt; Weak as Water
June 2, 2014 by 14 Comments
Peter Baulderstone writes from the Graylands psychiatric ward on the ‘performance’ of his Eagles against the Kangaroos.
Coarse Cricket Comes To Tassie
June 2, 2014 by 3 Comments
Geoff Lockhart opens the batting on a series of yarns about local cricket in Northern Tasmania. Why is a good fridge always more important than a good opening batsman?
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