OUR sporting culture is changing. Gone are the days of the “yobbo” standing on the hill with floppy hat, nose painted with zinc and esky in tow throwing abuse and cans in a drunken stupor. While the yobbo is yet to go the way of the Tasmanian Tiger it is certainly a dying breed and [...]
HOW often do you hear sports fans referring to their favourite sporting star as a hero? I still recall the time our then former prime minister, Kevin Rudd labelled Jessica Watson a hero after returning from her solo around the world yachting endeavour. And Jessica put him straight denying the hero status lumped upon her. [...]
“THERE’S no loyalty in football any more” seems to be the catch cry of disgruntled AFL fans recently. With coaches and players jumping ship for the highest dollar value the fires have been fuelled with punters crying foul play by those involved. But seriously people, loyalty was taken off the table when our footy stars [...]
IT’S interesting to see the attitude of so called heavyweights of the AFL this week slam lesser funded clubs. Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett and Collingwood president Eddie McGuire have basically stated that handouts from the AFL do little for the competition and it was interesting to read the reply by their North Melbourne counterpart, James [...]
A coach has to take some form of responsibility for the performance of those in his charge. A poor coaching program can have a devastating effect on a team’s season and many a coach has felt the wrath of the ownership group over the years because of just that. But likewise, poor performances on the [...]
CADEL fever has hit the country and the Border is not immune to its touch. After years of hard work Cadel Evans finally cracked the big one to take the Tour de France victory and the fall-out in Australia stands to be huge. Local cycling identity, Steve Kilpatrick proudly displays congratulations in his shop window [...]
IT was interesting to see a couple of Aussie Rules players caught up in a betting scandal recently. Obviously it’s a taboo area for sports stars to be betting on games and providing information to others regarding game plans, even if the recipients are family members. It just goes to show how serious the AFL [...]
Yet again we hear of tactics in a sporting environment designed to take a player out of the game through injury. The “calf crusher” is not an unheard of tactic in rugby league having been allegedly utilised by players for some time. Apparently the player drops his knees into the opposing players calf. I have [...]