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Wading into the racist mire
During a week of the most heinous race-based madness that started with the thoughtless bleatings of a foolish 13-year-old and ended – if indeed it has ended – with the unthinkably careless on-air...
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Only dust now the dust has settled?
So what remains of things now Essendon has been slapped with a velveteen mitten? A Twitter feed filled with US Open results (#doitHewitt) and Liberal Party advertweets that bemoan ALP evil of every...
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Dwarf torching and other random acts of lunacy
A South Melbourne hotel. Booze. Blokes. Mad Monday. A ‘Jackass’-like dwarf * entertainer whose modus operandi is to occasionally go beyond the usual limits. A little more booze. This will end well....
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Dare to spare a thought for Daryn Cresswell this weekend?
In a week during which footballer behaviour has been in the spotlight – or just plain alight [groan] – I’m here to ask you to spare a thought for former Swan Daryn Cresswell. Why? Read on. Born in...
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White Man, Black Board
Here’s a little story I wrote for the quite spectacular Winter edition of White Horses Magazine. The gist was to gather as many photographers and writers as possible to converge on the first day of...
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Daryn Cresswell interview on ABC Grandstand
As you may or may not know I recently helped former Sydney Swan 250-odd gamer Daryn Cresswell pen his biography. Since his time as a player and AFL coach, Daryn’ went through a self-inflicted wringer –...
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Class divide defines this Ashes battle
‘Dougie’s Chewin’ Gum While Brearley Sucks his Plums.’ This playfully crass bit of wordplay was scrawled on a bed sheet and held aloft at one of the first international cricket matches I attended in...
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Channel 9 Spoiling The Show
Plenty of negativity towards Channel 9’s Ashes commentary this season and for bloody good reason too. In this article – originally published by The Roar – I argue for letting cricket speak it’s own...
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Suns by the numbers
First published by The Roar Sports. Matt Webber visits Metricon Stadium to find the Gold Coast Suns are taking their inherited empire and running with it. If you didn’t know better you’d swear you were...
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Essendon calls in the Bombers
First published in The Roar So the bureaucratic B-52 that is ASADA has started up its engines and taken to the sky trailed by an ugly plume of greasy smoke. Its destination, of course, is Windy Hill....
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War slogans, Essendon. Really?
“Ultimately we will prevail. We will survive, and we will succeed.” A stoic utterance by Winston Churchill? Or one from the bloke entrusted with peeling Essendon Football Club out of the soiled nappy...
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