Sports

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A prominent regular on the inner-Sydney and Melbourne art gallery circuit has been left rattled today, after learning that Australia's stage and theatre community has a much deeper and disturbing culture of sexual harassment and misconduct than all the football codes combined. 56-year-old Geoffrey Mclushlan was one of the first members of his book club to condemn the piggish...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The remaining viewers of free-to-air Australian television have made it clear to Channel 7 that they are not interested in downloading their ad-riddled Winter Olympics app, in a statement delivered across the nation's households over the weekend. The app, which is being promoted in non-stop advertisements on the television broadcast of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, is probably very shit,...

Jim Gillespie and his wife have Brennan separated for a while now. Ever since she packed up, the Head Coach and Director of Football at the Betoota Dolphins has dived headlong into his role. The ex first grader who played over 200 games for the mighty Dolphins over a 15 year period, says he knows full well what makes a ‘footy...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact Craig Anderson (34)  reckons today is the best day of the year. Forget Christmas, “the Super Bowl is where it’s at dude,” claims Anderson. However, while the gung-ho accounts manager at a local Betootan asset property firm has been stomping around the office letting out a chorus of “Woooo’s” and “Let’s go baby,” he told The...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prominent Australian youtuber Robelinda2 has this week been awarded the Order of Australia title in this year's Australia Day honours list. Robelinda2 was listed among this year's Officer of the Order (AO) honour roll in the general division, for "distinguished service to providing Australians access to long forgotten cricket highlights, including really niche ones that you probably don't remember...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Despite being sheepishly distant during the Test series, a local English man has come out of his shell recently as the touring cricketers take out the One Day series against Australia. Pierce Thompson, a Birmingham-native, moved to Betoota just over four years ago to work in a bank, where he works with money. As each Australian industry is required to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local self-confessed sports fan's interest in tennis is solely dependant on how Nick Kyrgios goes tonight against Grigor Dimitrov. The fourth round clash between the titans has piqued Michael Rust's interest, as he's been following the controversial tennis star for the past few days. "I thought I'd tune in to see how he goes," said the 34-year-old. "Hope...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by the University of Newcastle has found that former Newcastle Knights legend and current Triple M Grill Team host, Matty Johns, is fairly certain that he is a hat guy. Despite not suffering from any visible form of hair loss, and not having a necessarily large melon, the 46-year-old has spent close to 12 months rocking...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Two largely incompetent grade-cricketers living under the illusion they know what they’re talking about have once again argued over whether current Australian Test captain Steve Smith is the next Bradman. Lewis Thompson and Eddy George both enjoying playing the game and they often contribute to online cricketing forums, where they have knowledge imparted upon them...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After an unsuccessful 18 months spent campaigning against societal decay, a prominent Betoota-based No voter is now finding ways to occupy herself, following the legalisation of gay marriage. After spending a good portion of December and January focusing on her new chilli garden, as well as his neighbour's inability to keep the branches of his Poinciana to his side of...