Australian Cricketers Under Fire For Acting Like Australian Cricketers
23 February, 2016. 16:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
IN 2001, SHANE WARNE was clubbed over the rope for six runs by a little-known Zimbabwean batsman by the name of Stuart Carlisle, during a friendly one day international between our two nations.
It would've been like any other match, but Warne immortalised Carlisle the only way he could.
Watching the ball sail...
Peter Dutton Planning To Send Pocock Family To Nauru After Learning Of Their Refugee Status
23 January, 2016 13:35
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The heart-warming tale of overcoming adversity was the central message last nights Australian Story - focusing on Wallabies superstar David Pocock and his family fleeing Zimbabwe in 2002 to seek the human right of asylum and safety in the Australian river city of Brisbane, QLD.
With the seemingly innocuous episode highlighting the Wallabies flanker's background, it...
Australian Women’s Basketballer Manages To Make The News
22 January, 2016 11:35
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
The Australian Opals forward Alice Kunek is the first professional female Australian to ever feature in a mainstream newspaper since the Sydney Olympics, after painting her face black for an end-of-season dress-up day.
A photograph of Kunek, dressed as her favourite rapper Kanye West for the Melbourne Boomers' 'Silly Sunday' celebrations, was posted on social media on Sunday and prompted an angry...
REPORT: Over 50% Of Former And Current AFL Players Currently Rooting A Mate’s Wife
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As the fall-out over the dramatic ending of a friendship between two of the AFL's biggest names continues, a study by the Australian Institute Of Sport has identified the breakdown of long-standing friendships between former footballers and is very common.
In fact, the estimated number of present and past AFL stars that are currently rooting another mates' wife sits at roughly 54%.
An example of this was seen...
Mum And Girlfriend Bonding Over How Much Weight Local Man Has Put On
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
While local man Brent Schumann remains sedentary in his living room couch and catches up on the weekend's rugby highlights - his recent live-in girlfriend, Maddie, is out the back having a muffled conversation on her mobile phone.
Brent says he can tell by the hissing whispers and tip-toeing that the conversation is something that his girlfriend is trying to keep...
It’s official! Australian Super Bowl fans are going crazy for the Denver Panthers!
8 February, 2016. 15:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
FOR SOME IT'S THE biggest sporting event of the year. For others, it's the embodiment everything the terrorists hate about Western culture.
But for sports fans around Australia, the Super Bowl is unique.
Some have even taken the day off work to watch the spectacle, further compounding the negative effect America is having on our economy....
Darren Lehmann issues guide dogs to Australian batsmen so they can see the fucking ball better
4 February, 2016. 11:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
SUPERSTAR COACH AND LIVING AUSTRALIAN TREASURE Darren Lehmann has taken delivery of six guide dogs today, which he plans to give to his useless batsmen. The nation's cricketing team was lashed like a naughty schoolboy's bum in the 50's last night, so the dogs couldn't come fast enough.
Hitting out at his underperforming...
Khawaja Still Not On Selectors Radar Despite Warming Up In Full Kit Outside Eden Park
3 February, 2016 11:45
IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT
Usman Khawaja is still not on the radar of prominent Australian ODI selectors, despite being fully dressed in cricket attire and practicing shots with the team physio outside of Eden Park this afternoon.
"We haven't seen much from him yet," said chairman of selectors Rod Marsh.
"He'll show his promise when he develops a little bit,"
Usman Khawaja...
Local Fourth Grade Footballers Not Required To Apologise For Obvious Alcohol Problems
IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT
The South Betoota Australian Rules social grade footballers were not met with a press conference this morning, despite the fact they have spent the last 48 hours making Mitchell Pearce look like a "fuckin' schoolboy".
We spoke to the most lively member of the team's three-day bender, co-captain Jack Cort, who says he didn't think Friday's pre-season trial match would have...
Craig Gower reveals he taught Mitchell Pearce everything he knows about bending
31 January, 2016. 14:35
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
IN DECEMBER 2005, Craig Gower was fired as Panthers captain.
What started out as just other Sunday, ended with him visiting his local Tarocash - to find a suit to wear to the NRL disciplinary hearing that was going to happen on Monday.
There were a series of incidents at a charity golf event, which ended up...
