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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A French Quarter Corporate Johnny has walked past coverage of the US Masters today in the office and thought to himself that it was looking unseasonably green in the upper Spencer Gulf town of Port Augusta. "Shit a brick," he thought to himself. "There must be half of Adelaide there - and fuck me, they've had...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Olympic bronze medallist Harry Garside will face the most gruelling test of his career tonight, as he enters the ring with Manuer Matet in the battle for the vacant Australian lightweight title. Blacktown's finest, Matet will not be a walkover for the rising star - boasting a 4-1 record and weighing in at 58.26kg. The 24-year-old Garside, in his second...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Betoota Heights father of three, Kerry Bassick (56) has spent the last 12 hours familiarising himself with the entire catalogue of British folk-pop singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. "Soooo... Apparently he was born in Yorkshire but lives in London now" says the newly anointed Ed Sheeran expert. "Five studio albums. He recorded the last one in the middle of the pandemic with...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT Tipping the scales at 110kg thanks to his pork loin-like claves, Aiden ‘Boof’ Tookey has deep down always believed he’s an outside back stuck in a front rower's body. With hands-on his head, clutching for deep gasps of air, the 4th Grade Betoota Dolphins Prop is believed to be sucking in the big ones this evening after...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT With the dust settling on the most memorable Oscars in recent memory, some big film news has just emerged. Barely hours after Will Smith stole headlines for 'slapping the shit' out of Chris Rock, new starlet Timothee Chalamet has kept the news cycle pumping. It's been revealed that the Dune star is set to play the lead role...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 5 minutes before the final buzzer on Friday night's AFL match at the SCG was a moment that will go down in Australian sporting history, as Sydney Swans icon Buddy Franklin kicked his 1000th goal. Tens of thousands of fans stormed onto the SCG turf to celebrate with the footy star, after he became just the sixth player in...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT On top of the the good work they do providing food, shelter and medicine to people suffering in war and poverty around the planet - World Vision has today delved into consoling the hearts and minds of some of Australia's most destitute sporting fans. The Parramatta Eels. Australia's most tortured and long-suffering fanbases. Tim Costello, the former CEO and lifelong...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The once-proud sporting nation of Italy was let down once against last night after their national soccer team got done by North Macedonia, a country that is slightly smaller than Wagga Wagga. But from the ashes of despair, the Italian Men's Cricket Team is rising to fill the national sporting focus void as they hope...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Former footballer Barry Hall has conceded that he's probably a bit too old to be fighting footballers that are in their prime but told The Advocate this morning that he has no regrets. The big Victorian was knocked out by code-hopping superstar Sonny Bill Williams in the first round last night in Sydney after what...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The nation and the tennis world is in shock this afternoon, after local hero Ash Barty revealed she will be retiring from tennis. The 25-year-old sensationally announced that she will be quitting the game she holds the number one ranking in, just a couple of months after winning the Australian Open. Revealing the news through social media, the...