As much as we pretend it’s purely for health and wellbeing purposes,running in the modern age has become a performance in and of itself.
Aside from the occasional rumour,during my AFL career I was never aware of a player being pulled on match day over a drug test during the week.
AFLM players take cocaine. Local footy players take cocaine. So do teachers,lawyers,doctors. Why do we so enjoy the stupidity of a young man in the public eye being caught out consuming a drug a vast number of Australians also indulge in?
At the Swans alone,Tom Mitchell,Toby Nankervis,Shane Biggs and now Aliir Aliir are perfect examples of players enjoying great success after they have moved on.
The relationship on both ends has grown stale.
A head prefect’s speech to his school assembly should be a wake-up call to men in general. But who’s listening?
Thinking you can keep politics out of sport is naive. It is already there. Arguing it shouldn’t be – particularly when you don’t agree with the political statement being made – is a political act in itself.
Perhaps we thought that the ending of the one-year lease would solve our problems,but it has not.
From a full house at the MCG to footy-sized TV ratings for the WBBL,the success of women's cricket in Australia shows why investing in female sport is a smart decision.
Sydney Swans defender Colin O'Riordan asked for the club's permission to return home and play Gaelic football for his beloved county. They made history.
New data reveals that many Australians dusted off their bicycles - or bought new ones - to keep themselves active during COVID-19 lockdowns.