Supplements Saga
Essendon saga: senator lodges FOI request for ASADA legal advice
Jon Pierik The fight for the release of secret documents linked to the Essendon supplements saga has taken a twist, with independent senator John Madigan lodging a Freedom of Information request.
Worsfold's warning to Watson
Daniel Cherny Essendon coach John Worsfold says he warned Jobe Watson not to return to the Bombers next year unless the captain can give his "full heart and soul" to the game.
Banned Dons asked to release secret documents
Jon Pierik Thirty-two past and current Essendon players have been asked to release secret documents detailing why they were initially cleared of an anti-doping breach by an AFL tribunal.
Heppell sticking with Dons
Daniel Cherny Essendon star Dyson Heppell says he is "super excited" after becoming the fifth of the banned Bombers to re-commit to the club for 2017.
Tanner defends David Evans' legacy
Rohan Connolly Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner has leapt to the defence of his predecessor David Evans, after Evans was publicly criticised by former board member Beverly Knight for taking the club backwards whilst he was in the role.
Essendon saga: Hird hits out at ASADA chief and government
Jon Pierik The father of former Essendon coach James Hird has described anti-doping chief Ben McDevitt as a "hypocrite" and says the decision to not allow the release of secret documents relating to the supplements saga as "disingenuous".
McLachlan lobbying for release of tribunal report
Jon Pierik AFL chief Gillon McLachlan is lobbying 32 of the 34 banned current and former Essendon players to approve the public release of the AFL anti-doping tribunal's full report.
Why ASADA chief refused to release documents
Roy Masters Ben McDevitt has been pitched into the role of firefighter these days, detouring him from the responsibility as chief executive of ASADA, the government body responsible for combating drugs in sport.
Essendon board was divided, Evans was impatient: ex-director
Samantha Lane Former Essendon director Beverly Knight says the board she stepped down from was a backroom recipe for disaster – a divided board led by a chairman impatient for a premiership while seemingly en route to the AFL Commission.
How much has the Essendon saga cost?
Jon Pierik James Hird's latest defeat in court – this time being slugged with a bill for $660,000 – is another chapter in a saga that could eventually cost more than $35 million.
Ryder a 'bit lost' as doping suspension takes toll
Jon Pierik Banned Port Adelaide star Paddy Ryder has been struggling to deal with his year-long anti-doping suspension but took comfort from being welcomed back for a night into the Power fold.
Watson won't play for another club
Daniel Cherny Tim Watson says his son, Jobe, won't play at a club other than Essendon in 2017.
Madigan gets secret Essendon documents released
Jon Pierik Independent Victorian senator John Madigan has won his bid to secure the release of secret documents relating to the Essendon injecting program.
'Significant' proof needed to take Watson's Brownlow
Emma Quayle Essendon chief executive Xavier Campbell says the burden of proof required to potentially strip Jobe Watson of his Brownlow medal would be "significant".
Worsfold's Essendon revolution is well under way
Matthew Lloyd Essendon will not get many wins on the field in 2016, but off the field - remarkably - the wins keep on coming.
Madigan to call for Senate inquiry into Essendon saga
Jon Pierik Independent Victorian senator John Madigan will seek two motions in the Senate on Monday, calling for an inquiry into the handling of the Essendon drugs saga and for key documents relating to the case to be released.
Silvagni joins list of Blues' legends
Jon Pierik While Carlton has high hopes for their latest generation of Silvagni, the Blues had good reason to toast an earlier variety on Friday night.
How the Bombers drug ban could impact the Sharapova case
Linda Pearce The Court of Arbitration for Sport's verdict in the Essendon drug case could act as an important precedent in Maria Sharapova's bid for clemency after her positive Australian Open test for meldonium, Tennis Australia president Steve Healy believes.
Cats say Robinson tenure nothing to worry about
Jon Pierik Geelong president Colin Carter says a forensic audit of the club's accounts stretching back a decade found the Cats had nothing to worry about from Dean Robinson's tenure.
Banned Dons will have to go to grievance tribunal to quit club
Jon Pierik The Essendon players suspended for an anti-doping offence will have to take their case to the AFL grievance tribunal if they seek to quit the club for a breach of contract.
Will Dyson Heppell return to Essendon?
Jon Pierik The uncertainty over the future of Essendon's elite suspended talent continues to grow, with Dyson Heppell among those still deliberating whether to return to the club next year.
Why Watson's compensation claim could be biggest by far
Samantha Lane Suffering unparalleled reputational and commercial losses, Jobe Watson stands to earn substantially more than any other banned Essendon player with a compensation claim estimated to be worth multiple millions.
Culture of silence in footy? Bomber Thompson's take suggests yes
Samantha Lane Omertà. Everyone in road cycling knows what it means. Anyone who has paid even passing attention to that sport in recent years does too.
Turnbull government accused of having 'something to hide' on ASADA's Essendon probe
Jon Pierik The push to get to the truth of the Essendon injecting saga has intensified, with an independent senator accusing the Turnbull government of having "something to hide".
Dank to launch unfair dismissal against Suns
Jon Pierik Sports scientist Stephen Dank has declared he will launch an unfair dismissal case against the Gold Coast Suns despite working there on a "handshake agreement".
ASADA chief seeks more 'usable' evidence
Samantha Lane Ben McDevitt says public claims by disgraced sports scientists Stephen Dank are 'virtually useless' in his agencies' effort to prosecute retired star Nathan Bock.
Port want to 'look after' Monfries
Daniel Cherny Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says his club will "do everything we can" to look after suspended forward Angus Monfries, but would not confirm whether the club would offer the former Essendon player a new contract.
ASADA denies 'vendetta' after Bock cleared
Daniel Cherny The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has hit back at allegations of hypocrisy after it emerged that Nathan Bock had been cleared of injecting himself with a banned peptide.
Dons on track to retain all 12 banned boys: Worsfold
Daniel Cherny Essendon coach John Worsfold says the Bombers remain on track to retain all 12 of their players currently sitting drug bans.
Dr Bruce Reid in talks about retirement
Daniel Cherny Arguably the final remaining key figure from the Essendon drugs saga could soon be leaving the club.
Ban for Fletcher at son's games
Michael Gleeson The ban on Essendon players meant Dustin Fletcher was barred from going on the ground or into the change rooms to talk to his son Mason as he played for Calder Cannons in a state trial game on Tuesday.
Dons do it for the fans
Rohan Connolly Essendon's surprise victory over Melbourne was as much a win for the fans as the players.
We were 'guinea pigs', admits banned Bomber
Jon Pierik Former Essendon player Brent Prismall says he feels as if the 34 past and present players suspended for being given a banned drug were treated like "guinea pigs" - and he still does not know what he was injected with.
Only written submissions in Dons case
Samantha Lane The appeal of Australian sport's most highly charged doping case will be judged without an oral hearing following a Swiss court instruction that it will only consider written argument about 34 banned Essendon players.
Surgery for banned Saint
Suspended St Kilda recruit Jake Carlisle will spend three months in rehabilitation following hip surgery.
