Hawthorn star Brendan Whitecross says his "scary" encounter with up to five men who broke into his home as his children slept and stole his fiancee's Porsche could have been a lot worse.
The 12 young Hawthorn players who walked the Kokoda Track last month were each asked to lead the group for half a day or longer.
Doctors telling Jarryd Roughead he is now "cancer-free" has also changed what was thought achievable at Hawthorn next year.
GWS will complete a blockbuster 2017 schedule in Canberra with a showdown against North Melbourne.
The AFL will on Wednesday unveil its newly named pre-season competition as the JLT Community Series after striking a three-year deal with its insurance broker JLT Sport.
Fremantle Dockers player Shane Yarran has appeared in a Perth court charged over an assault allegedly involving a family member.
Sydney star Luke Parker won't resume training until 2017 after undergoing knee surgery to hasten his recovery from a PCL injury.
Hawthorn spearhead Jarryd Roughead has had a 'complete response' to his cancer treatment and is ready to resume a 'normal life'.
Port Adelaide has banned defender Jarman Impey as it emerges an AFL teammate was with him when he crashed into parked cars after a weekend pool party.
After a Western Bulldogs premiership and the launch of a national AFL women's competition, much loved 'Doggies vice-president Susan Alberti said the time was right to retire.
Adam Ramanauskas has urged Hawthorn fans to temper their expectations of an early return for Jarryd Roughead.
Fyfe was part of a record pack of 135 kitesurfers from Australia and overseas who lapped up what were described by race organisers as perfect kiteboarding conditions with winds of up to 24 knots.
Young gun Andrew McGrath has created headlines before playing his first game, with Essendon's first ever No.1 draft pick being handed the club's No.1 guernsey for the 2017 season.
The extraordinary return of Geoff Walsh to Collingwood little more than three years after he walked out of the club, having said his piece to some board members and clearly at odds with the chief executive Gary Pert, again underlines that football is as forgiving as it is pragmatic.
Essendon defender Michael Hurley believes Jobe Watson has overcome the disappointment of handing back his 2012 Brownlow Medal.
The AFL will release its fixture for next year's pre-season series this week as it confirms the final details of its new naming rights sponsor.
Jarryd Roughead is back in training with his Hawthorn teammates as he continues his recovery from a melanoma which saw him sit out the entire 2016 AFL season.
The 2016 grand final was barely two months ago but the Western Bulldogs are moving on.
Hawthorn may no longer be the AFL's top dog. But that hasn't changed the level of expectation, says experienced forward Jack Gunston.
Geelong have recruited Western Bulldogs great Brad Johnson as a specialist coach, working with the club's small and medium forwards.
Young guns Isaac Heeney and Callum Mills are in line for midfield moves as Sydney ponder how to cover the departure of Tom Mitchell to Hawthorn.
It might have come as a shock to fans but Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade says he's well advanced in his plans to replace Gary Ablett as the Suns' captain.
Veteran administrator Geoff Walsh has returned to Collingwood as the club's new head of football.
Having not returned to Channel Nine's cricket coverage this summer, James Brayshaw has now left the network entirely, with Craig Hutchison to move into his role as co-host of The Footy Show.
Former star forward and Sydney premiership co-captain Barry Hall has been recruited by Gold Coast as a part-time coach.
Port Adelaide spent several hours searching for Jarman Impey after he left the scene of an accident on Saturday night, abandoning his car after damaging four parked cars.
New Cat Esava Ratugolea was excited about meeting Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield in his first week at the club.
In a blow to battling Brisbane, respected list manager Peter Schwab has confirmed his departure from the Lions to take up a position with the AFL.
So, no Tasmanian was chosen at this year's AFL national draft. Then, at around the same time, a bid was launched on the island state's behalf for representation in soccer's A-League.
Ken Judge knew he didn't have long to live. Harry Morrison knew it would probably be the last time he saw his Godfather.
Carlton youngster Jack Silvagni has inherited the famous No.1 jumper that both his champion grandfather Serge and father Stephen wore with distinction.
The Canberra Demons want to utilise the famous talent pool through NSW's Riverina and surrounding areas.
It is the emails that should be sounding an alarm. A whole tranche of them. No, make that a trove; Wikileaks would. They've been flooding in for weeks. Names. Numbers. Names linked to numbers, like a code.
While the bulk of St Kilda's list headed to New Zealand this week for a pre-season camp, six-time best and fairest Nick Riewoldt has stayed in Melbourne.
A lead role in a TV series would count as a big break for most people, but Gordan Churchill has his sights set on making it on a different stage.
Brendon Lade is returning to Port Adelaide after seven years as an assistant coach at AFL rivals Richmond.
The Western Bulldogs won't look back at their painful history of preliminary final losses in the lead up to their Saturday night clash with GWS Giants.
Melbourne great David Schwarz says the potential defection of Jesse Hogan would not be "as catastrophic" now as it would have been last year.
There’s two very contrasting narratives developing heading into the penultimate weekend of the AFL season. And sentimentally, they’re at opposite ends of the spectrum.
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