Comment: Tuesday's Brownlow Medal ceremony was well handled with two truly wonderful footballers anointed as the new medallists for 2012. It brings closure to a delicate issue. Or does it?
Players say their pay dispute with the AFL will drag on well into next year but are hopeful of a resolution before the new season starts.
Port Adelaide's leadership group has defended its handling of Jarman Impey's hit-and-run case, saying the defender's wellbeing is their prime concern.
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon denies the club's culture has been eroded by a series of off-field incidents, but says he's not in a position to speculate on the AFL futures of Michael Johnson and Shane Yarran.
Having been singled out by Sam Mitchell as the man who got his career cracking, Western Bulldogs list manager Simon Dalrymple says the 2012 Brownlow medallist's career shows the value of persistence.
It was the middle of December, there was a paucity of glitz and glamour, but there was something about Tuesday's low-key presentation of the 2012 Brownlow Medal to Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin that felt right.
Another bastion of male exclusivity has fallen. On Tuesday, the Carbine Club voted to break with 55 years of tradition to admit two women. They are Peggy O'Neal, the president of Richmond football club, and Nicole Livingstone, an Olympic silver medalist in swimming and now a media figure.
Former West Coast Eagles star Ben Cousins has avoided a jail sentence after pleading guilty to a string of charges in Armadale Magistrates Court on Tuesday afternoon.
The AFL will decide whether Greater Western Sydney are punished in relation to the Lachie Whitfield scandal just three days before Christmas.
Gary Ablett and Jarrod Witts aren't strikingly similar as footballers, but the pair have bonded over an experience familiar to both of them: shoulder problems.
Trent Cotchin says he contacted Jobe Watson - the man he displaced as 2012 Brownlow medal winner - because it was "the right thing to do," but fellow new medallist Sam Mitchell refused to comment on Watson when asked about him in the immediate aftermath of Tuesday's presentation ceremony.
Now that James Brayshaw has hung up his two most prominent caps, at Channel 9 and as chairman of North Melbourne, he admits that having several of them jammed on his head at once took a toll that he hopes he can remediate.
Fox Sports announced on Monday that experienced and revered sports broadcaster Kelli Underwood would spearhead its commentary team for the inaugural AFL Women's competition. The term "comeback" was bandied around after that disclosure.
West Coast utility Simon Tunbridge will miss the entire 2017 AFL season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Fremantle skipper David Mundy insists it's too early to "pull the trigger" on Shane Yarran and Michael Johnson, saying the leadership group can't dish out any punishment until the duo's court cases are conducted.
A professional sports concussion class action in Australia is a step closer with the launch of a website seeking input from former athletes.
Former Collingwood premiership player Chris Dawes says he feels embarrassed at how his AFL career finished.
Lachie Keeffe hasn't played a game of football for more than two years, but resumed training on Monday and looks set to play a pivotal role in the Magpies' plans for 2017.
Adelaide midfielder Rory Atkins says there's a sense of solidarity among players who want a wage dispute with the AFL settled as soon as possible.
West Coast can further shore up the oldest AFL playing list with contract extensions for some of the longest serving Eagles on the back of recruiting decorated veterans Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie through this year's trading and drafting.
The AFL has backed down on its refusal to include an Auslan interpreter at the grand final.
Banned Collingwood players Lachie Keeffe and Josh Thomas are allowed to return to training on Monday, two months before the end of their suspension for testing positive to clenbuterol.
West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui has set his sights on a return to AFL during the 2017 season, despite having ruptured his ACL late in 2016.
Ex-Fremantle Docker Colin Sylvia is in hospital with serious head and neck injuries after falling from a balcony in Melbourne.
It's a given in sport that if you're not leading, you're losing. So who'd be Malcolm Turnbull right now?
St Kilda's Luke Dunstan has been fined by police after being drunk in a public place early Saturday morning.
Who will be wearing Hawthorn's famous No.5 next season? It's a number close to the hearts of fans after Mitchell donned it for 13 seasons and the much-loved Peter Crimmins wore it in 176 games. Keen observers might also be aware it was even worn by Pat Cash senior in the 1950s.
Richmond board challengers Peter Casey and Simon Wallace have lost in their respective attempts to become Tigers directors, with incumbents Kerry Ryan and Emmett Dunne both re-elected for new three year terms.
Emerging St Kilda forward Jade Gresham is eyeing more time in the Saints' midfield after re-signing with the club until the end of 2019.
Canberra United's code-hoppers Ellie Brush and Jenna McCormick might square off in opening round.
The AFL now looks highly unlikely to expand its eight-team national women's competition until at least 2019 in a move which has placed it at odds with a number of losing bidder clubs who believe they have been misled.
Greater Western Sydney's defence against misconduct charges over the Lachie Whitfield affair has been postponed and is now likely to be heard just days before Christmas.
Josh Kennedy is the new captain of the Sydney Swans after co-captains Jarrad McVeigh and Kieren Jack decided to relinquish their roles with the club.
Geelong have backed reigning Brownlow medallist Patrick Dangerfield following the star midfielder's refusal to rule out a players' strike in response to the pay dispute with the AFL.
AFL financial chief Ray Gunston tried to empathise with leading players by making reference to his son - star Hawthorn forward Jack - at Friday's meeting of league executives and key AFL Players' Association personnel.
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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