Best of Fitz Files 2016: Warnie the gift that just keeps giving

In February, TFF received a huge response to my piece, having a go at Shane Warne for his outrageous remarks about Steve Waugh being "the most selfish cricketer I've ever played with"...

McKinnon has every right to sue

The news broke Monday morning. The former Newcastle Knights player Alex McKinnon, who has been left in a wheelchair for life because of an illegal tackle on him in 2014 – in a match against the Storm – has reportedly launched legal proceedings against the NRL and the player, Jordan McLean, who was tackler.

Walk with me into the minefield of women's sport and pregnancy

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Minefield, anyone?

Listen fatso, get off the couch and back on the field

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Bring it in tight you fat bastards.

Reaction to Smith catch proves cultural cringe is alive and well

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This is the last bastion of the cultural cringe.

Here's to more sporting fairytales in 2017

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This was the year of thunder and wonder, the year of the fairytale for all those teams more associated with chunder and blunder. Which leaves us hoping for what in 2017?

Rah rah! Union has league on the run

Told yers! I refer to the comments by the famous rugby league coach Chris Anderson this week: "Our biggest danger is rugby union ... It's a big world sport. It's taken over Europe. Rugby league has died in Europe. All good players now go to union; in England, in France. So it's a big game. It's growing in America. That's our danger. If we don't get our house in order, our danger is we'll be playing rugby union in 10 years."

If the Wallabies beat England all will be forgiven

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Bring it in tight, you bastards and listen.

Could the Poo be the answer for Kyrgios?

TFF has long maintained that in terms of wasted tennis talent, the only one who approaches Kyrgios was Mark Philippoussis who had the complete game, but, after bursting onto the tour in the mid-1990s, never quite got there, because his work ethic never matched his colossal talent.