Thirteen years after Chelsea Roffey became the AFL's first female goal umpire, Eleni Glouftsis became the first female field umpire. As American rock band R.E.M. sang, "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."
"I've done the portrait of M. Gachet with a melancholy expression, which might well seem like a grimace to those who see it... Sad but gentle, yet clear and intelligent…" Vincent van Gogh could very well have been describing Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley,
Dustin Martin was once almost lost to the Tigers, but is now Richmond's Prodigious Son.
It's hard to believe that a satirical description of that most common of weekend pastimes – gatecrashing parties – or the other activity favored by young men – pissing on  public monuments – could end up in jail time.
"Rosebud." The last word to leave the lips of Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles' fictional character from his landmark movie Citizen Kane, is also the name of seaside town. Should Gary Ablett retire from footy at season's end and return to Victoria, it would be an ideal place to call home.
The inaugural AFL Women's season is over but the excitement it generated remains deafening.
There's genuine belief that the once mighty Blues are poised for September action.
On her first visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1887, Margaret Preston's attention was captured not by the artwork but the stools used by students copying the paintings on display.Â
It was an opening night to remember.
Thanks to Bevo's unflinching ambition, the longest era of suffering in AFL/VFL history is over.
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