Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl revelry show the fragility of our trust in sport
Footage went viral this week of a particularly revelrous Eagles fan diving into a steaming pile of horse you-know-what. Which made me wonder...
- by Darren Kane
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Darren Kane: My shameful cocktail of TV, beer and the Ashes
Whoever was coming up with those Guinness ads in the 1980s, one hopes they were paid triple. You know the one where the impressively hirsute Irishman emerges quite silently from a Stygian background, affixes his gaze on yours and deadpans "in space, no one can hear you scream".
- by Darren Kane
In the arena of the mind, this could be Nick Kyrgios' year
I want to imagine that Nick Kyrgios finally delivers.
- by Darren Kane
Darts: The greatest sport to miss out on a start at the Olympics
With the Winter Olympics set to start in six weeks' time, Darren Kane writes about the greatest game to miss an Olympic start: darts.
- by Darren Kane
Ink it in, 2017 has been a truly awful year in sport
What a confounding, crappy year it's been (saying that, there's still another whole week to suffer).
- by Darren Kane
Darren Kane: Stadium rebuilds a supreme idea
I'm thinking I've wayyyyyyyyyy undersold the marvellous powers of North Korea's feted Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un.
- by Darren Kane
Winter Olympics in PyeongChang face dangerous conundrum over Russian athletes
Come next Tuesday when the IOC meets in Lausanne, is there any real prospect that Russia will be refused entry to the Winter Games in two months time?
- by Darren Kane
Dylan Caboche's horse punch has the potential to cruel a whole sport
There's a maxim familiar to anyone who has survived the first year of undergraduate law.
- by Darren Kane
Richmond photo scandal: Nathan Broad's actions seem criminal, yet his punishment is incredibly light
Nathan Broad's actions bear comparing to the Ben Stokes and James Tedesco situations, but the AFL player's actions were on another level.
- by Darren Kane
COMMENT
Clever psychological warfare is golden in Test cricket – pity about the rest of it
Sledging is a special art in cricket, Test matches in particular.
- by Darren Kane
Why Thaiday should read his own poem after his dumping from the Kangaroos
Sam Thaiday penned the Kangaroos' ode RISE. He should go back and read it.
- by Darren Kane