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Darren Kane

Darren Kane is a sports columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl revelry show the fragility of our trust in sport

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...

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Darren Kane: My shameful cocktail of TV, beer and the Ashes

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".

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In the arena of the mind, this could be Nick Kyrgios' year

In the arena of the mind, this could be Nick Kyrgios' year

I want to imagine that Nick Kyrgios finally delivers.

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Darts: The greatest sport to miss out on a start at the Olympics

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.

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Ink it in, 2017 has been a truly awful year in sport

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).

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Darren Kane: Stadium rebuilds a supreme idea

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.

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Winter Olympics in PyeongChang face dangerous conundrum over Russian athletes

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?

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Dylan Caboche's horse punch has the potential to cruel a whole sport

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.

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Richmond photo scandal: Nathan Broad's actions seem criminal, yet his punishment is incredibly light

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.

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Clever psychological warfare is golden in Test cricket – pity about the rest of it
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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.

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Why Thaiday should read his own poem after his dumping from the Kangaroos

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.

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