Daley and the good bloke syndrome
Could you break the news to Laurie Daley that you were giving him the bullet? I couldn't.
The Fitz Files
Eddie McGuire is the chair at Collingwood for the long haul
This is a bloke to whom leadership comes easily. Eddie Mcguire won't leave Collingwood for a long while yet.
Calculated risk is fine – but the NRL needs to do the maths
The implications for rugby league after episodes like Slater's are obvious.
Abs-normal behaviour for tall poppy Norman
You bloody narks! You've been sniggering most unpleasantly about Greg Norman posting photos of his naked self on social media, showing off his 62 year old abs, and you've been sneering that he is a man who'd make Narcissus blush!
Dugan and Ferguson have skills, but not character, for Origin
Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson, you say, got on the squirt? Well, knock me over with a feather!
Grim as it gets for Blues and Waratahs
In the history of rugby league and rugby union in NSW, have things ever been as grim as right now?
No captain off field in Cricket Australia's pay dispute
Of all the cricketers, it is Smith's view that will carry most weight.
How long will blood sport continue?
You will recall, you older ones, the days when we used to smoke in the office and when planes even had the absurdity of smoking and non-smoking sections.
Only one hope for Wallabies against All Blacks
Yup, the very nature of Twitter is that it is short and to the point, but even by those standards, the tweet from the Maitland Mumbler last Saturday afternoon was . . . pointed.
Origin game sets up cracker for the ages
Snide warnings aside, the narrative of this State of Origin series will likely be talked of for years.
Fool me twice using taxpayers' money?
Fool me both times using taxpayers' money and I reckon you have a political embarrassment in the making.
The other folk hero named Ned
The bush kid named Ned Hanigan has come a long way from Coonamble.
Court shouldn't be tried for what she said 50 years ago
For better or worse, for richer or poorer, one of Melbourne's two main tennis arenas now bears a name that, for a huge swathe of Australia – whether you agree or not – really is a byword for bigotry.
When the salaries get larger and everyone lives happily ever after
Sport has gone from a love-fest to an industrial court, with employers and employees shaking fists.
Billy boiled: Mad Katter's theory reveals Broncos plot
Bravo North Queensland MP Bob Katter, for saying what needed to be said.
Take heed of the concussion horror stories before it is too late
A message to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: do you really want to continue getting regular concussions into your 40s?
Saints were sinners with win-at-all-costs attitude
Sledging can be humourous, but St Kilda crossed the line with their targeting of Marc Murphy.
I talked about the real rugby league problem – the reaction will shock you
NRL, we have a problem, just not the one you've been wringing your hands over.
The NRL has a drug problem, but there is a bigger one
Of course alcohol is legal, while cocaine isn't, but so what?
Call me crazy, but it's time to get Alan Jones to coach the Waratahs
Listen, when it comes to Alan Jones, I've had to put another man on, just to keep track of the things I violently disagree with him on – and I have done so for 34 years now.