Opinion
LIV Golf Series
Greg Norman: the great white piece of bait
LIV Golf brought in “the Shark” to do a job. He did it so well he’s now redundant. But don’t expect a crowdfunding campaign for him any time soon.
- by Greg Baum
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World golf
Shock end to golf war shows there’s only one driver in the sport: money
What on earth could have changed so that world golf’s traditional bodies and their rebel LIV tour nemesis suddenly kissed and made up?
- by Greg Baum
McKay kicks goals, but Blues miss the points as the Demons grind out victory
Seven losses in eight games imperils Carlton’s season, while Melbourne right theirs with a win after having suffered successive defeats.
- by Greg Baum
Durham leads Bombers to Dreamtime win against Richmond with late goal
The victory for the undermanned Bombers will fortify their sense that under new coach Brad Scott, they are at last on a path to a sustainable future.
- by Greg Baum
The walls close in on Clarko
North Melbourne got a new, improved Alastair Clarkson when they signed him as coach last year. But now they don’t have him at all.
- by Greg Baum
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AFL 2023
Clarkson slams ‘shameful’ Hawthorn conduct
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has exploded over the handling of the eight-month-old independent investigation into allegations of racism at Hawthorn, savaging his former club and the process.
- by Peter Ryan and Greg Baum
Sacked female umpire pioneer takes AFL to Fair Work
Libby Toovey says she was sacked five weeks into an AFL job because she alerted the league to abuse of female umpires. The AFL says it was because of misconduct.
- by Greg Baum
After the coronation, it’s king versus country
Charles is about to become the crowned king of Australia. But who is he going to barrack for in the Ashes?
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
AFL 2023
Through a Tasmanian team, footy gets back some of its essence
Without a Tasmanian team, the national competition was missing a piece of its soul. Now it is to be restored.
- by Greg Baum
‘An equal balance of defence and attack’: the McLachlan era
It is impossible for the AFL’s chief executive to please everyone, but footy people give Gillon McLachlan high marks.
- by Greg Baum
Analysis
AFL 2023
Elite sports struggle with concussion, but it’s even murkier at the grassroots
It was as striking as a punch to the head at a Senate inquiry hearing this week that it is one thing to develop a will to deal with head trauma in sport, and another to find a way.
- by Greg Baum