Concussion studies by Australia’s top football codes have stalled amid scientific controversy over the causes of neurodegenerative diseases in players.
Superstition dictates the lives of many athletes and sports fans, from the order of putting on a kit to talking to inanimate objects – and the author is not immune.
It’s not only the gold medallists who earn their moment in the Olympic spotlight. Athletes of all kinds have proved themselves to be spectacularly meme-worthy.
A new miniseries exposes the ‘plantation mentality’ of billionaire landlord and former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who also liked naming buildings after himself.
As she prepares for the inaugural Olympics breakdancing event, Australian Rachael Gunn wrestles with what it means to compete in a form defined by Black and Hispanic culture – and disadvantage – in America.
As a New York blue blood turned writer, George Plimpton’s sports journalism was life itself: centred on entertainment, humour and his own, often hapless, participation.
Gillon McLachlan moved on to Tabcorp and the previous AFL boss went to Crown. Is there an unholy alliance between sporting leagues and gambling agencies?
