Career on high beam for a devoted Pie
Greg Baum Dayne Beams voluntarily withdrew from last year's grand final because of an injury.
AFL
Cats whet their appetite
Greg Baum Sydney did what Sydney does at Geelong — it threw the kitchen sink at the Cats.
Hawks' victory sews up top spot
Greg Baum Suddenly, anyone's season looks distinctly like someone's. At the very least, it is Hawthorn's to lose.
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Shifty shades of Blue
Greg Baum Ruthless Carlton is changing again and forever in a hurry.
Dockers force a passage to final frontier
Greg Baum Fremantle settles top eight with shock 53-point win over North Melbourne.
The unruly making of rules
Greg Baum A new four-volume tome on the history of Australian rules is set to be released.
Magpies hang on in an epic tug-of-war
Greg Baum For the whole of the final frantic minute, the Eagles could well have reversed that result.
All just a game ... of patience
Greg Baum Sam Gibson got a model girlfriend long before he got his first AFL game last weekend.
To stem the tweets, we need a rule tweak
Greg Baum The holding-the-ball rule could benefit by borrowing from another sport.
A pair of true Saints
Greg Baum ON THE day that Nick Riewoldt and Justin Koschitzke were drafted to St Kilda as No.1 and No.2, Fairfax reported that they seemed almost inseparable.
AFL
Contested possession not critical: Hopkins
Greg Baum Football stats pioneer says that contested possession is overrated as a measure of a good football team.
AFL
Pies resist any hint of Demon deliverance
Greg Baum Imitation was proved to be the sincerest form of flattery at the MCG yesterday, but not yet for Melbourne the path to deliverance.
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Role models, or role players?
Greg Baum This week, for the second time in his short AFL career, Gold Coast's Joel Wilkinson was subject to racial vilification, this time from a Collingwood supporter.
AFL
Cats at a stretch but Blues laid low
Greg Baum Two damaged teams sought to use each other to regain their fluency and rhythm last night. At long length, Geelong succeeded.
What's in the cards for glorified boys?
Greg Baum Once, a footy card would display a photograph of a player and details of his exploits.
Melbourne drowning, not waving
Greg Baum After a dour struggle, inevitably it was the Blues who prevailed.
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Let's talk football, if you dare
Greg Baum In the court of popular opinion, Darren Jolly was damned if he did and damned if he didn't.
The best out of Sydney
Greg Baum Lenny Hayes was Sydney-born and bred, but into an Australian rules tradition.
AFL
Dawning of a brand new day
Greg Baum Essendon and Richmond, the traditional owners of this most joyous of AFL theme matches, have had their recent dark days - Richmond's in particular are the stuff of mythology - but this night met as...
