Tim Lane
Sports science has its place
Tim Lane Independence and transparency is the key to ensuring that all sport's yardsticks are not tarnished.
Dark artists drop the ball
Tim Lane The tanking scandal and the Folau debacle show the dangers of tinkering with footy's natural order.
Tim Lane
Winning now not so foreign
Tim Lane Once again a Swans premiership has been made possible by their inspired trading.
Life of Mick, Blue messiah?
Tim Lane Carlton has a long history of bringing in outsiders to produce instant results - it's not always worked.
Off-field wins? No tanks, AFL
Tim Lane While the issue of tanking had to be addressed, the AFL's ''solution'' is not one that is appropriate.
AFL needs less shuttlecockups
Tim Lane IT WILL be a relief to the AFL to know it isn't alone in facing the reality that its rules might, under certain circumstances, encourage manufactured under-performance; or 'tanking' in the vernacular.
Football
Jack's 'lost in mail' story has a stamp of doubt
Tim Lane and Roy Masters A Sunday Age investigation has raised doubts about the veracity of a statutory declaration.
AFL
All-clear on Jack deal can't be taken seriously
Tim Lane AFL credibility in the Jack affair quickly melts away under scrutiny.
Tim Lane
Investigated, whitewashed?
Tim Lane There are lingering questions about irregularities in Kieren Jack's drafting to Sydney.
Smaller clubs on the mooove
Tim Lane It's not just cattle on King Island, where three footy teams are going hell for leather for supremacy.
