Tim Lane
AFL follows bouncing ball
Tim Lane The league's continuous tinkering with the game's rules is like a dog chasing its tail.
Buddy flaws hurt Hawks
Tim Lane Lance Franklin can light up the modern game, but his inaccuracy holds back Hawthorn.
As non-Victorian teams rise, crowds will play active part
Tim Lane In case you hadn't noticed, football's pendulum of ascendancy seems to be swinging back to its median position, if not quite yet to the non-Victorian side thereof.
Coach or player, respect is vital
Tim Lane The respective roles and personalities within football clubs are bound to highlight differences.
On football's struggle street, burning hunger still gnaws
Tim Lane The big talking point has been the unusually open race for the flag.
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.
Round one's hill of beans
Tim Lane Like Bogart in Casablanca, football dreams don't always have happy endings in a tough world.
A knockout, Buddy Ali
Tim Lane Hawthorn's Lance Franklin is developing into something truly unique.
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.
Football
Cup on offer, it's still footy
Tim Lane The new incarnation of the NAB Cup may still give some indication of what's to come.
