Sheedy is a zealot, but he's no racist
Richard Hinds The joy of Kevin Sheedy is that he looks outside the AFL's small world.
AFL
Missionary Sheedy deserves to be judged by his actions
Richard Hinds The joy of Kevin Sheedy is that he looks outside the AFL's small world. He seeks people and ideas and looks to include them.
AFL
Ziggy zags around the big issue in Bombers report
Richard Hinds You only need to read the first few paragraphs of Ziggy Switkowski's "independent review" of Essendon's controversial strengthening program to understand the subtext.
Drugs in AFL
Get with the program, chaps
Richard Hinds We now know of the restorative powers of pigs' brains and bovine colostrum.
AFL
Winning's not the cure-all for malaise at Essendon
Richard Hinds We now know of the restorative powers of pigs' brains and bovine colostrum. But, if you want to be transformed, there is an even more potent potion. It's called winning.
Richard Hinds
Mistakes, we've had a few
Richard Hinds AFL chief wants to bring the romance back to the game.
ASADA deals bitter pill to AFL’s brand protectors
Richard Hinds A high-profile club flouting the unambiguous regulations. A large group of players – unwittingly, or not – using a banned substance to improve strength or aerobic capacity.
Richard Hinds
AFL forced to swallow bitter pill
Richard Hinds A high-profile club flaunting unambiguous regulations. A large group of players - unwittingly, or not - using a banned substance to improve strength or aerobic capacity.
AFL posts a huge year
Richard Hinds As 2012 draws to a close, Richard Hinds looks back at a huge year for AFL in the first of a series of year-enders.
When codes sell out for a Sonny disposition
Richard Hinds He looks so good, that Sonny Quade-Folau. He is the ultimate first-choice athlete.
Breaking family ties
Richard Hinds IN 1961, everywhere else, John Kennedy was the generation-defining US President advocating hare-brained schemes such as lunar exploration, liaising with Hollywood starlets and inspiring a nation with...
AFL
The Kennedy legacy
Richard Hinds Talking with Josh Kennedy before tonight's preliminary final, you raise the subject of his famous family apologetically.
Swans storm into grand final
Richard Hinds THE Sydney Swans will play in Melbourne's grand final. The Melbourne Storm will play in Sydney's.
Thriller decided in fast and furious seconds
Richard Hinds After a triumph of such fluctuating fortunes, and with such an incredible crescendo, you search for the difference. The act of skill or heroism; the piece of sheer good luck.
Football
Against all odds, somehow the Swans keep finding a way to get the job done
Richard Hinds In those last 10 minutes, the Swans were subjected to the most onerous test of mind and body imaginable.
Pioneer Stynes sparked code's emergence from Victorian age
Richard Hinds The death of Melbourne's Irish legend Jim Stynes comes at a poignant time for the AFL. As the game spreads to a new frontier, Stynes, more than any player, coach or official, encouraged what had been...
A verbal spell and a hard sell
Richard Hinds Getting the Western Sydney locals to take an interest is still a Giant task.
We are not going to be a doormat, says Sheedy
Richard Hinds Like Bayern Munich's domination of their cross-town whipping boys 1860 Munich, most expect the AFL's Sydney rivalry to be mercilessly one-sided - at least in the initial stages.
Native game has the right numbers to fend off most challenges
Richard Hinds By choosing to open its season with last Saturday's GWS-Swans derby, the AFL wisely focused the spotlight on its northern expansion.
GWS still standing tall despite loss in land of the real giants
Richard Hinds For Greater Western Sydney, this was supposed to be a knee-knocking moment. Their first match in Melbourne against the premiership favourites Carlton.
