Adam Cooper
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AFL
Crows to button up on drug allegations
Ashley Porter, Adelaide, and Adam Cooper Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson asks Crows fans to show the opposition respect.
Connolly and Bailey bear the brunt of AFL tanking probe
Adam Cooper The AFL has suspended former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey and the club's ex-football operations manager Chris Connolly - both will keep their jobs.
Demons cop huge fine on the chin
Adam Cooper Melbourne president Don McLardy insists his club’s integrity is intact.
AFL priorities were wrong, says Roos
Adam Cooper and Deborah Gough Ex-coach blames AFL for creating environment in which teams encouraged to perform poorly.
Australian football
Integrity intact: Demons
Adam Cooper Dees slugged $500,000 for being responsible for two former officials who acted outside AFL rules in 2009.
Football
Puzzled Newbold backs AFL boss
Adam Cooper Jeff Kennett's successor as Hawthorn president says the AFL has made some puzzling rulings.
AFL
Sheedy weighs in on Demons' woes
Adam Cooper Kevin Sheedy says he saw "problems coming" at Melbourne when granted a "Clayton's interview" by the Demons for their then-vacant coaching position in 2007.
Sheedy spotted demons at Melbourne
Adam Cooper KEVIN SHEEDY says he saw ''problems coming'' at Melbourne when granted a ''Clayton's interview'' by the Demons for their then-vacant coaching position in 2007.
Sheedy saw Dees' problems coming
Adam Cooper Veteran coach says he foresaw problems when interviewed by Demons in 2007.
A timeline on 'tanking' in the AFL
Compiled by Adam Cooper A timeline on the tanking issue in the AFL
AFL launches Demons tanking claim probe
Jon Pierik and Adam Cooper AFL launches investigation into claims made by former Melbourne midfielder Brock McLean that Demons tanked in 2009.






















