AFL
Magpies have the final say
Greg Baum Mick and the Magpies never did cross paths at the MCG on Sunday.
AFL
Wounded Magpies call on plan B, and C and ...
Greg Baum This was a tale of the best laid plans of mice and football clubs.
Plans will change for Magpies and Eagles
Greg Baum Collingwood and West Coast must simultaneously try to anticipate the other's adjustments.
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.
AFL
Danger defused, Dons, Carlisle give Pies boot
Greg Baum As the siren sounded to mark the most significant of Essendon's run of five wins in what has been an astonishing start to 2013, Jake Carlisle walked crookedly from the interchange bench to join his...
AFL
Long and short of it is Hawks beat up on Pies
Greg Baum Hawthorn had the win that needed no explanation; Collingwood the defeat that had no alibi.
Greg Baum
A fabulous recognition of a Collingwood life
Greg Baum Carman had an impact akin to Carey and Franklin rolled into one, writes Greg Baum.
Day the Pies got the job done
Greg Baum Essendon great Terry Daniher never was one for varnishing the truth.
Swans break free from the Collingwood spell
Greg Baum The story of last night's finals football was told in one post-modern moment in the first quarter at Sydney's ANZ stadium.
Career on high beam for a devoted Pie
Greg Baum Dayne Beams voluntarily withdrew from last year's grand final because of an injury.
Anguish and ecstasy in finals farewell
Greg Baum Semi-final victory hurt so good for Collingwood at the MCG last night. In yet another epic of football as tug-of-war, the Magpies dug in their heels to beat West Coast by 13 points.
AFL
Hawks grasp chance to show winning credentials
Greg Baum Hawks get a week off, Magpies must lick their wounds and play a semi-final.
Pies look to 2011 Cats as their form guide
Greg Baum Collingwood says its rousing semi-final victory over West Coast last Saturday indicates that it is rising as a sustainable force in the finals series, as Geelong did last year.
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
Round 1 goes to the Hawks in soaring win
Greg Baum Usually, a football season takes the form of a crescendo. The 2012 season is only a week old, and already is touching climactic heights.
Greg Baum
Blue chip tradition
Greg Baum The rumbling builds for what is more than just another match.
Football
Carlton passes test and hands out a lesson
Greg Baum This was football as VCE. The big test is at the end of the year, but there are interim tests too.
