Greg Baum

Greg Baum

Greg Baum is chief sports columnist and associate editor with The Age

AFL

Demons fail to reach their goals

Greg Baum Melbourne played like men possessed, Carlton like a self-possessed team.

Greg Baum

Dan for all seasons

Daniel Kerr

Greg Baum The Daniel Kerr highlights reel screened to the Eagles before his 200th game had the lot.

Pies look to 2011 Cats as their form guide

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.

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

Contested possession not critical: Hopkins

Ted Hopkins.

Greg Baum Football stats pioneer says that contested possession is overrated as a measure of a good football team.

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Tigers are stirring

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick.

Greg Baum Damien Hardwick is confident of lifting his youngsters to new heights.

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Accidents do happen, and are often unavoidable

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Greg Baum The match review panel has developed such a mania for finding not just cause, but culpability in every heart-in-mouth happening on the football ground that it is wonder it did not prefer a charge of...

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Dawning of a brand new day

Essendon player Nathan Lovett-Murray

Greg Baum Essendon and Richmond, the traditional owners of this most joyous of AFL theme matches, have had their recent dark days - Richmond's in particular are the stuff of mythology - but this night met as...