Cricket

Cold and timid souls

Sam de Brito Excuse me, Sir, are you licensed to hold that opinion?

Sam de Brito I've always had an uneasy relationship with football - mainly because I was so crap at it - but also because I distrust mass hysteria and certainty and you'll find both of those in spades amongst...

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Knowing your place

Sam de Brito Does anybody else get a chuckle out the constant teeth-gnashing by the rugby union fraternity, as they kid themselves there's actually something wrong with the world order of that sport when...

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Being bitchy to Lara Bingle

Sam de Brito The reality TV show Being Lara Bingle kicks off Tuesday night on Channel 10 and if there's one thing more certain than her saying "like" a kajillion times, it's the putrid waterfall of bile, spite...

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Outdoor Type?

Sam de Brito One of our great Australian songs, generally not considered an Australian song, is the Lemonheads 'Outdoor Type', sung by the once omnipresent Evan Dando ...

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Peter Roebuck's sad legacy

Sam de Brito I feel sorry for gay blokes - not in a pitying, condescending way, and certainly not every gay man. There are plenty of gays who annoy me - particularly the vicious, snippy, Carson Kressley wannabes...

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Ripped off in the 80s

Sam de Brito The longer I live, the more convinced I become my generation got savagely ripped off as teenagers growing up in the 80s* ...

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Knives out

Fresh-faced Warne denies facelift

Australian cricket great Shane Warne has denied claims he used Botox or had a facelift, saying his youthful look is thanks to moisturisers, healthy eating and exercise.

Parental love

In my father's footsteps

William McInnes What began as a walk to the supermarket for actor William McInnes and his children becomes a philosophical stroll down memory lane - a reminder of the inevitability of change and the endurance of...