Sport

Charles Waterstreet

Sport and the currency of celebrity

Charles Waterstreet A Sydney librarian has tackled the touchy matter of drugs in sport with more aplomb than the Australian Crime Commission's recent shrieking report.

Slash sport funding and risk nation's health

Brad Walter THERE is a certain irony that David Williamson should question the amount of funding given to sport when the play he is best known for, The Club, is about AFL.

Tim Williams

United we cheered - sport at its pinnacle

Tim Williams Sydney will feature in both the AFL and NRL grand finals this weekend. Yet regardless of whether the Swans or the Bulldogs win, two victories can already be chalked up for the Emerald City.

Helen Razer

Feminist critics of this new 'sport' sound like snobs on a soapbox

Helen Razer Late last month, Australia's Minister for Sport made a public statement about an emerging spectator sport with which, it seemed, she had no truck.

Craig Fry

Bring truth into play by saying yes to drugs in sport

Craig Fry Bans on performance enhancers don't make elite competition fairer.

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Kimberley Crow

Allow drugs in sport? I nearly choked on my (low-fat) Weeties

Kimberley Crow The quest for Olympic gold involves dedication and willpower, not drugs.

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John Brady

Sport's the solution to violence, not the problem

John Brady Australian sportsmen, Chloe Angyal asserted in the Herald on Monday, won't stop assaulting women.

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Chris Berg

Let the queasy cult of sport and cash begin

Chris Berg The Olympic Games are creepy. Sure, their creepiness isn't immediately apparent. We have grown familiar to it.

Andrew Lemon

In defence of the beautiful, humane sport of jumps racing

Andrew Lemon Because horse racing in Australia in recent decades has been eager to define itself as an industry, a creator of wealth, it forgets to celebrate the traditional appeal of racing, the mysterious...

Stilgherrian

Sport has to think outside the box

Stilgherrian In revolutions, things get broken. People get hurt. The internet revolution is smashing businesses whose trade was controlling what information we could see when, where and in what context.

Nina Funnell

Sport bans for violence don't affect only clubs

Nina Funnell The new Australian Rugby League Commission has suspended Cowboys halfback Robert Lui for a year and Sharks player Isaac Gordon for nine matches after both were found guilty of domestic...

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Goanna Tracks

Ottering: a cheap sport destined to win us Olympic glory

The Goanna Amid all the outrage over the idea that funding for some of the more arcane Olympic sports be slashed, The Goanna is alarmed to discover there has been no mention of one of the truly great events,...

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Mark Stevenson

Amateur players need to beware of knock-on effect of concussion

Mark Stevenson One of the Carlton greats, Greg Williams, has memory loss. He won't be alone.

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Wendy Squires

A mentality in a league of its own

Wendy Squires I am unable to even dip a toe in the pool of faith and blind loyalty that is rugby league.

Only Pistorius knows the whole truth

Charles Waterstreet Crime-scene experts and Hollywood agents are descending on Pretoria in droves, as the Pistorius murder case proves once again that a highly skilled cross-examiner and defence team can devastate even...