Cricket
Why Warner's spray has me yearning for the good old days
Richard Hinds David Warner's ill-tempered Twitter tirade at two cricket writers did not say much we did not know from watching the chunky opener at the crease: there are outback cattle stations where the wireless...
Hindsight
Children lose under win-at-all-cost coaches
Richard Hinds A FRIEND tells a story of the father of a footballer in his son's junior league. So violent were his outbursts on the sidelines against the opposition, the officials and even his own child's...
Cricket
Nine: better the devil you know
Richard Hinds You can't help hoping Nine can show Cricket Australia the money.
Subtract Nine from Ten and see what viewers are left with
Richard Hinds Since it was revealed by Fairfax Media that Ten had emerged as a very real alternative to Nine as the broadcaster of Australian cricket, it has been impossible to ignore a harrowing image.
Tennis
Pushy parents a curse and a blessing
Richard Hinds Behind the scenes, the relationship with the ugly tennis parent is more disturbing and complex.
Tennis
Bad sport: some of the best kids have the worst parents
Richard Hinds Allegations that a ‘‘hitting partner’s’’ job description was taken rather too literally. John Tomic spending more time in the Spanish courts than son Bernard did on the court.
Horse Racing
'Singo' and Gai's is a less than joyous jostle in a long run
Richard Hinds When people say Singleton and the Waterhouse family have history, they are not exaggerating.
HINDSIGHT
Singo's tales are more than just horseplay
Richard Hinds WE NOW spend more time down here in the shallow end of the newspaper wading through drug codes than team sheets. But you still get to experience some uplifting moments.
Drugs in Sport
Tough drug rules have put players in tight spots
Richard Hinds The more details emerge about the supplement programs at Essendon and Cronulla, the more it seems the players were victims. Guinea pigs, pin-cushions, stooges.
CRICKET
Spark of hope still flickers among the Ashes
Richard Hinds NO, I didn't have Brad Haddin in my Ashes squad. Thought his time had passed. Didn't believe he had done enough to displace the incumbent Matthew Wade, or even earn a touring berth ahead of Tim Paine.
A-League
One epic fairytale dies as Mariners pen their own story of perseverance
Richard Hinds Sleeping Beauty slipped a Stilnox. Rapunzel with a razor cut. A kissed frog that just croaks. Fairytale denied.
Red (and black) letter days
Richard Hinds The media have often been accused of sensationalising behaviour of A-League fans.
A-League
Wanderers fans deserve their chants at glory
Richard Hinds THE media has often been accused of sensationalising the behaviour of A-League fans. So here it is: this season, A-League fans have been sensational.
Horseracing
Job done: the majestic mare exits stage as arguably the greatest
Richard Hinds Such is Black Caviar's fame, and our cult of personality, the champion racehorse has assumed a human persona that includes a popular Twitter account and a budding romance with the English stallion...
A day when a nice guy finished first
Richard Hinds Decades of heartbreak was wiped away with the swipe of an elongated putter.
Day when a nice guy finished first
Richard Hinds Decades of heartbreak was wiped away with the swipe of an elongated putter.
Football
The unsure thing: Socceroos must earn berth
Richard Hinds IT WAS enough to make you yearn for the good old days in Oceania. Back when the Socceroos slaughtered regional minnows American Samoa 31-0.
Cricket
The evidence is in, time to sift through Ashes to find a squad
Richard Hinds The ignominious tour of India has drawn to an appropriately calamitous conclusion. The Sheffield Shield - the anachronistic bugbear that complicates the scheduling of Big Bash League games and...
High praise for Gallop as timing is everything
Richard Hinds David Gallop's move to the A-League coincided with its best and brightest season.
AFL
Demetriou fights to keep monster chained
Richard Hinds ALMOST eight years after Andrew Demetriou said the team north of the Murray playing ugly football would not win the premiership, the AFL boss finally had his Fonzie moment.
