Greg Baum

Greg Baum

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

Sorry Warner, you're no Warnie

Greg Baum The merest defence that can be made of Dave Warner is that he was not the most disgracefully behaved Australian male this week.

Football

Socceroos in Kruse control

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Greg Baum Tonight, the Socceroos looked back, and heard an echo, and forward, and heard a call, and felt nothing but rapture.

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Socceroos in Kruse control

Greg Baum Last night, the Socceroos looked back, and heard an echo, and forward, and heard a call, and felt nothing but rapture.

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Cricket

Common sense the loser in this tirade

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Greg Baum Social media, unfortunately, seems to be the province of orphans.

Horse Racing

Racing, and its familiar faces, can't afford nod-and-wink image

Greg Baum Of course, Tom Waterhouse must be allowed the presumption of innocence.

Horse Racing

The back of Black

Black Caviar

Greg Baum As on the first day of her career, so on the last, and every day between: Black Caviar was ahead of them all.

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Racing

Everywhere bookie unable to lie low in this scandal

Tom Waterhouse.

Greg Baum Of course, Tom Waterhouse must be allowed the presumption of innocence. But, and this is his own doing, he cannot be granted the blessing due divinely to the meek.

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Golf

In Australian pantheon, Scott's first among equals

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Greg Baum So Adam Scott is inducted into the pantheon. But where to seat him? Even before darkness had settled on rainy Augusta, this matter of protocol was an agenda item at impromptu 19th holes all around...

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Shining moment for ages

Adam Scott of Australia reacts alongside caddie Steve Williams after Scott makes a birdie putt on the second sudden death playoff hole to defeat Angel Cabrera of Argentina to win the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia.

Greg Baum So Adam Scott is inducted into the pantheon. But where to seat him?

Cricket

India tour a shambles of highest order

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Greg Baum Abysmal result demonstrates that Australia has lost control of its own cricket destiny.

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Cricket

For the love of Boof

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Greg Baum Coach Boof. Supercoach Boof. Linguistically, it doesn't work. The syntax is all wrong. But Darren Lehmann never did quite fit into a category.

Cricket

Punishment doesn't fit crime

Greg Baum Sport is not war, and a cricket team is not an army. Then why are they being treated as such?

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Indian wickets tricky, not sticky

Greg Baum From this hazy distance, it is hard to say whether or not the antbed Chennai pitch spooked the Australians in India. But it certainly spooked Australians in Australia.

Cricket

Let's just shut our eyes and think of England

Greg Baum If we shut our eyes, put our fingers in our ears, and hum loudly to ourselves, the India series eventually will go away. Immediately, there is no other viable tactic.

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Not sweating, crying at record run

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Greg Baum Rarely in the annals of great Australian horse tales has there been movement at the station quite like this.

Black magic strikes again

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Greg Baum RARELY before in the annals of great Australian horse tales has there been movement at the station quite like this.

Tennis

Peerless Federer knocks over another cocky challenger

Roger Federer hits a return against Canada's Milos Raonic.

Greg Baum The tournament sets them up, and one by one, Roger Federer knocks them down.

Tennis

Nation dares dream that Tomic has a way to run

Bernard Tomic

Greg Baum The dwelling has begun again. Bernard Tomic made such a thumping start to the 2013 Australian Open on Tuesday night that the country will again dare to imagine he will still be there near the end.

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Burn, baby, Bernie

Bernard Tomic turned up in style for his first round match against Leonardo Mayer.

Greg Baum Bernard Tomic made such a thumping start to the 2013 Australian Open on Tuesday night that the country again will dare to imagine that he will still be there somewhere near the end.

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The pool ripple that made waves

James Magnussen.

Greg Baum It would have been simpler for everyone if the Stilnox six had been made to write 100 lines - 'I must not be a naughty boy' - and told that they could not go to the pool again until they had handed...