9/08/2008 | WHEN the first recorded game of Australian Rules was played 150 years ago, founding father Tom Wills could not have imagined things a century-and-a-half on.
That one side, Geelong, could kick 24 g...
9/08/2008 | FRESH from a best-on-ground performance in his 99th game, Jarrad McVeigh is justifiably optimistic that Sydney are still capable of September glory despite some horrible recent form.
9/08/2008 | LITTLE Jensen Jance is by all accounts the perfect baby. At two weeks old, his mother reports, he eats well, settles easily and is even allowing her some sleep.
9/08/2008 | WALLABIES coach Robbie Deans believes a combination of being unable to match the All Blacks' physical intensity, his players relaxing at the wrong moment and the toil of playing three Tests in as many weeks worked against them in Auckland last weekend.
9/08/2008 | Oi-Oi-Oi watch ■ It's the first dipping in the Water Cube of toes that will resemble prunes by week's end (hopefully golden-tinged prunes), and so the Americans don't miss anything...
9/08/2008 | MICHAEL Phelps is remarkably serene, even while those in his orbit spin out of control. Sycophantic American journalists, amorous Chinese volunteers and hordes of random well-wishers gathered breathle...
9/08/2008 | AS YOU might expect from a nation that refers to the winners of its domestic sporting competitions as "world champions", American athletes generally possess the global vision of an earthworm w...
9/08/2008 | THE National Rugby League is engaged in a Beige Age of its own making. There are no cultural differences between Sydney's nine clubs, nor any distinct identity with the Broncos, Raiders and Warrio...
9/08/2008 | THERE are some things we just have to get used to. Petrol prices are high, Britney's self-esteem is low, and loyalty in league is going the same way as scrums, Kangaroos tours and the good old-fas...
9/08/2008 | HAD Sonny Bill Williams told the Bulldogs of his desire to join rugby and become an All Black, the Bulldogs would have released him at the end of this season, a senior club source revealed last night....
9/08/2008 | Warriors v Brisbane Tonight, Mt Smart Stadium, 5.30pm. What the Warriors say The Warriors blew a great opportunity against Souths last week, when a win would have taken them into the top eig...
9/08/2008 | RUGBY league in Sydney is caught between the devil and the wide blue sea of empty seats.
For decades, club administrators have never had to count beyond 20. If they filled the ground with 20,000 f...
9/08/2008 | THE old-media world is crumbling. The castle has not been sacked but its foundations are looking shakier than they have since Bruce Gyngell welcomed the nation to television.
The mass audience of ...
9/08/2008 | MAURICE LINDSAY, the former Wigan, Britain and international supremo, has been watching recent developments in Australia with interest and he believes the centre of the rugby league universe has shift...
9/08/2008 | FROM Oliver Twist to Sonny Bill Williams, it's human nature to want more. "More cash, bloody oath," offered Titans prop Luke Bailey said yesterday. He jests. Sort of.
You see, in the N...
9/08/2008 | HIGHLY influential figures within the game are being courted by others involved in the push to garner support for the formation of an independent commission to run the NRL. Clearing the way is a huge ...
9/08/2008 | THE All Blacks versus the Kangaroos, taking an Origin match to Hong Kong, and developing a hybrid rules game with the NFL are just some of the suggestions for how rugby league can improve its global p...
9/08/2008 | MAX DELMEGE does not throw any passes or make any tackles for Manly. He doesn't even take the field. But the Sea Eagles would not be the on-field force they are without his enormous financial investment in the club as co-owner. In fact, they would be grounded.
9/08/2008 | Dragons 10 Wests Tigers 18
THE Dragons' hopes of farewelling Nathan Brown, Mark Gasnier and Jason Ryles in the finals crashed last night when they suffered their fourth loss in five weeks - a...
9/08/2008 | Melbourne make it three straight wins over Manly with a gritty 16-10 win at Brookvale Oval.