The Line
End it like …
David Beckham, at the mercy of instant historical judgment.
V8s Super-sized for Texas
Will V8 Supercars’ Texas experiment be a success or failure?
Rising from Ashes
A neat bit of progressive thinking in cricket, for a change.
Galleries
2013 Big Wave Awards
Billabong Big Wave Award Finalists 2013
ASCTA Swimming Awards
Winners and finalists from the ASCTA Swimming Photography Awards.
Lingerie League
The Lingerie League hit our shores in June 2012 and we discovered that although the concept might be ridiculous – its athletes were not.
Training Day
Talking triathalons with Courtney Atkinson
Triathlon is a sport in (ahem) transition at the moment. After making its initial big splash back in the Nineties, featuring its Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000, the sport has morphed.
Cycling with Rochelle Gilmore
Rochelle Gilmore sped through Delhi’s roads ‒ and thick air ‒ to claim gold in the Women’s Road Race in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
IronWoman Events with Candice Falzon
“The races in the Kellogg’s Ironwoman Series are a lot shorter than in previous years, this year it’s all sprint”.
How Good Is ...
Tom Kingston
Tom Kingston was the standout in NSW’s annus horribilis of 2012, and the young winger is poised for another big year and possibly his first Wallabies cap.
How Good Is Hugh Greenwood?
Hugh Greenwood a key cog in a strong University of New Mexico basketball team that has the potential to make a deep run in the postseason.
How Good Is Alex Edmondson
Alex Edmondson has talent to burn and the potential to become one of the new stars of Australian cycling.
Sports Biz
Counting On It
There’s no getting rid of the numbers guys from sports, particularly with the amount of money involved.
Rory McIlroy’s Upward Swoosh
Bringing Rory McIlroy aboard is a sure signal that Nike is set on outgrowing its image within golf as Tiger’s brand.
Pay Disputes – Striking Back
Unlike their US colleagues, it’s never been Australian sportstars’ way to stop playing during pay disputes … but for how much longer?
Innovators
Jason Belmonte
Who’d have thought two hands are better than one in ten-pin bowling? Only an Aussie.
Douglas Jardine
Nobody said Innovators had to be good guys. When a bloke comes along and, with one stroke, alters long-established rules forever,
James Naismith
How he came to know about it is unclear, but certain aspects of the game, called “duck on a rock”, or “duck and run”, stayed with him and informed his invention of basketball.
