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The inflatable ball
Whatever the code, the modern football is a marvel of science and technology.
16 Oct 2014
The treadmill
One of the world's most popular exercise aids started out as punishment for convicts.
18 Sep 2014
The treadmill
One of the world's most popular exercise aids started out as punishment for convicts.
18 Sep 2014
F1 Drag Reduction System
The jury is still out on whether a tool which speeds cars up is a good thing or a bad thing ...
11 Sep 2014
Who are the AFL's most unrewarded players?
These blokes deserve a lot more than the football gods have delivered.
13 Aug 2014
Who are the AFL's most unrewarded players?
These blokes deserve a lot more than the football gods have delivered.
13 Aug 2014
Winning Melbourne
Earning a place in the hearts of Melburnians hasn't been easy for the Storm.
5 Aug 2014
Electronic gear system
Cyclists used to have to change wheels if they wanted to change gears. Now, they just press two buttons ...
5 Aug 2014
The Gracie family
This famous clan proved that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was the "ultimate" way to bring down an opponent ... whatever their size.
5 Aug 2014
Touch founders
When the rules of touch were drawn up, a new generation of participants got to play the "greatest game of all".
30 Apr 2014
AFL – the year ahead
Footy journalism is the whole reason people play footy, isn’t it?
21 Feb 2014
Innovator - Ted Tinling
How a clothes designer earned women's tennis its rightful place alongside the blokes.
16 Jan 2014
Sarfraz Nawaz
Cricket’s flat-Earth view of swing bowling changed forever when Pakistan’s swing merchant threw the game into reverse.
6 Jan 2014
Steve Waugh
The figures say he was the greatest Test captain of all. Yes, he presided over a team so great at its best, on so many levels, it’s difficult to imagine anyone beating them, but he was the logical man to lead them.
22 Nov 2013
Mike Ryan
The founder of a sports journalism institution was in it for much more than magazine sales. Put simply, Australian boxing needed Fighter.
24 Oct 2013
Rinus Michels
The Dutch supercoach perfected the art of Total Football, Building one of the most iconic teams in the game’s history.
9 Sep 2013
Alec Bedser
This post-war Englishman’s cross-seam grip produced the ultimate Fast bowler’s delivery: an in-swinging leg-cutter.
24 Jul 2013
Ivan Lendl
The composite racquet’s arrival ushered in a new era of power and fitness. Its driver was Czech cyborg Ivan Lendl.
8 Jul 2013
Jack Iverson
Long before Warne, there was Jack Iverson, whose “bent finger” grip changed batsmen’s approach to the trundler forever.
30 May 2013
Jason Belmonte
Who’d have thought two hands are better than one in ten-pin bowling? Only an Aussie.
29 Mar 2013
Douglas Jardine
Nobody said Innovators had to be good guys. When a bloke comes along and, with one stroke, alters long-established rules forever,
1 Jan 2013
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