History was made this week when ‘rugby league’, ‘Voldemort’ and ‘free speech’ were used in the same press conference. And while I rarely venture into the cauldron of rugby league commentary, it’s hard to resist a word combination like that. Canterbury coach Des Hasler was having a bit of a snot after copping a $10,000…
Is it wrong to be enjoying this so much?
You know that scene in Love, Actually when Laura Linney’s character gets the tall, dark, handsome colleague back to her place and ducks into an alcove to jump excitedly on the spot? That was me last night when England got bundled out of the Cricket World Cup. I’m not Robinson Crusoe on this one. Bagging…
Women in sport: still a minefield of double standards
Last month, Anna Meares became the greatest female track cyclist in the sport’s history. Anna’s a freak of nature. She broke her neck seven months before the Beijing Olympics and still won silver. She’s won eleven world titles. She’s got five Olympic medals, of every colour, two of them gold. And she can do this….
The downside of sports stardom
“Mirka’s gonna kill me.” The worst present I ever got was a housewarming gift when I bought my first apartment. I was feeling all sorts of grown up and sophisticated. I was officially a property owner, paying off my first ever mortgage, in my first ever serious relationship with a financial institution. And then a…
When sport is more than a game
Over the past few months, cricket fans — myself included — have fixated on Kevin Pietersen’s exclusion from England’s World Cup team, Michael Clarke’s battle to be match ready and whether West Indies cricket would implode before a ball was bowled. On Thursday, these petty musings were put into perspective when Afghanistan, playing in only…
The Oscars: Return of the Y-fronts
Thirty-three years after Risky Business and the white Y-front has made a blazing Hollywood comeback, courtesy of Michael Keaton’s ballsy Birdman outing, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s revelation that he had worn his ‘tighty whities’ to the Oscars and Neil Patrick Harris’ semi-nude hosting performance. But it wasn’t the worst thing the night offered. Read on…
And the Oscar might go to…
I’m trying something new for this year’s Oscars predictions. I’m flying blind. Because for the first time EVER, I’ve seen barely any of the nominated movies. Well, until last night when I farmed the kid out for a sleepover and binged on The Imitation Game AND American Sniper. So here goes nothing. My tips are…
When women fight back
Amid all of the leadership tensions last week, the Australian Government made one really excellent decision. It banned Floyd Mayweather from entering the country. The decision came just days after Rosie Batty, of whom domestic violence has extracted an unimaginable toll, was named Australian of the Year. And it followed a petition by Angela Burrows,…
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