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Mark Thompson

ARTICLES, Interviews
Despite being a deep and innovative thinker about Australian Rules football, Mark “Bomber” Thomson has as much passion for the people as he does for the game – perhaps more.…

Dick Pound

ARTICLES, Interviews
Three years after this interview, Marion Jones became the last, and biggest, victim of the BALCO scandal, and handed back her five medals from Sydney. There were many others from…

Michael Klim

ARTICLES, Interviews
  Michael Klim was simply one of the greatest all-round sprinters ever produced in Australia – note, we didn’t say by Australia. He learned his sport in a surprising place.…

Brad Johnson

ARTICLES, Interviews
In 364 games for the Western Bulldogs from 1994 to 2010, Brad Johnson became an all-time AFL great. His personal record, like that of other outstanding Bulldogs players, would have…

Bruce McAvaney

ARTICLES, Interviews
  It’s a tribute to Bruce McAvaney that he gets sent up at least as much as Richie Benaud. And like Richie, Bruce is the same no matter where you…

Dennis Cometti

ARTICLES, Interviews
Even by the exacting standards of the common AFL fan, Dennis Cometti is considered the very best AFL commentator in the land. Notable for turning a deft phrase (“Barlow to…

Garry Lyon

ARTICLES, Interviews
    As far as ex-footballers go, Garry Lyon is a Renaissance man. After playing 226 games with Melbourne, Lyon made a spectacular start to his journalistic career. Outstanding Performer,…

Martin Flanagan

ARTICLES, Interviews
On October 16th, The Call, based on Martin Flanagan’s 1993 book of the same name, opens at the Playbox theatre in Melbourne. It is based on the story of Tom…

Matthew Elliott

ARTICLES, Interviews
  Matthew Elliott once threatened to become a Colossus of world batting, at his best a towering presence at the crease: tall, powerful, with invulnerable technique and a devastating array…

Mick Malthouse

ARTICLES, Interviews
  I’ll miss the Malthouse theatre. No, this is not to announce the demise of Melbourne’s landmark ham factory, but rather to lament the departure of another institution of the…

Nick Moloney

ARTICLES, Interviews
Sixteen years ago, Nick Moloney slept in containers on docks in Europe. As a professional sailor, if he’s not winning, he could wind up back there. But currently Moloney’s status…

Ron Barassi

ARTICLES, Interviews
Is there a more recognisable face in Australian sport than Ron Barassi’s? Was there ever a more fitting high priest for the hot gospel of Australian Rules? When he was…

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