Winless wooden spooners to grand finalists in one year: Ex-Bomber tips the tables
A former Essendon fan favourite is turning them inside out in the Mallee, and on Saturday will play in the Sunraysia league grand final just a year after the side went winless in a wooden spoon season.
- by Greg Baum
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Analysis
AFL 2024
Hashtag Hokball: Behind the Hawthorn craze, and why it’s catching on
Sam Mitchell’s Hawks play fast, exciting footy, but that’s only part of the story. Behind them is a social media phenomenon largely driven by fans, but embraced by the players. We explain what it means.
- by Marnie Vinall, Peter Ryan, Greg Baum and Marc McGowan
Analysis
AFL 2024
Didn’t expect to see you again so soon: those damnable Hawks are back
Having ruled the competition for a decade, it’s a bit confronting to find Hawthorn back in the top six again already. But this is not a return, it’s a rebirth.
- by Greg Baum
‘Do these guys hate each other?’ Hawks skipper on the golden era, the handover and the revival
James Sicily opens up on his volatile former self, the ‘confusing’ Clarkson-Mitchell handover, and the Hawthorn ‘mosquitos’.
- by Greg Baum
Pucovski’s bad news is actually good news
Sad as it is that Will Pucovski’s immensely promising cricket career appears to be over, there is a silver lining.
- by Greg Baum
No-action Jackson: Legend’s fifth medal comes the Ezi way as Opals claim bronze
Lauren Jackson “played” her last game for Australia on Sunday and came away with a bronze medal and a trove of memories.
- by Greg Baum
On their own terms, the Paris Games were a winner
Spectacular but not without flaws, this year’s Olympics played out in the image of their host city.
- by Greg Baum
‘Do it for this little girl’: How a photo from mum inspired Hull’s brilliant silver
On the morning of the biggest race of Jessica Hull’s life, her mother sent her a photograph that brought her to tears.
- by Greg Baum
Oceania Mackenzie had a medal within her grasp. But she hit the wall
Briefly, Oceania Mackenzie held the bronze medal position in the sport climbing final. It slipped away, but her resolve did not. LA, Brisbane, here she comes.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Paris 2024
The secret about the Olympic city that became a ghost town
This wasn’t Paris as it normally lives and breathes.
- by Greg Baum
Who is Australia’s greatest Olympian? It’s bound to start an argument
Who is Australia’s greatest Olympian? We have narrowed the field to a top 12, consisting of seven women and five men.
- by Greg Baum