JETLAGGED Sportshounds writer COLIN DALE jumped off the flight from South Africa just in time to join the 73,000 at the MCG for the Easter Monday clash. Escaping the torture of the cricket at the Wanderers was just one of the many delights of being a sports fa... More »
SPORTSHOUNDS writer COLIN DALE witnessed a whole new era begin for cricket 24 years ago at the historic 1994 South Africa-Australia test at Wanderers. He returns hoping that history will repeat itself – and that it’s a new era for Australian cricket. More »
WHILE SPORTS FANS across the nation were left stunned by the ball tampering outrage, Sportshound writer and cricket nut COLIN DALE was right in the middle of the travelling Aussie diehards at Newlands as our reputation was being trashed. He returned (reluctant... More »
THE GIANTS have been arriving for quite some time now, but COLIN DALE expects them to deliver in September this year: TRYING TO IGNORE last year’s ladder is almost impossible. Footy logic always seems to come up with the same top, middle and bottom clubs, when... More »
WITH BIG changes to the AFL's trade and draft periods clearly on the agenda, COLIN DALE (son of 1950 Essendon premiership player Alan) looks at the possibilities and the pitfalls. Could these changes mean the end of club loyalty - something that is so dear to ... More »
IT WAS the defection that was the sports media story of the summer. The shock move of former ABC doyen Gerard Whateley to commercial radio became the centre piece in a massive blood-letting at SEN, who have backed the well-respected all-rounder to headline a t... More »
SMASHING the Poms by more than an innings will always bring unbridled joy to most Aussie cricket fans, and regaining the Ashes is a sporting highlight to be feasted upon. But rejoicing in the predictable Fleet Street backlash back in the “mother country” can b... More »
. What is it about certain racehorses that sends the Australian public into waves of emotion? COLIN DALE joined the thousands of devotees at Moonee Valley. More »
HAVING survived a tomato-chucking challenge in a Spanish village, Sportshound COLIN DALE was ripe for another challenge: his 32nd Oktoberfest. More »
NO SPORTING EVENT can be too challenging for a Sportshound to cover. Or be covered! Being in the thick of the action is just part of the job. Melbourne-based Hound COLIN DALE discovered all of this and more, venturing to Spain this week for the “sport” of toma... More »
COLIN DALE reviews the top 20 AFL draft choices who began their careers this year to find out if the recruiters scored hits or misses More »
THEY HAVE been around longer than Neighbours and surpassed World of Sport. They are a dozen years older than the Footy Show. Now in their 37th consecutive season, how do the Coodabeens keep it up? COLIN DALE headed to their live show in Geelong and the recordi... More »