WHEN THE villain turns out to be the victor, stand by for the jeers. Chief writer RON REED tunes into the aftermath of Usain Bolt’s dethroning at the athletics world championships. THE WINNER was booed off the track and the third placegetter did a lap of honou... More »
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Finally, Cricket Australia and the players have settled their long dispute but it remains to be seen how long it will take for the wounds to heal, says Chief Writer RON REED BRINGING the great cricket pay war to a belated conclusion is not t... More »
IT IS ALMOST 30 years since the family of the late Charles Brownlow wrote to the then VFL pleading for no change to be made in the criteria of football’s iconic best and fairest award. Neil Roberts has been an unflagging ally. Chief writer RON REED reports: TH... More »
GOOD THINGS come in threes, and, as chief writer RON REED reports in Test cricket so do some strange things: HAT-TRICKS are among the least common occurrences in Test cricket – in more than 2000 matches over nearly 150 years, bowlers have taken wickets with th... More »
HE MIGHT be St Kilda’s greatest-ever player and the most popular so it’s no wonder the applause was loud and long as Nick Riewoldt called time. More »
ENGLISH CRICKET has unearthed a new pace bowler making a name for himself at the double, writes RON REED More »
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Pressure is mounting on the AFL to adopt a send-off system for unacceptable head-high violence – and rightly so, writes RON REED. BILLY SLATER has a wife and kids and many friends and fans, this column certainly one of the latter. For all co... More »
IT’S NOT JUST the on-field premiership that is about to become a boots ‘n’ all battle for the rest of the footy season, chief writer RON REED reports More »
A TRAUMATIC introduction into the high-pressure world of the Davis Cup did not stop Mervyn Rose from becoming a star, writes RON REED More »
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Chief writer RON REED gets a glimpse of an old-fashioned full-forward and pines for what used to be., AS FUTILE AS I know it will be, can I make a protest about one aspect of how footy is played these days? I miss the specialist full-forward... More »
NO-ONE WILL BE more pleased to see Eddie Everywhere back where he belongs at the troubled Footy Show than Eddie himself – and his mate Sam, says Chief Writer RON REED: IF YOU’RE a fan of The Footy Show you’re in luck. Re-uniting Eddie McGuire with Sam Newman i... More »
CRICKET TRAGIC RON REED sits up late to watch an Indian star educate him about just how well the women’s game can be played More »
