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The days of Australian cricket heroes
AGE REFUSES to weary Sportshound KEN PIESSE, who this week celebrates the release of his 72nd cricket or football book. More »
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Look out, here comes Lockett!
TONY LOCKETT — the legendary St Kilda and Sydney full-forward will be one of eight new inductees to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame on October 14. More »
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Tiger gloom after Grand Final win
KEN PIESSE was among the journalists present in the Tiger rooms the last time they celebrated a flag in 1980 More »
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The Goliath of goals at St Kilda
WHEN it came to picking the Number One Brownlow Medallist of the past 50 years, KEN PIESSE couldn’t get past the Man Mountain of Moorabbin. More »
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Not everyone loved The Don
DON BRADMAN birthday week is always a special time. The fabulous deeds of our sporting Colossus are indelible. But not all were in love with Australia’s only cricketing knight. KEN PIESSE reports: More »
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The long wait for all-rounder Ashton Agar
HE WAS a sensation in his first Test and now the cricket world waits to see what Ashton Agar can produce after his long spell on the fringes says KEN PIESSE. More »
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Piggybacking The Galloping Gasometer
When editors issue a challenge, you have little choice but to nod, “Yes,” says KEN PIESSE who covered League footy in Melbourne from 1975-2008: Footy writers love an exclusive, especially in this day-and-age of mega-competition amongst the 1,500 or so writers ... More »
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The bolter with the blazing bat
MOST cricket followers were stumped when the Australian selectors announced a new cap for a Test in England. Author KEN PIESSE was among them: CRICKET folklore revolves around the extraordinary. From the heroics of Don Bradman’s Invincibles at Leeds in 1948 to... More »
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Coaching and the art of surviving
AROUND this time each year KEN PIESSE finds himself thinking of his good mate, Allan Jeans, the legendary coach who died in July six years ago. Here, Ken recalls their friendship and reveals why Jeans would never write a warts-and-all autobiography and why he ... More »
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Sultan of Spin salutes again
THE iconic Shane Warne has received yet another honour: Victoria’s Cricketer of the Century. KEN PIESSE reports More »
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Take a tip and watch out for these two Tippies
PROUD father KEN PIESSE goes to watch his daughter play and gets caught up in the excitement of watching two other Tipungwutis: WHEN YOU ARE a father with a fetish for competition and sports of all sorts, the opportunity to see one of your children competing i... More »
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Beaumaris boys had a great bash
KEN PIESSE on a footy reunion to savour, with a moral to boot – never, ever, sing the victory song at halftime: Gerry Callahan remains one of the most revered names in the old VFA, a six-time premiership captain and coach at Williamstown in the 50s. Somehow,... More »
