NOTHING HAS BEEN able to stop our man at the Tour de France clocking up a mighty milestone, with chief writer RON REED reporting on what it was like going along for the ride. SOME PEOPLE now call it the Tour de Iffy, and for good reason. John Trevorrow, known ... More »
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Chief writer RON REED looks back on the first week in the life of sportshounds.com.au – and despite tennis tool Bernard Tomic’s deplorable behaviour there was a lot to like. JUST when you thought Bernard Tomic couldn’t become any more of an ... More »
A BANGED-UP AUSSIE cycling star tells what it’s like to hit the bitumen at 72 kph – and live to tell the tale. It’s a brutal sport, says RON REED: RICHIE Porte remembers every terrifying, agonising second of the horror crash that wrecked his Tour de France dr... More »
SO WHAT’S WRONG with Collingwood – this time? Chief writer RON REED goes to lunch with one of the famous club’s greatest legends, DES TUDDENHAM, and discovers the answer is … just about everything: DES TUDDENHAM was never known for pulling his punches, physica... More »
CHIEF WRITER RON REED has celebrated a lot of premierships in his time as a footy fan – so why was it nagging on his conscience when he rocked up to the MCG to have a drink in the family bar? PREPARING to watch Melbourne and Carlton do battle at the MCG on Sun... More »
BOUNDARY UMPIRES are the most anonymous people in footy – with one memorable exception, Graham Carbery, who has just died. RON REED learns that he finally agreed to tell the story of his clash with a controversial superstar just in the nick of time: GRAHAM CAR... More »
Chief writer RON REED is reminded of one of the great days he has seen in Australian tennis history – by one of the worst: NOSTALGIA, THEY SAY, ain’t what it used to be. I beg to differ. Milestones matter, especially when you start to run out of them. So do an... More »
RON REED says the judges got it right – boxer Jeff Horn earned his world title the hard way, but earn it he did: YOU GET THE best possible view of boxing matches by sitting at ringside even if it does mean you sometimes end up being spattered by blood, sweat a... More »
RON REED is tuning into the new voices of the Tour de France – and likes what he hears: IS ANYBODY missing the dulcet tones of Phil Liggett yet? Hopefully Phil, who I regard as a friend or at least a workplace acquaintance with whom I have often shared a glass... More »
RON REED catches up with Fabulous Phil Carman, the football genius who could have been anything…but for a lot of crazy things: IT’S amazing how long it takes for some stories to be told, no matter how good they are. I can vouch for that. When I was asked by a ... More »
