Sportshounds is a platform for exclusive stories by award-winning journalists who take you inside world sport and the Games.
It was created by IT specialist and photographer Nick La Galle in partnership with the late, great sports writer Ron Reed and former editor of Melbourne’s The Sun, Colin Duck. Together with Ron as Chief Writer, Nick worked as Photographer/Publisher at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games for Sportshounds before the website went into a period of hiatus/mourning when Ron died during the Covid Pandemic.
It was redesigned and relaunched in July 2023 with award-winning journalists Louise Evans and Michael Osborne as the marquee writers.
Nick La Galle is Sportshounds’ Chief Photographer and General Manager. He worked as an IT specialist for News Corp for more than 20 years at major sporting events around Australia and the world. While at News Corp he worked at three Olympic Games (Sydney, Beijing, London) and three Commonwealth Games (Melbourne, Delhi, Glasgow) and as the IT Manager at numerous major sporting events including F1, Moto GP, the Australian Open tennis and the Spring Racing Carnivals. After leaving News Corp, Nick moved into sports photography and built and launched Sportshounds.
Louise Evans OAM is the Editor at Large. Louise is an editor and journalist of 30 years standing who has worked around Australia and around the world as a reporter, foreign correspondent, editor and media executive for platforms including The Sydney Morning Herald (eight years), The Australian (11 years) and Australian Associated Press (six years in London, Beijing and Sydney). A woman-in-sports media pioneer, Louise has worked at six Olympic Games, six Commonwealth Games and numerous world sporting championships and grand slam tennis events, so far.
Michael Osborne is the Senior Correspondent. He was a journalist and then Editor at Australian Associated Press for over 35 years, including 11 years as Editor and four years as Head of Sport. Mike has worked at six Olympics and five Commonwealth Games so far, as well as having covered tennis grand slams, golf majors, international cricket, rugby world cups and numerous sporting world championships.
Sportshounds’ key trio of Nick, Louise and Mike will be working at the 2024 Paris Olympics, bringing you informative and entertaining stories that will make you laugh, cry and wince. Check out their wealth of lead-in stories and images here