Tasmanian Times
Sport
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1.0KJust not cricket – how Channel Nine is destroying a legacy
Something weird happened during India’s recent Test tour of Australia. On television sets across a nation, not just once but over and...
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The Hobart Cup demo …
During 2014, 124 racehorses died on the track in Australia. Catching the most public attention were the two horses that died during...
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Conversations under an acacia tree and at a coal mine blockade
I was sitting under the shade of an acacia tree on a few rickety old chairs that a grade five student had...
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St Andrews – Home of “Golfe”
Background: This was a background piece for the 1984 British Open. Ian Baker-Finch, 23, was a tall, nice lad from Nambour, Queensland,...
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Elite sport remains a cesspit of casual misogyny
The message from Di Patston was desperate. “I am sitting here in the team room doing my job and I can’t stop...
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Newcombe on winning
*Pic: Newcombe at his peak Background: John Newcombe, now 70, was 31 when he stood still for an interview by a person...
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A memory of John Arlott …
A memory of English cricket commentator John Arlott, who always had a glass of red wine beside him as he worked …...
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HAWTHORN: It’s a con. A fraud
It’s a con. A fraud, which if it involved a private company would see shareholders revolt and Directors thrown out. There’s no...
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World War III. Or, A Night at the Opera House
Background. In 1983, I happened to live two doors from Jim Boyce, a Rugby international well-known for scoring six tries against a...
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Corporatised Sport: As scandalous as drug-taking …
INKCINCT Copyright Australia plunges itself into another messy war; the Ebola virus is on the rampage in Africa; hundreds of war refugees...
