The Stand With No Beer: 800 “Richies” outdrink the SCG on day two
7 January, 2014. 12:34
IMRAN GASHKORI | Editor-at-large | Contact
It's day two of the fourth test in this summer's India/Australia epic. Twelve men have the attention of the nation as they battle it out on the pitch. The game is cricket and cricket fans are like no other.
The crowds and cameras are focused on twelve men wearing the iconic baggy green...
Overweight Park Cricketer Knows Exactly What The Australian Cricket Side Needs
6 January, 2014. 12:34
IMRAN GASHKORI | Editor-at-large | Contact
AN armchair critic of the Australian cricket team has urged the players to "get up close and personal" with the Indians today at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Speaking from his blonde brick apartment in Cronulla, home to Sydney's last segregated public toilet, the obviously drunk and husky man says that our spearhead...
Boxing Day: Indian cab drivers refuse to talk about the cricket
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26 December, 2014. 10:55
As some of the most passionate cricket fans in the world, this summer series has brought about noticeable frustrations for the Australian-based Indian cricket fans, a community that also makes up a large majority of Australian cab drivers.
With their team down two-nil down halfway through a four-Test series, the Indian-born Australian cab drivers simply refuse...
“It’s Rio or bust!” – Steven Bradbury’s olympic marathon dream
9 January, 2015. 12:40
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
AUSTRALIAN SPEED SKATER Steven Bradbury has revealed that he's been in training to qualify for the Olympic marathon in Rio De Janeiro next year.
The 41-year-old says it's been an uphill battle trying to get under the qualifying time of 2h 15m but he's confident of making the cut.
"I need to shave...
Why Shane Watson is the greatest test cricketer of our time
IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | [email protected]
WHEN IT COMES to representing your country in test cricket, the physical demands of competition can completely dominate one's life... If you pair those pressures with dressing room politics and the 'tall poppy syndrome' that exists in just about every Australian living room - it becomes clear that only the fittest survive. The Darwinism of...
“Pingers, broken dicks and benders” – 10 moments that prove Australian cricket is the loosest game on Earth
11 February, 2016. 15:45
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Over the winter, the nation divides itself up in to the three football codes. Some minority communities follow soccer - but like most self-respecting Australians, we do not fully acknowledge it as a sport.
It's not until the glorious summer - when men, women and children from all walks of Australian life unite...
Warner goes to lunch on 77* – Australia to spend the next two months drunk
Imran Gashkori | Sports Journalist | [email protected]
9 December, 2014. 13:10
IT WOULD appear that the 2014 Summer of cricket is in full swing with a stand-out performance from opening batsman, David Warner.
A quick half-century came to the 28-year old with ease, as he managed to keep in control through a series of different bowlers and batting partners. It was shortly after he...
“I was framed!” – Greg Bird denies urinating on fully-marked police car
8 December, 2014. 12:24
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | [email protected]
TROUBLED NRL SUPERSTAR star Greg Bird has been arrested for obscene behaviour after allegedly urinating on a police paddy wagon, just days after his dream wedding.
Bird was detained by Byron Bay police after he married fiancée Beccy Rochow in the coastal town, over the weekend.
The Gold Coast Titans forward was last seen leaving...
ARU appoints Good Charlotte to combat NZ Haka in 2015 Rugby World Cup
Imran Gashkori | Sports Journalist | [email protected]
4 December, 2014. 10:30
Australian Rugby Union have today come out swinging with a new campaign to help the population get behind the Wallabies in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
The announcement shows the ARUs enlistment of ‘New Australians’, brothers Benji and Joel Madden, to headline the campaign with a rework of ‘I still call Australia Home’. Critics...
Tim “Sharky” Ward thrown a lifeline by WWE bosses – both parties remain tight-lipped
25 November, 2014. 15:02
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | [email protected]
FORMER GOLD COAST underworld figure Tim “Sharky” Ward has reportedly been approached by recruiters from the World Wrestling Entertainment.
However, both Mr Ward and the WWE are refusing to comment on the deal, which would see “Sharky” net close to US$3.2m per year.
WWE’s VP of Talent Relations Jane Geddes, says that the...
