I’m calling it:Why ‘marvellous’ moments in sports commentary are dying out

I’m calling it:Why ‘marvellous’ moments in sports commentary are dying out

Where are the Benauds,the Comettis,and the Warrens of the new generation? It might be the case that the talent is there,but we’re just not listening like we used to.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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New premier,not-so-new PM,old rocker:Inside the AFL grand final lunch

New premier,not-so-new PM,old rocker:Inside the AFL grand final lunch

AFL chair Richard Goyder presided but stuck to talking about football rather than embattled Qantas,which he also chairs.

  • byCara Waters andLachlan Abbott
McAvaney reveals the best team,player and athlete he’s ever seen
The Scoop
AFL 2023

McAvaney reveals the best team,player and athlete he’s ever seen

Bruce McAvaney famously kept his opinions to himself during his commentary,instead choosing to let his supreme skills do the talking. But The Scoop has pinned down the media maestro.

  • bySam McClure
Steroids,money and state wars:The demise of the Australian Cup

Steroids,money and state wars:The demise of the Australian Cup

Bruce McAvaney has seen plenty of Australian Cups,but admits it’s no longer the classic race it once was.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
McLachlan’s parting gift as AFL CEO;McAvaney inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame
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AFL 2023

McLachlan’s parting gift as AFL CEO;McAvaney inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame

The AFL made a special announcement at their season launch inducting the legendary broadcaster to the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

  • byScott Spits andPeter Ryan
Not even Eddie could arrest ratings decline:The good,bad and ugly of the Melbourne Cup

Not even Eddie could arrest ratings decline:The good,bad and ugly of the Melbourne Cup

The good,bad and ugly of a chilly Melbourne Cup Day,and how some viewers missed the race that stops the nation.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
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Latest rant over Daisy Pearce just a bad call
Opinion
AFL 2022

Latest rant over Daisy Pearce just a bad call

Five years later,some men still get their knickers in a twist over a woman AFL commentator. Sorry,their jockstraps.

  • byGreg Baum
Bruce McAvaney is a national treasure. May he drop this talk of retirement
From the futon
Tokyo Olympics

Bruce McAvaney is a national treasure. May he drop this talk of retirement

The start of the athletics program means The Festival of Bruce has begun. He says this could be his last Olympics. Let’s hope not.

  • byAndrew Webster
Naomi Osaka makes four-hour Olympics opening ceremony slog worth it

Naomi Osaka makes four-hour Olympics opening ceremony slog worth it

The oddest surprise of the Tokyo opening ceremony? That would have to be the video montage featuring none other than Caboolture’s own Keith Urban.

  • byNeil McMahon
Cronk’s stinging critique proves he’s not one of them

Cronk’s stinging critique proves he’s not one of them

There are only two types of footballers turned commentators:those who don’t get it,and those who do. Cronk gets it.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
No ‘top dog’ replacement for McAvaney at Seven:Taylor

No ‘top dog’ replacement for McAvaney at Seven:Taylor

But the network’s blue-chip AFL callers will begin to find out on Thursday who will have the most prime-time exposure this season.

  • byJon Pierik