Time for an Australian sporting superstar to be roasted

Time for an Australian sporting superstar to be roasted

If it’s good enough for the great Tom Brady,it’s good enough for one of our own.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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When daylight swimming was illegal at Manly beach

When daylight swimming was illegal at Manly beach

How one man’s fight to change the law paved the way for Manly Swimming Club’s great legacy.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Three extraordinary events signal the end of ‘she’ll be right’ era
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Opinion

Three extraordinary events signal the end of ‘she’ll be right’ era

This week was something of a king tide in the realms of concussion-in-sport news,headed by a heartfelt plea from rugby league great Wally Lewis.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Well played,Headsy:Greats line up to farewell legend of the game
Opinion
Opinion

Well played,Headsy:Greats line up to farewell legend of the game

Ian Heads not only documented the great stories of his day – he featured in many of them.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
If you don’t think we’re living in weird times just have a look at the sporting world

If you don’t think we’re living in weird times just have a look at the sporting world

Drug allegations,homophobic and racist abuse and faces covered in blood – there’s madness in the air.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘It’s not us out there’:The new lingo that’s testing us all

‘It’s not us out there’:The new lingo that’s testing us all

From Ace Baldwin jnr to Ricky Stuart,the latest craze in sports talk is one worth following.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
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Shot of a lifetime snatches win for the ages

Shot of a lifetime snatches win for the ages

In grassroots sport,it doesn’t get any better than what transpired at Riverside Oaks Golf Club last weekend.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Why there’ll be no Olympic rings for Sydney

Why there’ll be no Olympic rings for Sydney

NSW Premier Chris Minns has poured ice-cold water on suggestions that Sydney could host the 2032 Olympic Games if Brisbane bailed out.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Rabbitohs are reeling,now for the recriminations

Rabbitohs are reeling,now for the recriminations

South Sydney have one win to crow about since the middle of last year - that’s a long time footy fans.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Despite the spin,the NRL faces a long road to win over the Yanks

Despite the spin,the NRL faces a long road to win over the Yanks

The NRL has said the success of the Las Vegas matches will be judged in five years,but year one shows it won’t be achieved easily.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Hard to swallow:The moment in Wallabies doco where Eddie’s excuses demand a reply

Hard to swallow:The moment in Wallabies doco where Eddie’s excuses demand a reply

The documentary on Australia’s World Cup debacle is car-crash TV,but one scene should have veered from fly-on-the-wall to scripted film.

  • byPeter FitzSimons