Dylan Howard

Barry Hall. What were you thinking?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:03:54 -0800

The football fraternity should be sitting in judgement of its inconsistent judiciary process which must decide on Tuesday how long Hall should sit in silence for his moment of madness.

Pre-Season Cup v Priority Draft Pick

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:12:53 -0800

IN the pursuit of crappiness, tanking, the game's most powerful man would seem confused at best.

By forcing Sydney coach Paul Roos to front an inquiry into the serious charge of match-fixing - one based on the interpretation of a remark uttered to a player - chief executive Andrew Demetriou is not only guilty of sullying the reputation of one of the code's great servants, but also a mecca of hypocrisy. ...

We need more from Ben Cousins

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:48:27 -0800

The Brownlow Medallist's first public appearance in Sydney on Wednesday felt a bit like eating an entree, only to be told there was no main course. You were left wanting more.

Sorry that was no apology

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:47:46 -0800

FORMER Prime Minister John Howard couldn't say that precious word, sorry, until he was staring down the barrel of losing his job.

Perhaps it was because Steve Johnson knew his was safe that he couldn't bring himself to mutter an apology.

The problematic Cat, who police clocked driving at 78km/h above the speed limit last week, fronted the media in what was supposed to be a stage-managed show of remorse. ...

The 'Tilley' season

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:35:57 -0800

It is Open season on Craig Tilley. Don't know him? He's the bloke being blamed for Lleyton Hewitt's Melbourne Park exit.

He'll be hung, drawn and quartered in Garden Square later today.

There have been calls for the South African-born tournament director to resign – and if not, be sacked - after he made Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis play their now infamous marathon five-set, 4 hour 45 minute match in graveyard hours.

Tilley is unrepentant. ...

The dark side of tennis

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:11:54 -0800

TYPE tennis and violence into a Yahoo!7 news search.

This columnist found 379 responses at 9.44pm on Wednesday.

Newspaper articles, online, from outlets right around the world: Los Angeles Times, the UK's Daily Telegraph, The Times of London, Daily Mail, International Herald Tribune, Bangkok Post and Boston Globe et al en masse.

Check on Thursday. There will be 10 times that.

Melbourne is about to face the brunt of worldwide condemnation. ...

Hewitt stumped

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:27:34 -0800

Lleyton Hewitt and the Indian cricket team have a lot in common. Sore losing. When big-serving Victorian Chris Guccione blasted Hewitt out of the Sydney International last week, the former world number one responded with a petty analogy. It's just not cricket, he moaned.

The Politics of Emotion

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:28:30 -0800

HILLARY Clinton's emotional side did it for New Hampshire voters: it revived the former First Lady's flagging presidential campaign and set her back onto the road to the White House.

Her victory was supposedly driven by moments of raw and spontaneous emotion.

That same emotion was on show in a vastly different political arena, the SCG, just a few days earlier. ...