Being suspended for the first 25 games of the NBA season has proved tough for two-time All-Star Ja Morant, who says he had “some horrible days” as he worked to focus on himself away from basketball. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard wouldn’t say on Friday… Read More »‘Horrible days’ for Morant after lengthy gun ban but Grizzlies star gets ‘a new look on life’ leading into comeback
Under the night stars in the second week of August, Jed Holloway recognised he needed to get off the grid. Overlooked for the Wallabies’ World Cup campaign, the 31-year-old, who only two weeks earlier had run out in front of more than 80,000 at the… Read More »‘I took it hard’: RWC heartache that saw snubbed Wallabies star get off the grid – and the inspiration driving him now
The unstoppable force is about to meet the immovable object: Des Hasler, one of the great coaches of the modern age, takes on the Gold Coast, where sports teams go to die. Now 62, Hasler is entering what might well be his last job in… Read More »Pressure Points: If anyone can overcome the Gold Coast curse, Des Hasler is that man
Whether it’s Alex Carey’s run-out that wasn’t on day two of the first Test or the bizarre middle stump non-dismissal in club cricket last weekend, bails fails are on the rise. Is it time to remove the bails altogether at the professional level to get… Read More »Bails fails: Technology can solve inconsistency of cricket’s wicked wicket ways
If it was not already official, I believe it is now – Mitch Marsh the Test cricketer is here to stay. While his name has been thrown into the ring of post-David Warner opening candidates, Marsh’s immediate goal is to hold his spot in front… Read More »Mitch Marsh is thriving as a Test No.6 – Selectors, please keep him there!