Novemeber 1994
The 1993 Australian Grand Prix was, retrospectively, tinged with poignancy. This race, Senna’s farewell outing for McLaren, was to be the great Brazilian’s final victory; death at Imola was just five...
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“At a dinner recently, people were trying to tell me that AB [Allan Border] was a very boring and conservative captain, and I just can’t go along with that. Being an aggressive captain is very...
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It’s A Gas – Andre Agassi “As far as new beginnings go – a fairytale US Open win and a romance featuring a script that could’ve been a rehash from one of Brooke Shields’ adolescent movies – this one...
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All Out Here we are, shaking our heads at the absurdity of a bunch of baseballers – average salary $1.6m – walking off the diamonds of America last year, leaving up in the air what was shaping as one...
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The Fastest Men On Earth From an actuarial standpoint, their season consists of five or six Majors, or less than 60 seconds of performance. For those skilled enough to reach the top of the profession,...
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There is no other way to put it: in American football, the punter is a wimp … Chargers punter Darren Bennett launched a missile deep into Steeler territory toward receiver Andre Hastings. As he made it...
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Salim Malik presumably figured it had ample merit when he allegedly offered Tim May and Shane Warne $70,000 each to play badly during Australia’s 1993 tour of Pakistan.
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Just Call Me Gary When Gary Ablett is on song – as he is today with greater consistency than ever – he seems a match for any number of rivals. All are reduced to the ranks of spectator: supporters,...
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Truth was the first casualty in the Atlanta Games. By anointing one network as official broadcaster and aggressively ordering team members not to speak to any rivals, the Australian Olympic Committee...
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This Is What They Said “Listen, pal, I don’t care if he’s the Lion King – he’s not coming in.” A Florida nightclub bouncer to a protesting buddy of Tiger Woods. Baby-faced Tiger, set to party after...
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Fair Fight – Women’s Boxing She used to feel the pain. Not any more. A split second after each blow, her features settle, her body assimilates the shock and she continues her fight. Your average...
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Once upon a time, when most of the world map was pink and night cricket unnecessary because the sun never set on the Empire, English folk welcomed cricketers from the Antipodes with a slap on the back...
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“Don King is the most frightening man in boxing. He’s also, by far, the brightest and funniest guy in a grim trade ... He’s the strangely beaming and screaming salesman who’s provided the otherwise...
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If you want cruelty and a sense that life just isn’t fair, tune in to the AFL this season. Who will the game hurt first?
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“It has to come instinctively,” says Zali Steggall, 23, who’ll be competing in her third Olympics come Nagano. “The run where you’re not quite fast enough is the run when you’ve got too much to think...
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Sepp Blatter is the obedient boy who, for nearly two decades, has trotted five respectful paces behind Brazil’s despotic Joao Havelange, who was swept to soccer’s presidency 24 years ago on a tide of...
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Inside Sport commissioned an independent two-state poll of 592 Year 11 students ... the results, as well as being a snapshot of Australian youth, are a glimpse into sport’s future ... Basketball is...
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There’s something about Harry Kewell. There has to be. His sudden emergence as the highest-profile soccer player in the country – ever – doesn’t make sense otherwise … Barely out of his teens, Harry...
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The Go Forward It’s enough to make some football-ers’ use of steroids understandable. Isn’t it? “Not really,” [Gorden] Tallis says. “I don’t understand why it happens, because it’s never run through my...
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Men United On a rare weekend off during the season, Alex Ferguson flew to Rome with his wife for a romantic weekend … and took her to a Lazio home game. He’d wanted to see them play for ages. Since his...
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