ANNA KRIEN Night Games: Sex, power and sport. Reviewed by David Day
2014 Davitt Award-winner Night Games uses the rape trial of an AFL player to frame an examination of the darker side of male sporting culture. Australians’ deep,...
Read More2014 Davitt Award-winner Night Games uses the rape trial of an AFL player to frame an examination of the darker side of male sporting culture. Australians’ deep,...
Read MoreThe wittiest piece of innuendo I know from a sports commentator belongs to the legendary English cricket pundit John Arlott. When summarising the action in a county...
Read MoreI know of few more ludicrous sights than a clutch of AFL football commentators, mostly solidly built ex-players, lined up on a football ground at half time and all...
Read MoreFooty – for spectators and participants – has the power to connect and the power to crush. There’s much to love in this book. As a lifelong footy fan, I hunted...
Read MoreLying wakeful, I began a new routine to help me get to sleep. Nothing radical, like some of the proposals I’ve had since I wrote a column about insomnia, just a matter...
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