Las Vegas Raiders updated Team Outlook after Head Coach McDaniels & General Manager David Ziegler were fired. The Raiders fell to 3-5 on the season with a loss to the Lions and they will name Antonio Pierce as the interim head coach. The team will also be turning to rookie Alex O’Connell at QB in […]
The All Blacks need some self-reflection before they lament ‘consistency’ from World Cup Final referees
Oh, the irony of it all. When All Blacks assistant coach Jason Ryan reflected on his perceived sense of officiating flaws, mainstream media gifted him prime-time viewing. Where were these entitled nations when the likes of Fiji, Manu Samoa, and Los Pumas, to name a few, had bemoaned not receiving the rub of the green […]
Flat Pat: Is Cummins’ conservative captaincy holding Australia back?
The discourse around Pat Cummins’ captaincy is as extreme as there has been around an Australian cricket skipper’s leadership since the early days of Allan Border’s tempestuous tenure in the mid 1980s. At one end of the spectrum are the critics who seem determined to bring Cummins down because of his social views, who paint […]
Smart Signings: Manu would be great for the Dragons – but Flanno has to find Ben Hunt a partner first
With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what they need to improve and where they might find it. […]
Unstoppable Matildas notch 900th goal as Olympic qualification playoff beckons
Mary Fowler has unleashed a long-range thunderbolt and Sam Kerr scored again as the Matildas posted a 3-0 Olympic qualifying win over Taiwan in Perth. In front of 19,084 fans at HBF Park on Wednesday night, it took until the 62nd minute for Australia to open the scoring – but it was worth the wait. […]