Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin
De Coubertin had achieved his dream: once every four years, sports of all sorts coming together for the greatest show on Earth.
View ArticleRules For The Rich
How did Europe ever think it would get its finances right when European soccer couldn’t get its act together?
View ArticlePentathlons with Chloe Esposito
The modern pentathlon ‒ how exactly did running, swimming, horse riding, fencing and pistol shooting get lumped together?
View ArticleOctober 2012
So what if Advance Australia Fair wasn’t on high rotation in London? There was plenty to like about the greatest show on Earth. Even the Poms.
View ArticleJames Naismith
How he came to know about it is unclear, but certain aspects of the game, called “duck on a rock”, or “duck and run”, stayed with him and informed his invention of basketball.
View ArticleDrinks With Russell Ingall
We kidnapped Ingall to talk shop, shit-stirring, and the “grand final of V8s”, the Sydney Telstra 500.
View ArticleHow Good Is Tom Rogic?
After just a handful of A-League games for the Central Coast Mariners, Tom Rogic has been hailed as a future Socceroo.
View ArticleTriathlons with Mel Hauschildt
Melissa Rollison has switched her name and her sport – and in astonishingly short order transformed into the current World 70.3 Triathlon champion.
View ArticleHow Good Is John John Florence
John John Florence has transformed from grom phenom to genuine world title contender.
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