It’s all over the internet by now, so you’ve no doubt heard the news that actor Paul Walker has passed away at the age of 40, in a tragic car accident. My thoughts are with Walker’s family and friends, particularly his 15-year-old daughter, who should not have to go endure the agony of losing her […]
The NBA season is just about a month old now and there are a lot of things we have learned. Plenty of teams have been better or worse than expected, some extremely so. We have also learned a lot about the highly touted draft class that just began their freshman college hoops season and of […]
Should anyone be worried the English press and Andy Flower think the Australian cricket team are a group of schoolyard bullies? Absolutely not. The ends will justify the means. Wind back the clock ten years if you will. The Australian cricket team was led by Steve Waugh, arguably our most popular and revered captain of […]
Australia’s triumph at the Gabba will not be remembered for the outstanding cricket played by the home side, but sadly for the disappointing antics of certain players. This is not the first time, nor unfortunately will it be the last, when the behaviour of cricketers overshadows the high quality action on the field. Remember the […]
Although it was a massive box office success, grossing almost $700 million at the worldwide box office, the first Hunger Games was nevertheless a gamble on the part of Lionsgate, who only budgeted the movie at under $80 million as opposed to something more extravagant. While the finished product had some merit, the money and […]
It’s a pretty bleak title huh? I don’t not trust anybody. That’s a lie. But I do trust only a select group of people. Life has taught me this. To have trust requires vulnerability. Because you have to be honest. Honest with your feelings, honest with your flaws, honest with your secrets. I have almost […]
I must admit I was skeptical of the Socceroos hiring Ange Postecoglou. Don’t get me wrong, I like Ange and I do rate him as a coach, but I was of the opinion that we should hire one more foreign coach to take the team to the World Cup and maybe the Asian Cup and […]
If you’re going to boo Stuart Broad this summer do it for the right reasons, writes Paul Johnson, who isn’t covering The Ashes for the first time in the last three series. Gentlemanly conduct be damned. The Ashes are a war. Admittedly a war with none of the casualties of actual war, unless you count […]
Yes, you read the title correctly: Frank Capra’s untouchable 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life is getting a sequel. Lead actor James Stewart is dead, Capra is dead, and the majority of the other cast members are deceased, yet the movie is getting a sequel. And not just a television movie like Home Alone 4, […]
You may have been following or at least heard about the story currently going on in Miami where Dolphins player Richie Incognito is alleged to have bullied young teammate Jonathan Martin, including calling him a “half-nigger”… Incognito is white by the way. Now plenty of people have been writing about this story and I’m not […]
