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Where would we be without sports commentators? Somewhere happy and peaceful? Perhaps.
But it cannot be denied that commentary is a crucial part of the sporting experience. Watching sport without several excited men – or, let us be frank, women – bellowing at us never quite feels right. It’s why attending sporting events in person is so disappointing: without commentators, how do you even know what’s going on?
Yes, commentators fulfil a vital role in the sporting ecosystem. But nevertheless, the current state of play in commentary boxes is not perfect, and I feel compelled to offer a few gentle suggestions to the commentary community, a few little bits of advice to make the fan experience a little more enjoyable, and the hurling of heavy objects at TV screens a little less commonplace.
There is a clear solution to the Port-Collingwood prison bar row A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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As a Collingwood supporter I’d like to see Port wearing their traditional prison bar footy jumper. Not just for heritage round but for every round – and for ever more.
Why shouldn’t every round be a heritage round? How can, and why should, any club disregard or disrespect their heritage?
Disrespecting doesn’t mean we don’t have the gonads to confront, challenge and change aspects of our heritage that need it.
With the Raiders nosediving after four straight losses and the players craving sunnier locales like Bradford, the euphoric days in Canberra of grand finals and tormenting Melbourne are starting to feel like a distant memory. Inevitable questions have been raised in the nation’s capital in the wake of the Raiders’ recent slump, with the dire […]
AFL by Ronny Lerner 8th May 2021 7:21 PM Shai Bolton s ridiculous mark in the first quarter of Friday night s clash against Geelong has confirmed just how valuable the 22-year-old is to Richmond s forward line. The 175cm Tiger jumped on the shoulders of the 198cm tall Mark Blicavs, then got an extra boost to go so high into the air that he ended up taking a chest mark. There were shades of Shaun Smith s classic 1996 screamer against Brisbane at the Gabba, so Bolton could be forgiven for looking up to the scoreboard to take a sneak peek at the replay before converting the set shot from point-blank range.
AFL by Ronny Lerner 8th May 2021 7:21 PM Shai Bolton s ridiculous mark in the first quarter of Friday night s clash against Geelong has confirmed just how valuable the 22-year-old is to Richmond s forward line. The 175cm Tiger jumped on the shoulders of the 198cm tall Mark Blicavs, then got an extra boost to go so high into the air that he ended up taking a chest mark. There were shades of Shaun Smith s classic 1996 screamer against Brisbane at the Gabba, so Bolton could be forgiven for looking up to the scoreboard to take a sneak peek at the replay before converting the set shot from point-blank range.