Author: Ashley Morrison

Hold The Back Page

Why is it that two weeks ago almost every sporting back page in the country featured Lydia Lassila after she took out the Olympic Gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, yet with Australia’s recent success at the Paralympic games

Tonight on Not the Footy Show – 17 March 2010

After not being able to go to air last week due to circumstances beyond our control we are raring to go this week. To make up for lost time we will be cramming tonight’s show full of guests and a

This day in sport: 17 March 1897

First for boxing match on film In the first boxing championship fight recorded on film, Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Jim Corbett in teh 13th round at Carson City, Nevada. The proximity of the fight and the nature of the era

World Record – Eaton Up

American college student Ashton Eaton upstaged high profile competitors at the NCAA athletics championships in Arkansas at the weekend when he broke 1996 Olympic Gold Medallist Dan O’Brien’s 1993 indoor world record in the men’s heptathlon. Twenty-two-year-old student Eaton from

Who Do You Think You Are? Man United?

After much to do about Perth Soccer club playing the in the Football West Charity Shield against Floreat Athena at the weekend, they regrettably made a mockery of the day by not fielding a full strength side, and ended up