Gridiron

Parting Words…

Today’s sportsmen and women like entertainers do not always have the opportunity to sign off their careers in the way they would like. Maybe that is a downsides of the careers they choose. Maybe when it comes to sports stars

Crossing The Line – Politics and Sport

“It used to be all about winning,” those were the words uttered by a top athlete from the United States about sport in his era, the 1980’s. “Now it’s about entertainment,” he added with a tone of regret. Few would

What Is A National Sport?

The term ‘our national sport’ has been bandied around a fair bit in the Australian media and also the international media in the past fortnight, but what is a national sport? Does giving a sport a name that includes the

Podcast #97 – The Role of the Media Manager, Sha’Carri Richardson’s Spot of Bother, and A Missed Opportunity.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Despite so little international sport there is still plenty to discuss, especially with the Olympic Games just around the corner. Following on from one of our topics under discussion (Podcast #96)in this show we catch up with former Springbok Media

Inspirational Athletes – 29

Some people seek the limelight, some people try and avoid it, and some simply can’t avoid it. Then there are those who simply fall outside of its arc. There may be many reasons for this, but timing is often a