From fresh-faced at 15 to a world-class athlete at 34, Lleyton Hewitt’s tenure as one of Australia’s best-known tennis superstars has made him one of the biggest draws to the sport A known record-breaker, Hewitt reigns as the longest-running consecutive … Read More
It’s no secret Australians and New Zealanders love playing and watching brutish contact sports, such as rugby and Australian rules football. The love for rough and tumble is arguably inherent in the cultures of both countries; spreading to other sports, … Read More
Dozens of Australian footballers from one Melbourne team have been found guilty of doping, the Court of Arbitration (CAS) for Sport declared on Tuesday The 34 players from Australian Rules Football (AFL) team Essendon took the banned substance Thymosin Beta-4 … Read More
Sunday’s NFL playoff game between the Vikings and Seahawks in Minneapolis was historically frigid, the third-coldest kickoff in league history Bud Grant, the Vikings’ 88-year-old former coach, gave precisely zero fucks See also: ‘Meth Curry’ and the casual cruelty of … Read More
Blair Walsh was the sports world’s loneliest man on Sunday afternoon The Minnesota Vikings kicker missed a last-second field goal that would have beaten the Seattle Seahawks and delivered victory to more than 52,000 home fans who endured historic cold. … Read More
One of the most popular, engrossing journalism longreads of 2015 ran in The New Yorker in July. It told of a massive earthquake that will one day rock the Pacific Northwest to its core Thing is, a mini version of … Read More
Between NBA star Steph Curry, his wife extraordinaire Ayesha Curry, their celebrity daughter Riley Curry and her new baby sister Ryan Curry, it’s debatable who America’s real first family is Turns out, however, the cute Curry couple has been adorable … Read More