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Author Archives: Leigh Josey

Tasmanians unite to free Jason Krejza

Here at Crikey we get a truckload of press releases. So so many. Concerned Tasmanians for Jason Krejza must be the greatest of them all.

News to quit NRL? Is this good for the game?

Would the NRL thrive without the influence of News Ltd?

Do sports journos actually watch sport?

It happens quite often with every sport — and every fan can remember calling bullshit on a story they’ve seen, heard or read, when it must have seemed that they were at a different game that said journalist.

A Crikey Sports NRL Grand Final Preview

Seven months, 26 rounds of Rugby League, and come Sunday evening it all comes down to to eighty minutes of football in front of a Sold Out ANZ Stadium crowd.

1966 is a long time for this Saints supporter

Ever since St.Kilda was certain of a finals berth this year, I’ve had to reassure my extended family: we only have to win our last game of the year to be Premiers.

Hitler: “Dane Swan is not a HFF”

Downfall parodies; the gift that keeps on giving.

WTF sport moment of the week: Shaun Burgoyne’s manager won Big Brother

It’s time to go … Shaun.

Jockeys striking? Solution: pay peanuts, get monkeys

So the jockeys are striking.  Melbourne’s iconic Spring Carnival is in crisis mode as the horse people with the small hands put the whip in the rack and refuse to race. You don’t want to mess with a group of jockeys, they have special magical powers.
Stewards, bookies, the average punter need a solution. There’s a [...]

How to apply Chris Judd ninja master pressure points

I had to find out.
Here’s how.

Strauss captains like Brearley, Ponting barely a captain

The contrast between the two couldn’t be greater. Andrew Strauss galvanises, inspires and leads. Ricky Ponting, when put under pressure, crumbles.