While the NBA is about to sign a mega TV deal, sports rights expert Colin Smith tells SHANNON GILL that the lessons from European football suggest the days of exponential global sports rights growth may be over.
Australian sport is set to undergo a monumental concussion protocol overhaul, which has been years in the making, in the biggest changes ever seen in recreational sport.
Poor governance, crazy spending habits, handouts to clubs and a last-ditch broadcast deal – ERIN SMITH investigates what’s gone wrong at the Australian Professional Leagues.
The Matildas are just hours away from creating sporting history. And some commons myths about the Aussie team have been torn to shreds.
A black market dealer claims that peptides have surpassed steroids to become the most sought after performance-enhancers, as cheating athletes go to extreme lengths to get ahead.
Supplement researcher Moodi Dennaoui has revealed children as young as 15 are taking steroids twice a day. We reveal the tragic impact of Australia’s lethal supplements culture.
An underworld drug dealer has revealed how sporting stars are using ‘fake penises’ to fool doping testers and appear clean. LISTEN to the shock interview.
Casualties from Australian sport’s war with dodgy supplements, steroids and PEDs are rising with criminal gangs creating substances so dangerous they can kill. Now they’re targeting kids.
It’s not just cynical drug cheats who get caught out, but plenty of innocent athletes get busted too. Marathon runner Cassie Fien opens up on he brutal story, likening testing positive to death.
CODE-hopping pioneer Wendell Sailor has issued a stern warning to Payne Haas over his future and explained why life outside NRL will not suit the Broncos superstar.
Division within the ranks of Rugby Australia has exposed a risk that a $200m private equity investment plan could end up destroying club rugby as it has in the UK.
Rugby Australia has quietly made an extraordinary comeback from the brink of financial ruin with details showing it’s just the start.
Back in 2018 Rugby Australia tabled a modest deal to Joseph Suaalii and were sgonisingly close to seeing it signed. There was one thing they refused to honour and the whole thing collapsed.
St George Illawarra captain Ben Hunt has revealed why he severed ties with social media, won’t ever look back – and the fear he has for young teammates.
A damning survey revealed half of all players in the A-League had copped abuse online. But a social media safety app is helping turn the tide.
Kick bigots out of sport for life. There can be no compromise, according to Nova Peris who has joined forces with Nicky Winmar to demand change from social media platforms.
Despite attempting to take an early lead on the rest of the world, Australia is still nowhere near prepared to combat social media abuse in any section of society. Here’s where the law stands.
A former counter-terrorism expert has exposed the disgusting levels of abuse directed at athletes including weekly rape threats, daily racial slurs and a disturbing new porn trend.
Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have copped sickening abuse on social media. They fear it will lead to increased suicide. The pair are demanding laws around the platforms are changed.
Chad Wingard was in his early 20s when he was racially attacked for the first time. It wouldn’t be the last. He opens up on the sickening element which still leaves him “absolutely gutted”.
Olympic diver Brittany O’Brien says she has become numb to the stream of lewd, rude and crude messages she receives online – but there was one incident that truly scared her. GRAPHIC WARNING
As a boxer, Ebanie Bridges would have two paydays per year. But as an OnlyFans star, she is pulling in huge money. She opens up on the two sides to her life.
The vitriol earlier in Jordan Riki’s career left him struggling mentally. After a torrid couple of years he’s bravely shared his story and coping mechanisms in the hope of helping others.
Round 23, 2022 was the night everything changed for Jaxson Paulo. One poor performance, and the online abuse that followed, forced the young winger to implement extreme measures to avoid fans.
Sally Fitzgibbons has a healthy side hustle leveraging her massive social media reach – but the champion surfer had to navigate a steep social media learning curve.
Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have warned that young athletes could be driven to suicide if social media companies do not stamp out abusive comments.
When Madison Bartlett was charged with biting, the NRLW star believed her limited profile and modest social media following would limit the backlash. What happen next left her scared to go out in public.
Even when Priscilla Hon wins a match she is on the receiving end of some of the ugliest and most aggressive death threats. Without urgent reform, athletes are powerless to stop the hate.
Bec Cole is often on the receiving end of some abhorrent abuse but it’s the comments on her body that are the most jarring.
In her exclusive column, Cate Campbell details the online and real life abuse she has received and why the simple solution is not so simple after all.
Swimming great Dawn Fraser’s achievements are in a league of their own. But three Aussie swim stars are eyeing one of her most cherished records.
Former jockey turned OnlyFans tipster Libby Hopwood says she copped abuse long before she defected to working on the steamy website. Now it’s par for the course.
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