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Bulldogs general manager Phil Gould.

When Gus talks, take it with a mountain of salt

This week’s back-and-forward between Phil Gould and Michael Chammas told us more about the Bulldogs football supremo.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou holds up the Europa League trophy.

Postecoglou’s success? It’s all down to me

Come on, Ange. Next time you win something, please give me some of the credit.

  • Peter FitzSimons
The new logo of the Bears, who are attempting to become the NRL’s 18th team.

Bear trap: Why new NRL team caused a sudden spike in Perth gay club membership

There has been a terrible mix-up. Allow me to explain.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Nathan Buckley and Brodie Ryan

Earth to Bleak City: There’s more to life than the ‘Brodes and Bucks journey’

You’re a weird mob, Melburnians. In any other city, Brodie Ryan would have been laughed out of town for her melodramatic statement after breaking up with Nathan Buckley.

  • Peter FitzSimons
The Queen visited the MCG and met with the players on the final day of the Centenary Test.

Fifty years on, Dennis Lillee’s spell still mesmerised the crowd

For 40 minutes at the Chappell Foundation dinner this week, the great fast bowler reduced us to 10-year-olds as we remembered the magic of those sporting times.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Rory McIlroy wins the Masters at Augusta.

You’ve got lots of cash, Cam, but where’s your golf game gone?

Yes, yes he may have millions in the bank but where was the Queenslander when the whips were cracking at Augusta?

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Five is not alive ... Penrith

Put a fork in the Penrith Panthers. They’re done

A fourth-straight grand final win came just six months ago for the Panthers. Right now, it seems like an eon.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Gout Gout

Silver lining: Why this was the defeat Gout Gout didn’t know he needed

There are several good reasons the young sprint sensation’s second place behind Lachie Kennedy at the Maurie Plant Meet wasn’t the tragedy it might have seemed.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Foreman in 1974.

I interviewed George Foreman three times. This was the most surprising thing about him

The former heavyweight champ was a compelling character, who spoke in depth about the Rumble in the Jungle and his lasting friendship with his conqueror, Muhammad Ali.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Christian Tuipulotu’s try celebrations are on the nose at the Dragons.

Mistake. Big mistake. Try celebrations the least of the Dragons’ problems

Christian Tuipulotu’s over-the-top antics aren’t for everyone - but outlawing them is too much.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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