Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2015 i Inside Sport

1 In BRW’s 2014 list of Australia’s 50 highest-earning sportspeople, which sport was most represented on the list? 2 Which sport is missing from this quote from Rodney Dangerfield: “I went to a fight the other day and a WHAT game broke out”? 3 In his professional career, Mike Tyson had fights in the USA, Japan, the UK and which other country? 4 Which male tennis player managed to drop five places in the world rankings, despite reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open? 5 The USA, Australia, NZ and which other country have won the America’s Cup? 6 Which Australian cricketer has the nickname “The Finisher”? 7 Billed as the tennis version of Twenty20 cricket is what new tennis format? 8 Occurring in 2010, which Spanish soccer player is…

IN 1868, the first-ever touring cricket side from Australia, the Aboriginal team, would hold “games” for the crowd’s entertainment after a day’s play. The entertainment was complimentary, but sometimes they’d collect a pound or two. In one of these games, the famous Dick-a-Dick (real name Djungadjinganook), leader of this extraordinary, well-loved and poorly paid troupe, would have opposing players and crowd members fling cricket balls at him while he casually dodged or deflected them with a shield. The crowd happily indulged, but ne’er a ball was propelled by malice, even when they threw four at a time from 15 paces! A century later, Lionel Rose was introduced from the boxing ring by Melbourne’s Ron Casey before he’d even laced on a glove as a professional. Rose, a nervous Aboriginal kid…

FIRST PRINCIPLES “CrossFit founder Greg Glassman laid out the basic ideas for diet when he prescribed this advice: ‘Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.’ So a lot of CrossFitters eat paleo; it’s very popular in the community. You eat fresh food, staying away from the processed stuff. “I did my first paleo challenge in February 2010 and I’ve been eating that way ever since. I noticed a big difference when I changed my diet completely. My energy levels definitely improved... I see it often in the gym here. Guys who do it properly, they walk in three weeks later and we’re like, ‘Whoah!’ Big difference. And you see the way…

The famous 19th-Century French writer Honore de Balzac had an interesting theory when it came to human beings and society. He liked to suggest that all men/women were not created equal, and that for every animal in the zoo, there was a type of human that needed to be treated differently to the next. For example, for practical reasons, you wouldn’t talk to the King of England the same way you’d talk to a labourer. Further, but closer to home for us, if you see a Roosters fan at the bar, you’re going to approach them a bit differently than you would a Penrith supporter. When conversing with the Roosters fan, you might feel the need to not-so-gently mention the fact that every other supporter in the land thinks his/her…

SPOT ON I agree with Robert Drane’s assessment of the state and direction of the AFL (2015 “Pigskin Review”, March edition). He has accurately reflected the public’s frustration at players being cited on Monday for innocuous run-of-play “offences” that one or more of the eight umpires didn’t see fit to report at the time. Ex-player commentators (who wouldn’t “shop” opponents in front of the tribunal, even when sporting stitches and black eyes) are now condescendingly advising players to take the game penalty because with their 3.687918 loading they’ll get two weeks otherwise! Likewise, the interchange rule in footy “to protect player welfare” is as stupid as ropes 25m in from fences to ensure fielders in cricket don't sprain a wrist. It’s a weak-kneed response to a prevention industry. The irony…

“I really think it’s fascinating that we’ve both done it. Especially with Marianne winning, experiencing her thoughts and feelings on the week at night and talking to each other about it has been very different.” – Golfer Richard Green, who won the Victorian Open at the same time his fiancee, Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord, was winning the women’s tournament. “They still laugh at us, even though they use simulators a lot like we do. This kind of thing must stop.” – Wolfgang Reip, one of Nissan’s winning drivers at the Bathurst 12-Hour. Reip and team-mate Florian Strauss were recruited after proving their skills in a driving videogame on PlayStation. “First of all I’ve always believed analytics was crap ... All these guys who run these organisations, who…

AFL Even with this late start to the season, the AFL will still not play on Good Friday, at least until next year. So instead, opening centre-bounce meets Last Supper night with Carlton vs Richmond (Apr 2) at the MCG. Get used to the Thursday night; the AFL will play five such matches throughout the year, having scrapped the Sunday night experiment, tilting the schedule back towards big-time Saturday afternoons. The best contest of round one, however, is saved until Monday, with the ever-reliable match-up of Hawthorn vs Geelong (Apr 6) at the MCG. When these two meet, there’s the sense they really are playing for the title of “best club of the last decade”, more so now that they have three flags each. Round two boasts Port vs Sydney…

“There’s no doubt he’s going to be a great player ... He has matured a little bit, he’s added a few more things to his game. He’s got an exciting future, and we hope he’s going to be a part of the Boomers’ program for a long time.” Australian Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis “I love his temperament on the court, his passing and unselfishness. If anything, he’s too unselfish, on his team right now; he can be more aggressive as a scorer.” ESPN commentator Fran Fraschilla…

as good as it gets a keeper worth considering ho-hum in the bin RUGBY LEAGUE 100 BEST OF THE BEST BY ALAN WHITICKER AND IAN COLLIS, NEW HOLLAND, $33.90 This book looks and reads a lot like another one: 101 Great Rugby League Players, also by Alan Whiticker and Ian Collis, also published by New Holland back in 2012. That’s because it IS the same book, word for word, with only the most minor shuffling of subjects. I know this because we have a copy in our office here and compared them closely. Different title and different cover. No longer a hardback. But word for word the same. Same pictures. Different typography, and the latest edition has a murky sepia tone through the black and white pictures. But same same.…

WINNER This World Cup has made a strong case for the continued relevance of the 50-over format, which gives weight to a plan pushed by Cricket Australia to rebrand all ODI as World Cup Cricket. According to CA chairman Wally Edwards, the broad outline would be to create a points system for ODIs played throughout the year, which could then feed into a year-end series or qualification for the next World Cup. This would provide ODIs the context they have been sorely lacking. Furthermore, by defining 50-over cricket as part of the game’s keynote collective event, it would give it a separate and complementary character to Tests, which remain bilateral. The onedayers at the end of every tour won’t feel so tacked on. If T20 can be relegated to the…

AUSTRALIA’S LATEST WORLDBEATERS Anna Meares is the most successful female track cyclist in history after winning the keirin at the UCI Track World Championships in Paris last month. It was her 11th world title, one more than French legend Felicia Ballanger, who was on hand to witness the record-breaking feat. Meares revealed she had dreamt a year ago that she would win an 11th world title in France. “Very happy, little bit emotional, very proud. It has been a tough run, but it has been a lot of fun” she said. Meares now owns 25 world championship medals including 11 gold, eight silver and six bronze. At this meet she also won bronze in the team sprint with Kaarle McCulloch, and came second in her pet-event, the time trial. Annette…

Majors season is upon us in golf, and let’s not forget what happened the last time Bubba Watson arrived at the Masters as defending champ. While the nation – or Adam Scott – seeks a second green jacket, plenty of talk coming into this year’s tournament has been about former Masters champions who can’t win. And on that note: here’s hoping for a fond farewell to Ben Crenshaw, a two-time winner at Augusta, playing the event for the last time. SAFE BET No mystery here: Rory McIlroy heads to Georgia as World No.1 and victor at the last two Majors. McIlroy has big history in his sights – if he takes down this Masters, he’ll become only the sixth man to claim golf’s career Grand Slam. Only Tiger Woods will…

TIM HORAN played rugby like a jetboat. He was all incision , bouncing through or sluicing hard, ball in two hands, head slightly bowed, laser-beam focus on the barest of gaps. Then: bang, he was through, and bolting. My, he could bolt. Horan ran hard lines arrow-straight. And quick. Man, so quick. He seemed to run as fast as required, which was, most often, fast enough to burn them all. With ball in hand he could set a wide man free with fizzing torpedo passes, left and right. In defence he was compact and strong, launching his shoulders into the thighs of Philippe Sella, Will Carling and All Blacks great “Smokin’” Joe Stanley, who gave Horan his jumper after his debut Test, Eden Park, 1989. Of course there was his…

HISENSE Arena has exploded into a frenzy of celebration, tears of joy and hugs. The Vixens, pride of the Victorian netball community, have just toppled the Queensland Firebirds by 11 goals in the 2014 ANZ Championship grand final and are ready to party. The play button is pushed on Pharrell Williams’ Happy and the joint is rocking, domestic netball’s ultimate prize in Melbourne’s clutches for the first time since 2009. Fox Sports’ roaming mic has found defeated captain Laura Geitz up one end of the court, glassy-eyed, sweaty, buggered, heartbroken. It’s the second successive grand final loss for Queensland, on the back of 2013’s two-goal defeat to the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Footage of the bravely smiling Geitz’ TV interview is beamed around the stadium, at first competing for air and noise…

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REID URBAN X2 DISC With Shimano 27-speed Altus gearing and disc brakes for control in all conditions, this bike (as featured in our Cycling Gear Guide this issue) is the perfect all-round city machine. Finished with quality kit, including puncture-protected Kenda tyres, this baby will look after you rain, hail or shine. CANTERBURY PRIZE PACK Our Freeze Frame Freebies caption comp winner will also score for themselves this awesome bundle of goodies, which includes a Packaway gym bag, three sock packs, a Packaway jacket and a cap. That’s almost $160 of high-quality gear, so make sure you have your sense of humour finely tuned. IT WAS SO WET THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGN ON THE SIDELINE: NO DIVING. February’s Freeze Frame Freebies caption competition was won by Keith Rewell…

SOMETIMES sportspeople become innovators by sheer force of their pioneering passion for a particular aspect of their sport. South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes was taken with the idea of studying and mastering every aspect of fielding, from anticipating a ball, through to the way he landed and everything in-between. He forced the cricket world to understand things about his art – and he came to own it like no one before or since – that it had previously never considered, single-handedly setting the standard for today’s fieldsmen. It’s not as though fielding didn’t exist before Rhodes. In fact, the first of the renowned “specialist” fieldsmen was compatriot Colin Bland. Bland was known to have the deadliest pick-up and throw in the game’s history to that point, and was the first…

• It’s not unreasonable to assume that there are many professional athletes with HIV right now. But because compulsory testing is not going to be accepted in a land with such an emphasis on civil liberties, the identities of most HIV-positive sportsmen are likely to remain a mystery. Moreover, the example of Magic Johnson would deter any athlete who carries the virus from publicly stating as much. Having watched what Johnson went through, an athlete would be crazy to volunteer the information. An HIV-positive athlete would be more inclined to follow the example of the late Arthur Ashe, who kept his AIDS status a secret for several years. AIDS In Sport: Who’s Serious About The Risk? by Jake Niall • In the rare moments that Laurie Daley thinks about his…