Sam Duncan
Why you shouldn’t expect the racing industry to change its ways
Animal welfare is front and centre again after the running of Australia’s most famous horse race. But don’t hold your breath waiting...
The staggering cost of running an ad during this weekend’s grand finals
They are two of Australia’s biggest sporting events – and the AFL and NRL grand finals are also two of television’s biggest...
Time to say goodbye: Why Sam Newman’s TV days are numbered
Tonight’s Grand Final edition of The Footy Show might be its last. One thing seems for sure, though: John ‘Sam’ Newman’s television...
How Australia’s obsession with overseas sport is starting to hurt
We are in the middle of Australia’s football seasons, and yet for many, the ongoing NBA playoffs are of more interest. For...
The big reason television networks keep splurging on sport
It has never been harder for free-to-air television networks to make a dollar. The competition from pay television and subscription services is...
Why Cricket Australia’s big payday could come back to bite it
The deal’s in and it’s a big one. Cricket Australia has masterminded a $1.182 billion dollar TV broadcast deal over six years...
Ball tampering: The staggering financial cost for a day of Cape Town madness
Tears, heartache, tarnished reputations … and a whole lot of money down the drain. David Warner, Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft and Cricket...
Winter Olympics 2018: Do we really care? These surprising numbers tell all
Winter sports are hardly ingrained in our way of life. Australia is a country of hot summers and mild winters, of generally...
Australian Open 2018: How the event became so popular
When it comes to the ‘sport event experience’, the Australian Open has stamped itself as the best in the business. The first...
The Ashes: The Nine Network move that could change cricket forever
Channel Nine’s refusal to pay a multimillion-dollar fee to have the final bid in cricket’s TV rights war means the way we...