FIRST PERSON: Rolling in the derby
Photo: Richard Rayment If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said that roller derby wasn’t my thing. It wasn’t the aggressive nature of the sport that turned me off, nor the high risk of injury. It’s just that I’m obviously not cool enough to be a sassy, confident ‘derby girl’. Derby [...]
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Josh Tassell encourages SciSoc and SASS Sports Executives to give 110%
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Richard Withers wonders where this crop of Wallabies is going wrong
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Michael Coutts pens an open letter to the Chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission
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Lane Sainty isn’t convinced that there are no gay players in the AFL
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Precious few of our athletes are choosing to make their sexuality public, writes Thomas Poberezny-Lynch.
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Richard Withers dissects the key issues ahead of tomorrow’s Grand Final between Sydney and Hawthorn
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Bryant Apolonio is potentially too wise to play this sport
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Richard Withers talks with Sydney University’s Bernard Foley about his rugby sevens career and breakout season with the Waratahs
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Time to crucify Lance?
Is the white flag an admission of guilt, asks Madeleine King
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Lane Sainty will probably never run a marathon of any kind
Read More →Two strikes and you’re out
There’s a vast grey area surrounding bans on performance enhancing drugs. Arghya Gupta looks into the controversial policies our athletes must abide by
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Who’s next? Australian Olympians have been made to feel their pain
Whether hounding Stephanie Rice or shaming James Magnussen, the judgemental tendencies of the Australian media do our athletes no favours, writes Samantha Wright
Read More →A tireless athlete secures his first Tour win
Can Team Sky do it again next year? Matt Withers watched as the peloton descended on Paris
Read More →Finally, we can sleep again: the end of le Tour
![The Tour de France. Photo: Johan Vandamme [licensed under CC BY 2.0]](http://www.honisoit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tour-300x224.jpg)
Honi’s resident cycling-tsar Arghya Gupta burned the midnight oil keeping tabs on the world’s most famous bike race: the Tour de France.
Read More →Sydney students off to London
University sports stars are hitting new highs, writes Kira Spucys Tahar.
Read More →Chess and Boxing: A match made in heaven?
Upon hearing the phrase ‘chessboxing’, a small number of people may be reminded of ‘Da Mystery of Chessboxin’, a 1992 song by the Wu Tang Clan. A much larger number of people would simply be confused. However, there are a select few who would immediately associate ‘chessboxing’ with an exciting, fast-moving sport; a dark underworld [...]
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Easily lie the heads that will wear this crown, reports Richard Withers
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This has been a journey worth reliving, writes Richard Withers.
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Melbourne is famous for its trackstands, gear ratios and no brakes, writes James O’Doherty.
Read More →Fighting the perils of fitness
Michael Coutts encourages you to stay on the couch
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Michael Coutts wonders whether billionaires are creating as many problems as they solve.
Read More →Run out: the Australian summer of cricket has taken its toll
Fabian Di Lizia isn’t bowled over by Cricket Australia’s administration.
Read More →Formula for change
Kira Spucys-Tahar discusses the increased presence of women in Motorsport.
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Lane Sainty explores an extreme sport that should probably feature at the London Olympics.
Read More →State of Play: Turmoil in the English Premier League
Paul Ellis worries about how scandalous football in England has become
Read More →Palmer’s Personal Possé
Richard Withers only likes it when Russian billionaires buy clubs
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NSW Blues Vs. Kirribilli Crusaders
Richard Withers achieved his dream of free admission to the SCG
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- During this year's USU election, should you vote based on a candidate's policy? http://t.co/1iHgzy6GJA #usudecides
- Poet Claire Nashar reviews the news http://t.co/osjso7xnBK
- In response to Tuesday's strike, students have started a petition calling on VC Spence to keep police off campus: https://t.co/pbJuVkZKgm
- Meeting now over. Life Choice issue unresolved. Pick up Honi next week for a piece on the RU486 pamphlet. #USUforum
- Rafi: if we're implementing CSR policy, we should also be responsible about the truth, particularly regarding scientific matters. #USUforum
- Life Choice President: Life Choice should complement the Women's collective. #USUforum #idontunderstand
- Penina Su: there was no open discussion between Life Choice and other USU members about the issues presented in the pamphlet. #USUforum
- Fahad Ali says it is problematic to present information on this pamphlet as fact when some of it is patently false #USUforum
- Alex Brown: if there are claims in the pamphlets that are demonstrably false, there should be consequences for Life Choice. #USUforum
- Kade Denton: these pamphlets have the potential to be offensive and marginalising. #USUforum
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