Have you ever noticed that one of the most predictable thing about sport is the language? Matt de Neef has put in a stellar performance sizing up the issue, but if you want to make this a great team effort, feel free to give it your best shot.

La Trobe University will host a one-day symposium ‘Sports journalism and media: the state of play in research and curriculum’ on Thursday 8 April. We’ve just updated the speaker list and full symposium schedule.

In part four of his 2010 AFL season preview Ben Waterworth turns to the Collingwood Magpies. It’s been 20 years since their last flag, could 2010 be the year of the Pies?

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about John Howard but now he has emerged as the nominee for the ICC presidency. But is he the right man for the job? Matt de Neef investigates.

Channel Seven wants your bums on its seats for its new football show, The Bounce.

Kelly Theobald and Matt de Neef are the new editors of upstart. That means that you should be nice to them. And yes, write for them too.

The Victorian Winter Baseball League is offering an opportunity that could help one journalism student get some career runs on the board while studying at university.

After his sacking from the St Kilda Football Club, troubled AFL player Andrew Lovett’s professional career could well be over. However, as Ben Waterworth explains, he has no one to blame but himself.

Everyone wants gold medals. But it’s important to be a good sport at the Olympics, especially if you’re a team official, writes Ben Waterworth.

After two weeks of hard tennis, it’s the dream final everyone wanted. This Saturday evening, four-time champion Serena Williams takes on comeback queen Justine Henin in the Australian Open women’s final. Ben Waterworth previews the match.