Football
Olsen asked to lead Crows
EXCLUSIVE | Former State Premier and SANFL president John Olsen has been asked to become the Adelaide Football Club chairman, Michelangelo Rucci reports.
Football
EXCLUSIVE | Former State Premier and SANFL president John Olsen has been asked to become the Adelaide Football Club chairman, Michelangelo Rucci reports.
Football
SANFL this weekend takes centre stage – free of any AFL distractions – to close a home-and-away season many thought would not happen due to the pandemic. Michelangelo Rucci talks to new league boss Rob Kerin about the SANFL’s future, including the key challenge of reintegrating AFL reserves teams into the competition.
An AFL season to forget closes for the Adelaide Football Club this weekend, and then the Crows must work their busiest ever trade and draft agenda. Michelangelo Rucci asks a former AFL master in recruiting and list management about how the club should tackle the critical decisions ahead.
So, it turns out we’re not the worst team in 56 years after all.
This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the SANFL winning the battle to stop Port Adelaide’s first attempt to enter the AFL. The story of how a high-stakes gamble in a Melbourne hotel gave birth to the Crows can now be told in detail, with Michelangelo Rucci reporting how a leading player won’t be taking his secrets to the grave.
The AFL says the 2020 Grand Final – the first to be held outside of Victoria, due to coronavirus restrictions – will he held at night for the first time.
Bryce Gibbs, one of the Adelaide Crows’ most scrutinised and criticised trade gambits, will finish his career against his former club Carlton on Sunday after announcing his retirement with a year left on his contract.
Media and marketing
Crows premiership captain Mark Bickley has been axed from his high-profile hosting role at FIVEaa, InDaily has confirmed.
A consortium of international and local investors has bought a 19 per cent share of the Adelaide 36ers, potentially freeing up the basketball franchise’s chairman and owner Grant Kelley for a run at the soon-to-be-vacated Adelaide Crows chairmanship.
Soccer
Midfield sensation Taras Gomulka looks headed for the Adelaide United exit door.
Tennis
Novak Djokovic has been kicked out of the US Open for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball in a stunning end to his 29-match winning streak and bid for an 18th grand slam title.
Crows legend Mark Ricciuto has in the past year highlighted the conflict facing football officials with media roles. Michelangelo Rucci examines the tightrope.
Two Richmond players have been arrested outside a Gold Coast strip club, with the AFL investigating their COVID-19 protocol breaches.
Adelaide Oval could host additional finals matches this season as West Coast considers asking the AFL to play ‘home’ finals in South Australia if circumstances don’t allow the matches to be hosted in Perth.
A one-off edition, for our one-off win – as the Crows finally sang the song for the first time this decade. Sometimes it’s the little things.