Laughing at a footballer’s error helped save this sports fan’s life
It was just an ordinary day in December for Mark Toothaker. He worked at Spendthrift Farm, went to the gym…
Run It Straight craze suggests ‘bodies are disposable, pain is performative’
For Onehunga Mata’uiau, rugby has always been about skill, discipline, and controlled contact. That’s why the former Manu Samoa player…
Gavin was clinically dead for 8 minutes after a cardiac arrest. Luckily his partner had just done a CPR course
On a warm Friday night in Dampier, a small town on WA’s Pilbara coast, Wickham Wolves captain Gavin Mippy was…
How running helps these mates start tough conversations in regional towns
In the early morning, a lone figure cuts across the footy oval in Kojonup, in Western Australia. Mike Rolls, a…
Octogenarian Alex Tarr is still running on the edge, winning orienteering’s mental game
At age 82, legendary Australian orienteer Alex Tarr says the thrill of his sport is “running on the edge of…
Swim of a lifetime for two bush mates
After successfully swimming the English Channel, far west NSW grazier Brendan Cullen is preparing to return, this time as part…