In a sensational exclusive, we can reveal that a sporting star is battling a terrible addiction. It’s something the player has been troubled with for several years, and although his colleagues have suspected for years, only now has it come to light. Yes: Mark Cosgrove is hooked on pies. The…

Now that the slavering media-pack outside the Michael Clarke-Lara Bingle house have got a top scoop by carefully filming a removal truck pick up a bunch of bats and scuffed cricket pads, we, the public must come to a terrible conclusion: It’s time to look somewhere else for Australia’s Posh…

Now that time has reduced the playing career of Javed Miandad to the word “legend” and a collection of pretty good stats, it’s easy to forget just what a total arse he could be when he was playing – bad-tempered, argumentative, disruptive, arrogant… And even now he’s long retired, he’s…

In the latest news to rock the world of cricket to its foundations, the Australian one-day side has picked Larry the Lawnmower for its upcoming one-day gripper against India. With the series locked at two games all, and injuries shredding the Australian set-up, it was felt Larry would add much-needed…

In an era that will be remembered for some of the dullest sports interviews and quotes in history, thank God for Justin Langer. Few people have ever had cause to say the words “Thank God for Justin Langer” before, but have a look at this secret dossier here, and you…

It may be way too late for Jermaine Jackson to be crying, “Leave my brother alone!”, but the poor Aussie cricket team is still very much alive, and taking the usual hammering from every after-the-event reporter, ex-pro and hanger-on who can get near a keyboard and microphone. Here, distilled, is…

After five days of cricket that see’d and sawed like a very long and mostly boring see-saw with a midget on one end and a giant fatty on the other, the Bucket has opened his pre-Ashes dossier and made a few corrections with his Big Red Pen. Here’s what we…

In the past 24 hours, the Bucket has read that Australia will win the Ashes 5-0 (go on, guess who said that. Here’s a clue: he’s tall, skinny, quite liked off-stump and DOESN’T PLAY ANY MORE), that Australia will win no matter what, and that England “start as marginal favourites”.…

Jea-ayzuz, will this Ashes just, like, start, already? The new most-hyped series in the history of the world doesn’t kick off for another 10 days, but in the minds of hundreds of coaches, players, journos, bloggers and various hangers-on, it’s already been played 50 times, and won, lost or drawn.…