Rikki Johnston signed a six-figure contract to play baseball with the Detroit Tigers when he was just 16. The now-Frankston assistant coach imparts wisdom from his unique career wherever he goes, writes PAUL AMY.
Fifty AFL-listed players have come from a small club in the South Metro junior league, and their key to success is obvious, writes PAUL AMY.
Les ‘Lelly’ Bamblett’s 1985 playing season is one for the record books. Yet injuries and racism led to him losing his passion for footy and he still sees significant problems, writes PAUL AMY.
Talented youngster Josiah Kyle will turn out for Division 2 club Doveton, after parting ways with the Saints.
A brilliant cricketer. A better footballer. Collingwood’s mid-season draftee Josh Carmichael has a unique story, writes PAUL AMY.
Fish Creek, population 210, has won so many premierships that its trophy cabinet is overflowing. PAUL AMY speaks to the dedicated families who keep the mighty Kangaroos on top.
The words still haunt John Bourke: ‘You’ve got to take the boy off’. Ex-teammates say that he would have been a Collingwood great had his career not been destroyed by the terrible price of one infamous act, writes PAUL AMY.
When Gary Ayres turned up at Montrose, some of his new players didn’t know he was a five-time VFL/AFL premiership winner and dual Norm Smith Medallist, writes PAUL AMY.
A ‘glitch in live scoring’ that went viral meant that after another heavy loss in suburban footy, the pain of the battling Heatherton reserves was only just beginning.
Chris Judd. Adam Goodes. Brent Harvey. Luke Hodge. Thirty years on, the TAC Cup (now NAB League) continues to produce the best footballers in the country. PAUL AMY speaks with the people who made it happen.