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Sea Eagles are sitting pretty
With all the off-field news this week it will be good to get back to focusing on what the players are up to on the field with this weekend’s round of matches.
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Flashback: Deadly Sounds Episode 563 – Dean Widders
Nine years ago we interviewed ex-NRL star, Dean Widders, when he was playing for the Parramatta Eels.
Flexed for success
After getting out of a bad relationship, Rhiannon threw herself into body building, taking out first place in the International Natural Body Association.
Flashback: Deadly Sounds Episode 378 – Anthony Mundine
In this interview from 13 years ago, we speak with ‘The Man’ about his career, controversy he’s faced, modelling in magazines, his religious ideologies, and his upcoming bout in Germany.
Patty Mills: NBA glory
Patrick Mills has earned a special place in Australian sporting history after playing an instrumental role in the San Antonio Spurs NBA championship triumph over the Miami Heat on Monday.
Too close to call
With the 2014 season now already past the halfway mark, a glance at the competition ladder tells one major story, that this season is one of the closest in recent memory.
Schools in for AFL Indigenous Round
Guildford Grammar School in Perth will host their first ever Indigenous AFL round tomorrow, along with Wesley College.
Flashback: The Quiet Achiever
Deadly Vibe Issue 132 – February 2008: Daniel Geale etched his name into a proud legacy recently by becoming Australia’s latest Indigenous world boxing champion.
Samantha Hinton – Following Faith’s Path
New hope in the long stretch between innings for our Australian women cricketers It’s more than 50 years since an Indigenous woman played cricket for Australia. Talented left-hander batter Samantha Hinton is looking forward to taking up the challenge. Samantha Hinton, from Wellington in central NSW, is being hailed as Australia’s next emerging female Indigenous […]
Power Cup bigger in 09
Three hundred students from ten South Australian schools will participate in the second annual Aboriginal Power Cup this year with the Grand Final to be held on August 29. The Cup is a joint initiative of the Attorney-General’s Department and the Port Adelaide Football Club with support from the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy […]
Night of Black Stars rocks The Block
Aboriginal boxing made a triumphant return to Redfern with the first Night of the Black Stars. Despite torrential rain, the “House Full” sign went up and latecomers were turned away as a sellout crowd of more than 800 people crammed into the bigtop at The Block on Black Friday, the anniversary of the national apology […]
League legend fights for life
Indigenous rugby league legend Dale Shearer is fighting for his life in Brisbane’s Royal Hospital after being involved in a horrific car crash. Shearer was returning to his Peregian Springs home on Saturday night after celebrating a friend’s birthday at a Noosaville restaurant. The accident occurred around 11pm along the Sunshine mwy. Shearer was pulled […]
Sandow visit inspires youth
NRL player Chris Sandow describes his first visit to a juvenile justice centre as “a privilege”. “Some of them might have done the wrong thing, but I felt really honoured to be invited to meet them and have a yarn to them,” says the young Rabbitohs star after visiting Indigenous youth at the Acmena Juvenile […]
Mundine backs next-gen black stars
Fresh from his victory over Shannan Taylor, Anthony Mundine is looking forward to watching the next generation of Aboriginal boxing stars in action for the ‘Night of Black Stars’ at The Block tomorrow. “I did what I had to do, it got a bit desperate at times and got a bit dirty, but I knew […]
Mundine outpoints ‘Blaster’
Anthony Mundine has passed his first test in the middleweight division with flying colors, outpointing fellow Australian and former world title challenger Shannon Taylor in Wollongong last night. In a scrappy bout that saw Taylor, known as the ‘Bulli Blaster’, resort to dirty tactics on a number of occasions, Mundine set the pace from the […]
Beachley joins Indigenous surfing project
Layne Beachley, the greatest female surfer of all time, has become the newest member of the Laureus Friends & Ambassadors programme. The announcement was made by Laureus World Sports Academy members Cathy Freeman, Robby Naish, Daley Thompson and Steve Waugh, who were attending the Indigenous Sports Program surfing-based project at Jan Juc, near Geelong, in […]
All Stars crush Crows
The Indigenous All Stars have trounced the Adelaide Crows, running away with a comprehensive 14.13 (97) to 6.7 (43) victory at Marrara Oval in Darwin last night. Captained by Andrew McLeod playing against his club side, the All Stars adapted to the tropical wet conditions far better than the Crows, racing to a 25-point quarter-time […]
Night of the Black Stars
Indigenous Boxing Academy launched at historic Redfern Event Sydney, Australia: Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture will make a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern on Black Friday, Friday 13th of February, 2009, as part of a major community event to raise funding for the Indigenous Sporting Academy and Indigenous Boxing Academy. The event […]
David Williams
This month’s health tips are from international soccer star, David Williams, currently playing for Danish club Brondby FC. What kind of training do you do? We train five times a week, which is roughly two hours a day, which is ten am to noon. We have a whole range of warm-ups and slow drills, then […]
Bowen, Thurston on track for comeback
Matt Bowen is on track for a surprise NRL return in North Queensland’s round one clash with Brisbane. Bowen missed much of the 2008 season after undergoing knee surgery in July and has just begun light running for the first time since the operation. The Cowboys have described Bowen’s rehabilitation from the surgery as “encouraging” […]
Magic Rabbit
Deadly Vibe Issue 139 In 2008, South Sydney pulled a rabbit out of the hat in the form of precocious young half-back Chris Sandow. Chris’s electric play energised the Bunnies to a mid-season revival and paved the way to Dally M Rookie of the Year honours. Deadly Vibe catches up with Chris to chat about […]
A League of his Own
In the midst of rugby league’s 100th year celebrations, Deadly Vibe catches up with one of the sport’s true legends – the one and only Arthur Beetson. Some sportsmen reach such amazing heights during their careers, the impression they leave behind not only canonises them in the sporting history forever; it changes the very fabric […]
Mundine on track for middleweight showdown
Fighting for only the second time in the middleweight division, Anthony Mundine outpointed Uruguayan opponent Rafael Sosa Pintos over ten rounds at the Whitlam Centre in Sydney’s West last night. While the two time super middleweight champion entered the ring in an unusually subdued mood, once the opening bell sounded the Aboriginal boxer was all […]
North joins new A-League franchise
Socceroo defender Jade North has become the first big name signing of the new North Queensland A-League franchise that will begin competing in the 2009/10 season. After recently missing out on a European contract, North may now remain on Australian shores long term after the North Queensland franchise presented the 26 year-old with a lucrative […]
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