Time Bombs Tick As Scud Takes Aim

I HAVE a reasonably large and varied list of Things I Like, and pretty high up on that list would be the not unpleasant combination of boys and trash television. Obviously the lowbrow teev business pays dividends since the skankier the territory that 30 minutes of "Dwarf Dating Espanol" or "Swashbuckling Academy 2" manages to traverse, the easier it is for me to bang out this column each week. Boys are less likely to provide such regular pay packets, though my adventures with them have been wide ...

Confidence Booster For An Ex-rooster

ASSURING halfback Jamie Soward the St George Illawarra No 7 jersey belonged to him paid major dividends for the Dragons yesterday.

Zero To Heroes

Alastair Clarkson has been building Hawthorn from the ground up - and it is a strategy that has quickly been paying extraordinary dividends, writes Lyall Johnson.