America at war with itself … Jackie Robinson broke down segregation in baseball … Later to become a pawn to discredit the civil rights campaigner, Paul Robeson … The Red Scare … America’s sad dance with race … Anti-communism used to support racial discrimination … Sport and politics … Braham Dabscheck reviews Howard Bryant’s Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America 

Tony Greig and Geoff Boycott’s role in the making of the Waverley Cricket Club… Grade cricket that attracted top international players … Packer and World Series Cricket … Historic turning point… The commercialisation of cricket … From a sporting activity to a money machine … From Braham Dabscheck

Rugby League … Dennis Tutty and the try he shouldn’t have scored … Case that changed the face of professional sport … Growth of the player associations, courtesy of the Barwick High Court … Free kick … Restraint of trade … Braham Dabscheck comments