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Jon Pierik

Jon Pierik

Jon Pierik is a sports journalist at The Age. He covers AFL and has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.

Jordan Dawson of the Crows leads the team out.

Inspirational Dawson opens up on losing his brother, leads Crows to domination of Dogs

The Crows’ skipper was at his on-field best in another incredible display during a period of such personal tragedy off the field.

  • Roy Ward, Jon Pierik and Russell Bennett

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Gold Coast ruckman Max Knobel.

‘I will accept the repercussions’: Suns ruckman cops four-game ban for homophobic slur

The son of a former Lions, Saints and Richmond big man said he has to take responsibility for his actions in an incident in the VFL, which he admitted were “unacceptable”.

  • Sam McClure, Danny Russell and Jon Pierik
Boomers coach Adam Caporn has kept the door ajar for Ben Simmons, Joe Ingles, Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova playing in his team.

Battle of the ages: The veteran Boomers stars fighting for one last Olympic charge

In a rare interview, Boomers coach Adam Caporn discusses Patty Mills, Ben Simmons and Joe Ingles, and Australia’s new wave of basketball talent.

  • Jon Pierik
US President Donald Trump with Knicks owner James Dolan.

Donald Trump booed, appears to fall asleep at NBA Finals in New York

US President Donald Trump was given a hostile reception while attending game three of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

  • Jon Pierik
Waiting game: Essendon great James Hird wants to return as senior coach.

‘We weren’t doing it as a charity case’: The key footy figure behind James Hird’s redemption push

James Hird has achieved great success in business and is more empathetic man now after the tumult of the past, giving him the chance to return to Essendon as coach, and live out, according to one prominent supporter, a Shakespearean tale.

  • Jon Pierik
Ben Simmons shows off a catch earlier this year after turning his attention from basketball to competitive fishing.

Ben Simmons has gone fishin’. An Olympic dream could lure him back to basketball

Fallen basketball star Ben Simmons still harbours aspirations of playing at the Olympics, and has been urged to join the NBL in a bid to revive his career.

  • Jon Pierik
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St Kilda Saints coach Ross Lyon.

Is St Kilda’s AFL spending spree paying off? The numbers are in

St Kilda’s off-season recruiting spree should have the Saints well-placed to make the top 10, but it’s been a struggle so far – and may not get any easier in the run home.

  • Jon Pierik
On the tools: Essendon great James Hird in action at Port Melbourne Football Club this week.

Inside the Hird blueprint to revolutionise the Bombers

James Hird has no intention of dropping out of the Bombers’ coaching process, and has plans to reinvigorate a struggling club desperate for success.

  • Jon Pierik
Adam Simpson (right) was the 2018 West Coast premiership coach.

‘I can’t see anyone going for this job’: Simpson’s brutal call on Essendon process as Hird looms large

Premiership coaches Adam Simpson and John Longmire have given their thoughts on the Bombers coaching race.

  • Jon Pierik, Sam McClure and Scott Spits
Brad Scott.

‘There were only eight people who knew’: Scott speaks on the leak of his sacking, says he’d have traded Merrett

Essendon face a payout of up to $1.3 million on Brad Scott’s contract. That amount would have to be absorbed into the Bombers’ soft cap.

  • Danny Russell, Jon Pierik, Sam McClure, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall, Peter Ryan and Scott Spits