Darchinyan's Trash Talk Yanks Americans' Chain

BROWSE through some of the American boxing forums on the internet and you could come across some surprising criticism of Australia's newly crowned and undisputed super-flyweight world champion, Vic Darchinyan.

Hall V Hoppa: Cry Goes Out For Battle Of The Bad Boys

ADVISERS to former NRL bad boy John Hopoate are urging him to box Swans star Barry Hall in a battle of the codes that would be a pay TV bonanza.

Take On Hall, Hopoate Urged

ADVISERS to former National Rugby League bad boy John Hopoate are urging him to box Swans star Barry Hall in a battle of the codes that would be a pay TV bonanza.

Top Australian Fighters Set To Go Another Round

AS Vic Darchinyan yesterday announced details of his next world title defence, two other leading Sydney and Australian boxers were finalising preparations for big fights in North America this weekend.

Memorial Service Is About Honouring Our Dead, Not Political Gain

Kevin Rudd's little problem over the TV dawn service puts him in the same class as the Coalition ("Rudd admits dawn service gaffe", April 13). Let the RSL ban all politicians from all Anzac Day services and let us get on with honouring our dead.

The Lucrative Deals That Are Tempting Our Only Champion

He has achieved greatness in the ring but Armenian-born Vic Darchinyan has difficult choices to make, Winsor Dobbin writes.

Country Of Despair

This is an edited extract of his Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture delivered at the State Library of Victoria earlier this week. The full text can be read at www.slv.vic.gov.au/sms2006 The respect for difference that makes a national conversation possible is beginning to fade.

A Contender From The Backstreets

VIC PATRICK 1920-2006

Come Walk Beside Me, I Said To Myself . . .

THE other day, while having a fierce argument at the Vic Market end of Elizabeth Street, I caught someone having a good old stickybeak.

Darchinyan To Search For More World Titles

AUSTRALIA's flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan said yesterday he would only fight for new world titles after he completed his fourth title defence by a knockout last weekend.

All Hail The King

Kevin Spacey has taken on Shakespeare's Richard II at London's Old Vic and the result is a crowning achievement, writes Peter Craven.

Shame Of It All - No Live 8 Live On Free-to-air Tv

It is a disgrace that the biggest rock event ever was not shown on live free-to-air television in Australia. I ask the networks why. Is it because Australia is not in the G8, or is it that they thought Wimbledon, a cricket match, an AFL match or Hell on Wheels more important? Shame on you all for ignoring this. Shame. The networks are an embarrassment to Australia, to the rest of the world.

Talks Unlikely To Settle Tv Dispute

TALKS today involving key figures from Tabcorp and Racing Victoria Ltd are unlikely to result in an early settlement in the stand-off between Tabcorp and ThoroughVisioN (TVN) over broadcast rights fees.

Big Brother's Watching, But You Don't Have To Watch Him

My congratulations to Miranda Devine for the excellent article on Big Brother ("The come-on has become a turn-off", Herald, June 9). I was under the impression that to display one's sexual organs in public is an offence. So why is it OK to do it on a TV show? If the sponsors have this much money to give away, it would be better spent assisting those most in need in our community.

Reach For Sky Or Racing's About To Hit A Huge Hurdle

Racing is bleeding thanks to the TV rights dispute. It may be time for the TVN group to go the whole hog and try to buy Sky, writes leading Sydney bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse.

Tv Rights Go Back To Court After Mediation Fails

THE battle over thoroughbred racing's TV rights will be back in the NSW Supreme Court today after attempts at mediation failed on Saturday.

Tvn, Tabcorp Urged To Co-operate

VIC Racing, the body representing the gallops, harness racing and greyhound codes in Victoria, wants the new thoroughbred racing channel ThoroughVision (TVN) to have further discussions with Tabcorp in a bid to resolve the impasse under which all Victorian race meetings would be blacked out of Tabcorp agencies from next Wednesday.

Tv Equals Homework

Media students enjoy a head start in their studies, writes Ben Haywood.

Our Future Australian Idle

GEORGE Jetson may have zipped around in his high-powered hover car in the 1960s TV cartoon but, while some high-tech gadgets are becoming standard in new vehicles, reality is slower than fiction.

Southern Cross Seeks To Add Star

Southern Cross Broadcasting has decided to move upstream in the entertainment business, yesterday launching an $89.1 million takeover offer for the TV program production house Southern Star.