Alex Lavelle
Alex Lavelle was The Editor of The Age. He was also a former Sports Editor of The Age.
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Chasing down a scandal
The daily revelations emerging from the IBAC inquiry into corruption and bribery allegations involving developer John Woodman and the Casey Council have been startling – and even raised the eyebrows of our reporters who broke the story.
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Culture of winning at any cost has polluted junior sport
Our elite cricketers' aggression, mental disintegration, win-at-all-costs mentality has always had a stench about it.
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Tiger Woods pops a bone back into his wrist after painful collision with tree root in final round of 2015 US Masters
Tiger Woods has revealed a bone in his wrist popped out and he put it back in himself after he caught a tree root with his club on the ninth hole in the final round of the 2015 US Masters.
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US Masters 2015: Australia's worst Augusta performance since 2001
Jason Day and Adam Scott are sure to bounce back soon enough. But are there other players capable of stepping up and increasing Australia's strength in depth?
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Jordan Spieth's 2015 US Masters win helped by victory in Australia
Jordan Spieth began the day of his graceful and respectful stroll to a four-shot US Masters victory in receipt of a text from fellow Texan Ben Crenshaw.
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US Masters 2015: Jordan Spieth leads by four from Justin Rose as Adam Scott and Jason Day rue day to forget
Australia's challenge on 'moving' day at the Masters never got going, with Jason Day and Adam Scott falling further behind runaway leader Jordan Spieth.
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US Masters 2015: Mighty roar signals Tiger Woods ready to contend in majors again
At 4.30pm on Saturday, a mighty roar signalled the news the golfing world had feared would never come. Tiger Woods was back, mixing it with the best and proving he was capable of increasing his haul of 14 majors some time soon.
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US Masters 2015: Jordan Spieth breaks records at Augusta, Adam Scott and Jason Day 11 behind
At the same moment Jordan Spieth rolled in yet another birdie putt on the tenth to take his score to 12 under, South African Louis Oosthuizen was 30 metres away on the 15th tee, lining up to take his drive.
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US Masters 2015: Geoff Ogilvy says golf is better than ever
Geoff Ogilvy says golf is more exciting now than at any time in his life - and that includes when Tiger Woods was in his prime.
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