AFL

Two years ago, Chloe Dalton was an Olympic gold medalist taking selfies with Rafa Nadal in the athletes' village at Rio. Today she's a new player, in a new sport, in a new town.

Delissa Kimmince was playing for Australia in a home World Cup at age 19, and she hated cricket. She rediscovered her love for the game partly thanks to a little white lie.

GWS Giants recruit and PE teacher Christina Bernardi once missed a grand final for a school trip to South Africa. She will never forget the look on the faces of three children she met.

Travis Ford has coached some of the biggest programs in US college basketball. He led Oklahoma State from 2008-2016. This is his letter to his former player, Mason Cox.

Hawthorn Grand Final hero Cyril Rioli lost the desire to play AFL footy and retired at 28 after his dad – his hero – had a heart attack. But that's not the full story.

March 1, 2014. Oklahoma State vs Kansas. Mason Cox is subbed on to guard Joel Embiid. Two plays later, Cox's OSU teammates erupt.

Sam Jacobs' brother, Aaron, died unexpectedly two weeks before last year's AFL grand final. This is what Sam has learned about loss.

'At best a VFL side.' That's how Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett described Melbourne the year after Paul Roos arrived as coach. Never. Again.