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Jamie Kloeden reporting for AFANA from Melbourne, AustraliaFinal round action saw traditional rivals Collingwood and Essendon lock horns at the MCG but their end of season situations were in stark...
View ArticleEssendon Drug Bombshell
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoIn late January, the AFL held a massive summit to address the illicit drugs policy and what could be done to improve it. The summit was partly a response...
View ArticleAFL Intensifies Integrity Efforts
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoIn the wake of the Essendon bombshell this week, there were calls for regulations and checks regarding club medical and training staffs. The League and...
View ArticleBombers Snatch Thriller
Rick Browner reporting for AFANA from Patersons Stadium, PerthEssendon pulled off the "come from behind" win of the century at Patersons Stadium against the heavily fancied Fremantle Dockers. In what...
View ArticleDank Claims Hird Injections
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago Just ahead of the Round Three match against Fremantle, Essendon was the focus of media attention after Stephen Dank, the club's former sports...
View ArticleRound Five Milestones
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago Career Wins Coached: Michael Malthouse (Carlton) recorded his 387th career win when the Blues defeated West Coast in Round Four. This puts him in third...
View ArticleDemons and Kangaroos in Supplements Link
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago Several days after Essendon's fighting win over Fremantle, Coach James Hird was interviewed by League officials and investigators regarding the use of...
View ArticleDank Associate Helped Players
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago In the same week Stephen Dank revealed his involvement with the Melbourne Demons, his alleged associate Shane Charter was interviewed on another...
View ArticleEssendon Questions Letter
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago After the revelation of Stephen Dank's alleged letter, Essendon discovered the letter may be bogus. Dank previously claimed the letter, which WADA says...
View ArticleEssendon Report Uncomfortable
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicagoby Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago"Uncomfortable" was the description Essendon chairman David Evans gave the internal review of the club's...
View ArticleRound 17 Milestones
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoCelebrating milestones in Round 17 are:200 games: Justin Koschitzke (StK) 200 club games: Scott Thompson (ADE) 100 club games: Sean Dempster (StK) 100...
View ArticleBombers Week From Hell
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago It started on July 26 when Hawthorn dished out a ten goal hiding to the Bombers. After the match, chairman Mark Evans suffered an undisclosed physical...
View ArticleRobinson Implicates Hird
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago Former Essendon high-performance manager Dean Robinson was interviewed on television just days after Mark Evans resigned as club chairman. In the...
View ArticleASADA Report On Essendon
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoBoth the AFL and Essendon have received the interim report compiled by ASADA. Although the report has not been made public, a number of sources aware of...
View ArticleAFL Charges Essendon Officials
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFAAN from ChicagoOn August 13, AFL Legal Counsel Andrew Dillon announced that infraction notices had been issued to Essendon Coach James Hird, Dr Bruce Reid, Football...
View ArticleEssendon Banned Hird Suspended
by Johnson Leung reporting for AFANA from MelbourneEssendon was banned from this year's AFL finals after being sanctioned by the League for bringing the game into disrepute with its controversial...
View ArticleAFL Suspected Of Essendon Deal
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago The 2013 Essendon saga once again hit the front pages with revelations from the Herald Sun casting a murky shadow of back room negotiations and deals to...
View ArticleEssendon Heads For Court
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoFormer Essendon high performance manager Dean Robinson initially filed suit in October against Essendon for breach of contract. Robinson was stood down...
View ArticleEssendon Board Warns Hirds
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoOn the day before the Bombers were to face the Kangaroos in their first match of 2014, the Essendon saga of 2013 once again exploded. Tania Hird, the...
View ArticleEssendon Takes ASADA to Court
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from ChicagoOn June 12 ASADA, after 16 months, finally took the first step towards charging Essendon players with the use of illegal substances during the club's...
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