Genovese, the Southern California-based scout who worked for San Francisco from 1964-95, was directly responsible for this -- a fact that's worth remembering during Black History Month. Genovese signed approximately 40 players who proceeded to the...

Photo: John Gollings Garry Maddox charts the rise of the National Gallery of Australia as a destination. Blue Poles is still a crowd-puller. Jackson Pollock's massive painting - with layers of dripping paint evoking the roaring cosmos - remains one of...

1978 National League Championship Series, with the Dodgers winning twice and advancing to the World Series, only to meet their doom at the hands of the Yankees. That Phillies team, anchored by future Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton,...

Snowtown ), director Stephan Elliot took a swipe at Fairfax reviewer Jim Schembri , who summarised Elliot's most recent film, A Few Best Men , as ''a witless, brainless, gormless, senseless, tasteless and - worst of all - laughless comedy''. According...

Garry Maddox reports on the nominees It was a glorious moment for Australians at the Academy Awards. The Sydney producer Emile Sherman collected the best picture Oscar for The King's Speech last year, capping a ceremony that also included wins for Shaun...

A pretty good one, I would say: That’s a really good baseball team. I’ll bet that team, at its best, could beat the worst Hall of Fame team you could put together in a best-of-seven series. And there is a lot of depth — I didn’t even mention players...