THE WATCHMAN

2 minutes to midnight for... Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury who seems to be a devout follower of the doctrine that any publicity is good publicity as he continues to make outlandish comments that do the sport no good.

LOCAL HERO

Local heroes abound in every workplace and @sundayagesport has a few to farewell this week. Teller of tall tales Peter Hanlon, golf writer Matt Murnane, short order artist Mick Connolly and online night owl Sam Varghese have been integral to this sport section in recent years. Today also marks Adam McNicol's final Grass Boots column, which has brought country footy characters to life as well as keeping us abreast of latest scores for many years. We'll miss their creativity and wit and wish them well.

NUMBERS UP

$63m will be spent on building a American football stadium for high schoolers in Dallas.

$80,000 donated by Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe to research he hopes will remove marijuana from the NFL's banned substance list.

THEY SAID WHAT?

"I'll get to that after I get out of here and figure life out." — Tim Duncan on his future after Spurs where dumped out of NBA finals.