“My local beach is a few minutes’ drive away, so I surf there, come back to do a bit of work on the property and then play a bit of padel. Life’s good, mate.” A smiling Pat Rafter is speaking from his ...

Q: I have a redwood patio overhang about 16 by 16 feet. The 2-by-8 rafters are attached to the roof of my house and extend to where they rest on a beam held up by three posts. I needed to replace the ...

Startup Bookrenter has rebranded itself as Rafter, revamping as a content platform company for colleges and universities. The company started out as an online book rental service competing with the ...

I prep each rafter by squaring one end of the board. Rough-sawn and pressure-treated material usually isn't completely square, or it can be rough-cut on the ends. I do this either with a miter saw or ...

It's a scorching hot day at the tail-end of the 1970s in a Queensland mining town. A skinny young Pat Rafter hurtles barefoot along the molten asphalt without even a wince. He's led a remarkably ...

Against all odds, they silenced the skeptics. Led by a duo of legendary coaches, Team World pulled off a surprise by winning the 2025 Laver Cup. There was no indication of such a turnaround. Deemed ...

The Aussie tennis legend was destined to win Wimbledon in 2001. Pete Sampras had beaten him in the final the year before but this time the draw opened up nicely and pitted him against Croatian Goran ...

Tax dodger Pat Rafter should never have been awarded the Australian of the Year award whilst he is living in Bermuda to minimise the slice that Australia gets of his estimated $40 million in career ...