PLAY WELL: Adam Hills is a world champion (you just didn't know it)

All That Glitters by Libby and Georgie Trickett

Sep 8, 202636:55Sports & Recreation

You know Adam Hills as the legendary host of Spicks and Specs and The Last Leg, but his off-screen sporting life is an absolute ride. A lightbulb moment at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, mixed with inherited tennis genes...

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