Throughout the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006, Russell was contracted by the Herald Sun to write some articles to give some insight into the games.

In these articles Russell has discussed some insightful and controversial issues such as winning Gold and what it meant to him, the inside gossip to the shooting team in Athens and also the controversial issue surrounding the Commonwealth Games in 2006 about the 'Baby in the Village' to list a few.