Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel continues his weekly column about his local basketball team, The Beeaans.
Almanac Rugby: Super Rugby AU Rd 8/ Aotearoa Rd 7
Contrasting games in Australia, two cliff-hangers in Aotearoa. Brian The Ruminator updates the Super Rugby action across the Tasman.
The Beeaanly Bugle: The Beeaans Go Bang!
Connor Hoetzel’s local basketball team The Beeaans have their first win in this week’s column of The Beeaanly Bugle. [Great pics – Ed]
Almanac Rugby – Super Rugby AU Rd 7/ Aotearoa Rd 6
Is it too easy to make the finals? Is mediocrity being rewarded. Brian the Ruminator with his observations and thoughts on the round of Super Rugby.
Almanac Rugby: Super Rugby AU Rd 6/ Aotearoa Rd 5
Super Rugby fans, Brian The Ruminator updates the scores and reviews from the latest rounds in Australia and New Zealand for you.
The Beeaanly Bugle: Season 1, From D to E
Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel continues his weekly column about his local basketball team, The Beeaans.
Almanac Poetry: Uncle Bert and the 1909 Warrnambool to Melbourne Cycling Race
This week, Kevin Densley’s poem is about two relatives, Fardie and Bert, who rode in the 1909 Warrnambool to Melbourne – yes, for some time, the famous cycling event went in the opposite direction to what is the case today.
Almanac Rugby – Super Rugby AU Rd 5/ Aotearoa Rd 4
Brian The Ruminator updates us on results in Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby.
Almanac Soccer: Preston Lions v Melbourne City – A Sleeping Giant Awoken
Luke Radzminski reports on the Preston Lions victory in their first game in the National Premier League 3 against Melbourne City recently. He also provides some historical background of the Preston Lions Club.
The Beeaanly Bugle: In The Beeaanginning
The Footy Almanac has had a series of columnists from Deakin Uni. The latest is Connor Hoetzel who will be writing about his local basketball side each week. Here he introduces The Beeaans.
Almanac (Swimming) Poetry: The Slow Lane
Campbell Bairstow has moved to the slow lane of the pool it seems. Willingly? Happily?
Almanac Rugby: Super Rugby AU – Rd 4/ Aotearoa Rd 3
Brian the Ruminator updates the latest Super Rugby Australia and Super Rugby Aotearoa scores for fans.
Formula One: Spin! Spin! Spin! Round! Round! Round! Remembering Murray Walker
An icon of sporting commentary and fixture of Formula One for an era, Dennis Gedling pays tribute to the voice of F1, Murray Walker.
Almanac Book Review: ‘The Best American Sports Writing 2020’
“Sport is most interesting when it is not about sport, when it provides a means to peer into ourselves,” writes Braham Dabscheck. “This is especially true with the series ‘The Best American Sports Writing’, which has spent three decades trying to unravel what it is that is America.” Read his review here.
Almanac Boxing: Vale ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler
One of the best boxers of all time, Marvin Hagler, has passed away at the age of 66. Greg Andrew is an aficionado of the sweet science and considers ‘Marvelous’ Marvin his favourite pugilist. Here is his tribute.











Almanac Racing – The mathematics of dish-licker calling
According to Lee Harradine, the world of greyhound racing commentary is due an overhaul…You have 25 seconds to call a race. How wisely are those precious seconds used?