Origin II and the series went to Qld and Hamish Neal identifies the moments that mattered.
Almanac People: Jokes that Kill
June 22, 2016 by 22 Comments
Matt Q provides some insight into the craft of footy humour and when it falls into the hands of the wrong people it can be dangerous.
Almanac Connection: “Titles and tears” by Joe Posnanski
June 21, 2016 by 6 Comments
Highest class sportswriting from NBC Sports National columnist Joe Posnanski, on Cleveland, on place and on meaning. It is basketball, it is LeBron James, it is connection and it is a sense of connection.
Almanac Boxing: Et tu, Brute?
June 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Harold Peacock reveals an historical perspective on Peter Jackson, The World’s Greatest boxer, buried in Roma Qld.
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 19/6/16
June 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
All the weekend sporting results worth knowing and some others as well.
Fishy Regulations
June 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Robbo comments on the unintended consequences of regulation and how it might effect recreational fishing.
Almanac Weekend Reading: ‘Hamilton,’ by Joe Posnanski
June 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
“Have you ever been the parent of a 14 year old girl?” Wonderful writing of shared experience here from NBC sports writer Joe Posnanski.
Almanac Cricket: Have you met your Heroes?
June 17, 2016 by 4 Comments
Neil Drysdale tells us about his five favourite Australian sporting identities, all with a Scottish connection of course.
NRL Round 14 – Cronulla v Nth Qld: Goodwin St – Cronulla make it ten against the Premiers
June 16, 2016 by 2 Comments
Cronulla makes it 10 wins in a row and Paul Macadam rides the tension of a grinding home game win against the Cowboys.
Almanac Weekend Sports Results 12/6/16
June 13, 2016 by 1 Comment
All the weekend sporting results fit to print
Brutal Blues merely playing catch-up: Pedagogy of the oppressed
June 10, 2016 by 17 Comments
E.regnans responds to The Elbow’s piece, with the help of Brazilian educator Paolo Freire. B Bolton is merely doing what any enlightened teacher or parent of young ones would be doing in his place.
Maria got lucky. Why two years wasn’t enough.
June 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal on why two years may have not been enough for Maria Sharapova.
Irish bareknuckle Paddy Monaghan, the petition and Muhammad Ali
June 9, 2016 by 5 Comments
Neil Drysdale with a heartening story of the relationship between Dublin’s bareknuckle boxing champion Paddy Monaghan and Muhammad Ali, which lasted well beyond the Vietnam petition that forged it. “He said ‘Paddy, you don’t realise how much you’ve helped me, but can you help me one more time? I’m over here for Ovaltine: what the hell is Ovaltine?’ “
Billy Crystal’s ‘Fifteen Rounds’
June 8, 2016 by 5 Comments
Billy Crystal’s tribute to Muhammad Ali [Thanks to Peter Baulderstone for alerting us to this – JTH]
First-World Conundrums. If you had to choose?
June 8, 2016 by 29 Comments
Phil Dimitriadis is hoping the Almanac community can help solve some of his first-world sporting, political and entertainment conundrums.
Ali: Boxer, campaigner, doodler
June 7, 2016 by 1 Comment
Hamish Neal was aware of Muhammad Ali’s boxing career and in the past two days discovered more about the man and legend.
Muhammad Ali: In Louisville, he’s finally The Greatest
June 7, 2016 by 5 Comments
Glenn Brownstein has returned from Australia to his home near Louisville, Kentucky, where you might guess what the top story is.
Where were you for the Thrilla in Manila, October 1, 1975?
June 6, 2016 by 14 Comments
We would love to hear your memories of this fight, this day (where were you and what were you doing?) and of Muhammad Ali and his time.
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