The serious injury to F1 driver Jacques Bianchi has Matt Watson wondering about the role of speed and danger in our love of motor racing.
American Football Week 5: Boyhood memories of the Minnesota Vikings
October 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Prof Bruce Bergland remembers Monday Night Football as a boy in Minnesota. Bruce is the editor of The Allrounder, an American Sportswriting site (mentioned by Peter Baulderstone in Crio’s Question this week). The Footy Almanac and The Allrounder will be looking out for each other. This piece was first published at www.pigskinalmanac.com our new American football writing site.
No Sporting Life
October 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten has a tale we can all relate to – what to do once the footy is over?
The All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final (Replay) 2014: Kilkenny v Tipperary
October 7, 2014 by 5 Comments
Braham Dabscheck always thought that Australian Football was the fastest and most exciting team sport of them all. Not any more. Hurling, he says, is a game that has no truck shillyshallying.
Rugby star follows dairy passion
October 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Some professional sportsmen are left floundering and unsure what to do with the rest of their lives when their playing careers are over. But not former NRL star Ian Hindmarsh.
Almanac on Tour – British Open and the Ashes.
September 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
2015 promises to be a big year in sport. We were eyeing off a trip to the British Open and the Ashes, and would love to gauge the interest of Almanackers to come along!
Ramblings From The Oche
September 25, 2014 by 3 Comments
Michael Howard flung a few arrows the other night. As in life not many of them went straight. (Wonderful, moving piece from Michael-Ed)
Invented Sports – Episode 47 – Squarsh
September 23, 2014 by 11 Comments
A sport designed for lads by lads: squarsh.
American football: a Green Bay memory
September 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
Rod Oaten has wide interests in football and they extend to American football. Here’s his piece about the Green Bay Packers from www.pigskinalmanac.com
The Violence in our Hearts
September 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
Sam Steele reflects on violence in sport and asks if it truly appals us or excites us? Your thoughts welcomed.
Revenge: The Rematches
September 14, 2014 by 8 Comments
Gregor Lewis riffs on REVENGE and how it will motivate the remaining teams in the AFL Finals, just as it will today’s Mayweather – Maidana boxing rematch.
Upcoming lacrosse finals around Melbourne
September 10, 2014 by 2 Comments
With footy finals going on all over the place, I thought I would bring to your attention another sport which has finals scheduled over the next couple of weeks. Lacrosse. Over the next couple of weeks, there will be lacrosse finals played all over Melbourne. Check out the roster to see if they are playing near you.
The Boomers and the “insult” of tanking accusations: Spare me
September 10, 2014 by 6 Comments
The Boomers didn’t try to win, contrived to lose, could have won if they needed to or wanted to enough, and now have egg on their face and funding out of their pockets as a result. There’s no tanking by Sean Curtain in his analysis of tanking claims against the Boomers.
Almanac Darts: The Sid Waddell Memorial, Waterside Hotel, Brownlow Medal night.
September 4, 2014 by 6 Comments
All darts lovers are invited to toss the tungstens in pursuit of the inaugural Sid Waddell Memorial trophy. (Registrations essential and must include notification of DN, WOS, WOC)
The Perth International Darts Masters: A night at the opera
August 29, 2014 by 1 Comment
The darts carnival is now in Sydney. Last week it was in Perth. Dennis Gedling dressed up (like many of the fans) and headed along.
Even ‘A Little Death’ is too much for some brains to handle
August 28, 2014 by 4 Comments
There are numerous reasons why Sam Soliman should not fight Jermain Taylor. In explaining why, Gregor Lewis also tells us that the boxing world remains a tangled web of ‘colourful’ characters.
The Footy Almanac Podcast – Episode 16
August 27, 2014 by 1 Comment
Nice and early for you after an unavoidable hiatus, the podcast crew are back on the couch with this week’s guest; sportswriter and Almanacker, Jill Scanlon.
Wallabies Strive to Break Bledisloe Drought
August 20, 2014 by 2 Comments
Tim Ladhams reminds us of the good old days when Australia last held the Bledisloe Cup and our repeat spoiling of the Kiwi chase towards a record winning streak.
Retirement for the Weekend Warrior
Vaughan Menlove shares the difficult decision facing the competitive athlete about when to quit. The heart and mind are willing but the body chooses to differ.