Dave Brown reviews Stage 9 of the Tour de France in the Vosges Mountains, and muses on the French Maginot Line and BT. He finds that neither has any defence.
Tour de France Stage 9 – Germany wins while Tony’s Gallopin into yellow
July 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Hockey: Way Out West
July 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Phil Hill takes in a little bit of hockey, and acknowledges the sounds and the smells of the sports with which he’s had an involvement.
Tour de France Stage 5 – Froome falls while Lars booms
July 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It was a rare Tour De France stage incorporating cobble-stoned sections. Dave Brown reports on an action-packed jaunt across the “paves”.
The Footy Almanac Podcast – Episode 11
July 10, 2014 by 4 Comments
The Goddess Advantage and Peter Mattessi join The Elbow and Matty Q on the couch as they talk World Cup, great sporting hairdos, the Tour, Wimbledon, and how more is less in the case of the AFL’s saturation approach.
To Be Or Not To Be … Yourself, in Defeat or Victory?
July 7, 2014 by 3 Comments
Gregor Lewis celebrates Wimbledon, Silverstone, the Tour de Yorkshire – and, above all, the human strength and courage to succeed. Greatness reached for and grasped. While in Brazil the fear of loss has subdued the beautiful game.
Sunday Evening Coming Down: It’s a funny old game
July 6, 2014 by 3 Comments
“Aussie” Tony Robb offers a non-discriminatory all-inclusive spray at Mick, the Magpies, dodgy NRL results, the Pepsodent pissoir and selective nationalism. Good to have him back.
Hunger or Entitlement? Why Limit Yourself to One?
July 5, 2014 by 2 Comments
Sleep is for the weak. Your man on the couch, Gregor Lewis, volunteers for the late night shift. From Hawks v Roos to Colombia v Brazil to Federer v Raonic Gregor shifts between sports, continents and time zones discussing a common thread.
Young Tennis Guns III – This Ain’t No Sequel
July 3, 2014 by 2 Comments
Kyrgios, Dimitrov, Raonic. Rumbling thunder, horsepower. Speed demons. Gregor Lewis takes us through the Wimbledon men’s quarter finals.
Sunday Musings – Is it just me or is AFL your 5th favourite sport too?
June 30, 2014 by 14 Comments
Peter Baulderstone had a great sporting weekend. AFL did not feature high on his list. Are others struggling to maintain the passion when local footy and elite international sport offers so much?
Boxing: Happy Birthday Slim
June 28, 2014 by 11 Comments
AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE AGE
Lionel Rose would have celebrated his 66th birthday on June 21. Patrick Skene tells the story of how he was part of Lionel’s 60th birthday celebrations in Sydney. (An Almanac Classic)
The Great Uruguayan Bite: How Luis would be judged in other sports
June 26, 2014 by 7 Comments
Suarez’s ‘reflex’ bite leads Sean Curtain to consider possible outcomes in other sporting codes. Anyone else thinking Hannibal Lecter’s facemask might come in handy?
Go Nic, GO
June 25, 2014 by 8 Comments
Kate Birrell is a calm, caring parent. Until she goes to watch her daughter play basketball.
Sad Songs Say So Much but Two out of Three Aint Bad.
June 24, 2014 by 2 Comments
Puberty blues. Spain’s wanton trifling with our young Socceroos reminds your man on the couch, Gregor Lewis, that striking out – as a callow pimply youth – is the best way to learn how to score that winning goal.
The Footy Almanac Podcast – Now available on iTunes
June 19, 2014 by 4 Comments
We’ve heard your cries for the podcast to be made available via iTunes and your wish is our command.
You can now subscribe to the vocal stylings of the People’s Elbow and Matty Q and have the shenanigans of the podcast delivered straight to your tablet or smartphone every Thursday.
The Footy Almanac World Cup preview: Australia v Holland
June 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The podcast team of The People’s Elbow, Matty Q, John Harms and Stone Cold Steve Baker caught up with our man in Brazil – Vaughan Menlove – for his thoughts on the clash and the FIFA World Cup so far!
World Cup podcast coming soon!
June 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Greetings Almanackers! With our midseason hiatus done, the podcast team are back in action in a big way. We have a special treat for Wold cup fans coming shortly on the Almanac. The People’s Elbow, Matt Q and Harmsy caught up with our man on the ground in Porto Alegre an exclusive, no nonsense preview [Read more]
AFL Round 13 – Richmond v Fremantle: We shouldn’t have let ’em play
June 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
John Green is hanging in there (just) with his Tigers. Still at least the Socceroos put up a fight and Australia’s latest boxing champ is a Tigers supporter. Small mercies.
2014 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs vs. Miami Heat. Game 1: Fighting Heat with heat (and Game 2).
June 11, 2014 by 2 Comments
Nursing his two-week old son whilst taking in the NBA finals. Paul Campbell reckons that it doesn’t get much better than this.
Leadership Matters (reprised)
June 11, 2014 by 295 Comments
Malcolm Ashwood runs the ‘rulebook’ over good and bad leadership in sport. [This piece has been generating comments again – so we thought we’d bring it back – Ed]
A Twilight Samurai Rediscovers Thunder
June 8, 2014 by 4 Comments
Gregor Lewis takes us through the background and the characters who vied this weekend for the WBC Middleweight Championship of the World. It was Sergio Martinez versus Miguel Cotto in New York; the victor seizing “it with the fierceness of a slavering mastiff…”
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