Australia’s premier sport related art exhibition is now on in Melbourne. Check out the details.
The Mirror Has Two Faces … But the coin the wilfully blind are flipping tells a different tale.
August 13, 2014 by 10 Comments
James Hird v the AFL. Selfishness by Hird? Thuggish application of standover tactics by the AFL? Gregor Lewis gives his view of the court proceedings currently taking place.
Life after Lenny
August 13, 2014 by 3 Comments
Saints fan Megan Sloley pays tribute to Lenny Hayes and pens possibly the best line of prose you might read today: “I cry when your eyes are bruised like violets on the football field”.
Crio’s Racing: Northern Salvation
August 7, 2014 by 7 Comments
Crio ranges over racing venues all across Northern Australia where punters are finding a winner (mixed in with some losers) while Southern punters and racetracks are mired in heavy going. St Oges of the Goolwa Barrage offers salvation from his Coffs Harbour retreat.
Crio’s Racing: All Points North
July 31, 2014 by 18 Comments
Crio needs a new attitude in the new racing season. He heads to the Valley this week determined to get a holiday bank, from there or at other points around the country.
AFL Round 19 – Preview: Tribunal Raffle Time again
July 31, 2014 by 2 Comments
Sal Ciardulli on Ty Vickery, Round 19, and the Friars fight to keep clear of the drop zone.
WAFL in the slop
July 30, 2014 by 1 Comment
Les Everett reports on a rather damp weekend of WAFL footy.
Be a good parent at the footy please
July 29, 2014 by 7 Comments
What do you do when a parent at the footy is swearing his head off in front of his toddler son? Craig Dodson ponders such behaviour.
AFL Round 18 – Hawthorn v Sydney: the threads of life, and footy
July 29, 2014 by 1 Comment
The company of good friends, an enthusiastic French exchange student, and a fine game of footy. Ian Latham coped with the Swans losing.
AFL Round 18 – Hawthorn v Sydney: Solace in Icelandic Ambience
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Joe Moore tunes into a little “Fighting Shit” to calm the nerves before his Swans take on the Hawks. It was a great contest, but why did they name the band after Buddy’s goal kicking?
Ten best state league performances from AFL players
July 24, 2014 by 1 Comment
Which young Swan racked up a cool 64 touches back in Round 8? Which former GWS player averages 12 tackles per game (yes 12) in the VFL? Jackson Clark gives us the low-down on state league fantasy football stats.
Frogger, Bush Biscuits and Staring at Parked Motorbikes
July 17, 2014 by 31 Comments
Great memoir as Mickey Randall thinks back to his youth in Kapunda.
Footy Almanac Art
July 17, 2014 by 1 Comment
Grab a glass of cheap champagne – it’s the grand opening of Footy Almanac Art!
A Tribute to Nick Maxwell
July 17, 2014 by 15 Comments
To meet him, he comes across as ‘just one of the boys’; Luke Reynolds pays tribute to one of his Magpie heroes.
AFL Round 17 – Essendon v Collingwood: Cruisin’
July 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sam takes the pirate boat through a storm to Koh Rong in Cambodia. Any anxiety is calmed by frequent updates about his Bombers demolition of the Magpies.
AFL Round 17 – Essendon v Collingwood: Pies have a Barry Crocker/Sav Rocca
July 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With only five goals for the day, and none from a recognised forward, it was a tough day for the Magpie faithful at the MCG reports Stork O’Connell.
AFL paper games – Premiers v Team of Champions
July 3, 2014 by 18 Comments
Six games and then a premiership.Three hundred and eighty three games and no premiership. Dave Brown conjures two post-1990 teams, one of young premiership players, one of champions who never tasted the sweetest September victory.
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.
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