We’ve all had that horrible moment of standing under a skier when an important game is in the balance. Peter Argent’s series of photos beautifully capture the emerging disaster (for some).
Yvette Does Cooperstown
February 7, 2014 by 4 Comments
Yvette Wroby visits the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and meets a Springbok champion battling adversity. “We have to take every opportunity in life, life is way too short to store it away for tomorrow.”
Football Islands
February 7, 2014 by 20 Comments
Mickey Randall’s sons embark on their footy careers in a different time and in a different country. Past and present. Hope and loss. Mickey poignantly weaves the threads of memory.
Team sport success: Where can I buy a magic carpet? (Illywhackers v. controllers)
February 5, 2014 by 4 Comments
E. Regnans writes of the magic (whatever you call it) which is hard to identify yet transforms teams, and also reflects on the impact of one G.J. Bailey.
A Cinderella Story
February 5, 2014 by 75 Comments
Pembroke Old Scholars CC has stumbled at the final hurdle a few times but has made the T20 Grand Final which is to be played on the Adelaide Oval. Raj Singh tells the story of his cricket club. (Rulebook is also involved)
The Fall
February 4, 2014 by 6 Comments
Franc de Borges identifies four clubs which are on the slide. (Perhaps)
Super Bowl Snooze Fest
February 4, 2014 by 11 Comments
Seattle leaves the best till last, writes long-time NFL fan Tony Reed, but in the end the Superbowl is a flop.
That Summer Feeling
February 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A scorecard can tell you what happened in a game, but not how or why. Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt puts his imagination to work constructing explanations for the results of the weekend’s Victorian premier cricket. He invites you to join in.
Northern Territory Football League Wrap-Up (Round 16)
February 3, 2014 by 2 Comments
There are some familiar names to AFL fans and southern staters in Jackson Clark’s Round 16 report from Darwin on the NTFL. Can St Marys stay undefeated for the season?
Crio’s Question : Have the Olympics run their race?
February 3, 2014 by 10 Comments
Crio reckons the Olympic Games are farcical and corrupt. Is it time to call an end to the world’s biggest sporting carnival?
Bendigo footy in the Forties …. war and rationing intervene
February 3, 2014 by 8 Comments
Richard Jones offers a splendid history of Bendigo League football during the war years of the 1940’s.
How the rapid evolution of T20 cricket should create a change in certain traditional cricket laws.
February 3, 2014 by 10 Comments
Sean Curtain suggests some rules changes for T20 cricket to make it a fairer contest for the bowling/fielding team. Give us your opinions and suggestions.
Scoring: A Parent’s Duty
February 3, 2014 by 18 Comments
Kate Birrell delights with another glorious watercolour sketch, and a story of learning to score her son’s junior cricket. Something to smile about on a Monday.
Manchester City – the best and worst of the world game
February 2, 2014 by 8 Comments
Spurs fan Steve Fahey enjoys (appreciates?) the performance of opponent Man City and contemplates the lot of the mega-cashed-up club.
Tall Tales and Tigers at East Coburg Cricket Club
February 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Join the Tiger faithful at East Coburg Cricket Club to hear Trent Cotchin. Full booking details in the attached post. [Unfortunately Mick Molloy got a better offer – an invitation to the Superbowl, but Trent (superstar) will be there.
Kick-to-Kick fixture now out
January 31, 2014 by 21 Comments
Vin Maskell has banished the AFL, NRL, ICC, CA, EPL and all the other heartless money munchers of world sport. With poetic style and grace Vin reveals the 2014 itinerary of the KKAA (Kick to Kick Association of Australia). Long may it prosper.
When Footy Meets Art Meets Peptides Meets Celebrity Meets Society: The Story of an Art Exhibition
January 31, 2014 by 5 Comments
Steve Alomes exhibition opened at RMIT yesterday. He describes (and explains) the works, some of which can be seen here. [Get along. Ed]
Australia v England ODI Series Review
January 31, 2014 by 8 Comments
Luke Reynolds offers a comprehensive summary of Australia’s one day series demolition of England.
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