Now, not wanting to make a replica of Crio’s Question here, but I have a question that needs to be answered. Why have the home sides in all the matches so far in the NAB Cup worn away guernseys? It’s just plain stupid:
Footy: Gigs gives us his well-oiled machine
February 15, 2010 by 25 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz You can have your Dreamteams and your Supercoach comps. Mike Sheahan’s Top 50? Pah! Having completed some exhaustive analysis and listened to the word on the street, I have come up with a team of players that are a huge chance to set the AFL season alight in 2010. Now as [Read more]
Link: Winter Olympics are more fun
February 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Winter Olympics, through their lesser scale, have been able to stay truer to the Olympic ideal. So enjoy the fun…
Link: Billy Miller goes to Kardinia Park
February 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Billy Miller’s tour of the old VFL grounds takes us to Kardinia Park, a bit of a johnny-cum-lately among the old grounds, but fondly considered nonetheless.
Link: The best long-range soccer screamers
February 14, 2010 by 4 Comments
The Guardian has listed its best long-range soccer goals. Don’t worry: Matt Le Tissier’s 1994 screamer for Southampton is in there.
NAB Cup, Round 1: Premiership stars lead Hawks to big win
February 14, 2010 by 205 Comments
After a fairly boring day to say the least, which started with tennis in the morning, I eagerly awaited 4.40pm. It finally came, and I opened up Realplayer on my laptop and started listening to the coverage of Adelaide v Port Adelaide by SEN radio. The Power ran away with the match in the second [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Young Power stars annihilate Crows (no, really)
February 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Damian Watson Finally after those endless summer months, the NAB Cup has finally commenced. I feel relieved as I grab the notepad and pen for the first time in 2010 awaiting the start of a new season — and a new decade — of this great Australian game. The first competitive hit out for my Blues [Read more]
Winter Olympics: A rundown on what to look forward to at Vancouver
February 14, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Brad Carr I’m writing this in Everett, on the northern outskirts of Seattle. Best known as the site of the Boeing wide-bodied jet factory (which, incidentally, I can thoroughly recommend as a tourist excursion if you’re ever in the area), it’s one of those industrial places on the fringe of a major city that [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Eagles win and I feel whole again
February 14, 2010 by 133 Comments
West Coast v Essendon It was a strange day at school. Celebrating Valentines Day, the Year 12s had organized an Out of Uniform day, which I always look forward to. So I don my black cobra shirt and black shorts with black shoes, not a good option for a hot day. I look forward to [Read more]
NAB Cup, Round 1: Eagles easily exterminate Essendon
February 13, 2010 by 260 Comments
After a long break from footy, it was refreshing to watch the exploits of West Coast’s dreadlocked Fijian excitement machine.
Footy: The 4 Fs = fabulous February footy feeling
February 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
After a drab summer of sport/cricket , about as stimulating as reading your credit card bill post-Christmas, you can almost feel the anticipation start to build. The AFL season is upon us. The evidence is aplenty…… The players involved in off-season scandals The players being ‘fitter, stronger, bigger, better looking, more focused than ever’. The ex-players making [Read more]
Club Cricket: What’s that burning sensation?
February 12, 2010 by 2 Comments
Not over the Hill – Issue 2 By Andrew Gigacz When I made a decision to return to playing cricket after a gap of more than a dozen years (see Not over the Hill, Issue 1 – The Legend of Chicken Man), I was pretty confident that I’d be able to slip back into the [Read more]
Music: Laneway Festival a hit at new venue
February 12, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Andrew Fithall Over the previous two years, the Melbourne leg of the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival had taken a bit of flack. Increased crowds in a geographically restrictive environment resulted in many disenchanted festival goers. 2009 had been particularly bad, with attendees loud in their disapproval of access to bands they had paid good [Read more]
Tennis: Hits and misses on the road to the Roger and Serena show
February 12, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Bernard Whimpress It was a bad start to the women’s part of the 2010 Australian Open draw with the best body and maybe the best legs in the tournament exiting in the first round. Out went Maria Sharapova, the 2008 champion, back on the tour after shoulder injury and seeded fourteen. But this wasn’t [Read more]
Link: The Guardian’s Youtube round-up
February 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Eddie the Eagle, Brian Clough, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank Tyson… they’re all here in this week’s excellent Youtube round-up by The Guardian.
Link: Billy Miller goes to the Junction Oval
February 11, 2010 by 19 Comments
Our series Billy Miller Goes to the OLD VFL Grounds continues with his visit to the Junction Oval, once the home of St Kilda, later the home of Fitzroy, since 1971 the site of Footy’s Great Fog-Out.
Racing: Turn left before taking in a great card on William Reid Stakes day
February 11, 2010 by 7 Comments
By Chris Riordan As you scurry in to the Valley and clear the turnstiles, there’s a choice of three directions to take. Punters push straight ahead into the betting ring or beyond to the bars, the stands and the lawn. Sometimes I try to swing right because the stalls and parade ring are beautiful… grand [Read more]
Cricket: Late debut proves memorable
February 11, 2010 by 19 Comments
By Paul Daffey When George Georgiou, president of East Coburg Cricket Club, asked me to play a game in the fourths I was chuffed. I’d never played a game of senior competitive cricket. My one game of junior cricket was as a 16-year-old fill-in with St Bernard’s at the Overland Reserve in East Keilor, where [Read more]
World Footy: Falcons and Dragons to battle for Middle East grand final berth
February 10, 2010 by 7 Comments
A berth in the Middle East AFL grand final is at stake when the Abu Dhabi Falcons take on the Dubai Dragons at the American International School in the UAE capital on Friday evening at 5 pm. The Falcons are undefeated after wins on the road in Oman and Qatar but they face the all-conquering [Read more]
Basketball: For this Lakers fan, it’s all in the timing
February 10, 2010 by 7 Comments
By Brad Carr Many of sport’s moments come down to an element of being ‘in the right place at the right time’. An adage that has proved true for many players, occasionally it holds for a supporter also. I’ve followed the Los Angeles Lakers since 1988. At that time, when basketball was in its Australian [Read more]
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