Almanac Music: Key Grip at the Murray Delta Juke Joint

Some magic blues-tinged tunes from Key Grip had Peter Crossing enthralled at the Murray Delta Juke Joint in Goolwa.

Almanac Poetry: After Baudelaire

A substantial pour of Baudelaire, accompanied by a dash of Poe, stirred thoroughly…scan the mixture through a glass darkly, then savour the result – a heady, hallucinatory poetic cocktail by Kevin Densley.

Round 18 – Adelaide v Collingwood: They’ve won me over (Floreat Pica Society)

It’s eight-in-a-row for Collingwood, as Damian Balassone reports for the Floreat Pica Society. This team, led on Saturday by Nick Daicos and skipper Scott Pendlebury (‘glorious in his 350th’), has won him over.

Round 18 – Sal’s Preview: The Finals Start Now

Sal casts his eye over the Round 18 fixture and acknowledges the importance of many of this week’s match-ups.

Balcony Banter: The ‘Audit-orium’

MCC member Clare Cannon took in the last weekend’s Geelong v Melbourne game and provided this report for the MCC Members blog ‘Balcony Banter’.

Almanac Footy: A WAFL splash Round 12

Not a good day for the footy in the West so WAFL correspondent Les Everett watched the TV game at home and presents the Round 12 results.

Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin Game 3: The Maroons win in one of the greatest Origin clashes ever!

Awesome, magnificent, intoxicating, all-consuming and every other superlative you can think of for a game of football – State of Origin 3 had it all! Ian Hauser reports on Queensland’s boilover win over New South Wales to take the Origin shield for 2022.

Almanac Horse Racing: Beloved racehorse Flow Meter to have start number 200

Mickey Randall salutes galloper Flow Meter who will race for the 200th time at Morphetville this weekend.

Almanac (Local) Footy: Superheroes

In the busyness of life, Matt Zurbo rediscovered the simple pleasures of footy (and life) in an optional training run.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Round 18: Into the home straight…

We’re into the home stretch as teams vie for NRL finals spots. Eleven contenders into eight spots won’t compute and so Ian Hauser looks at who might be in and who could go out this weekend.

‘The Katamatite farmer…a country sporting legend’ by KB Hill

Pat O’Kane was a Katamatite boy through and through for all of his life. KB Hill profiles the country sporting legend who passed away recently.

Round 18 – AFL 2022 Footy Fixture

Find out who, where, and when your team is playing in Round 18.

Round 17 – Haiku Bob: change in pitch

Haiku Bob reflects on Collingwood’s narrow win over rock bottom – North Melbourne over the weekend.

Almanac Soccer – National Premier League: The Big One

Luke Radziminski provides an insight into the machinations of the National Premier League as the season enters its final stages.

Almanac Rugby League – 2022 State of Origin Game 3: One absentee makes all the difference

State of Origin historian Liam Hauser previews tomorrow night’s 2022 series decider in Brisbane. He finds it hard to see how Queensland can win without one key player.

Almanac Life: The Last Payphone

An icon of the 20th Century, the public payphone booths have now been eradicated from the streets of Manhattan. One of the few technologies that were of popular use to the common person is now slowly fading away and memory-holed as time progresses. Smokie shares his fond memories over the years of how the payphone played an essential role in his day-to-day life and routine.

Almanac Soccer: Twenty-twenty-two is a big year for centenaries in soccer

This year is the one-hundredth anniversary of Australian soccer’s first international match played against New Zealand in 1922. The Canterbury and District Soccer Football Association also celebrate their centenary as soccer authority Roy Hay explains.

Almanac Footy: The Loneliness of the Sacked Coaches Club

The end of David Noble’s coaching tenure brought back painful memories for Ian Wilson. He tells the story of his ill-fated coaching stint in Hobart.

A Season in the Country: 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues – Episode 13

Episode 13 of ‘A Season in the Country: 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues’ Match of the Day is Nhill v Murtoa, and Graeme Warner from Nhill is the featured player this week.

The New Sportswriter

A poem from Damian Balassone about sporting words called ‘The New Sportswriter’.