Peter Crossing sheepishly put forward his nominations for the Wool Industry Team of the Century. He may be trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
A good choice, Dad.
June 24, 2014 by 15 Comments
Haje Halabi is coming home. After years abroad he wants his family to know the opportunity and tolerance that Australia gave his parents when they emigrated from Lebanon in the 50’s. And there’s footy and even the Tigers.
AFL Round 14 – Review: World Cup, Wimbledon, and Weariness
June 23, 2014 by 1 Comment
JTH looks at the changing orthodoxy in World Cup matches, unknown Wimbledon seeds and free-spirited footy.
Crio’s Question: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?
June 23, 2014 by 7 Comments
Cricket Australia, Murali, spin-coach, laws of cricket…? Your thoughts…?
AFL Round 14 – Essendon v Adelaide: Jeckyll and Hyde Crows slayed by Bombers – Who is Corey Parish?
June 23, 2014 by 26 Comments
Raj and his posse of 10 lads went seeking redemption for a weekend of lost opportunities. The Bombers, though, had other ideas against his Jeckyll and Hyde Crows.
SANFL Round 11 – Norwood v Glenelg and around the grounds
June 23, 2014 by 3 Comments
Dave Brown takes a whole lot out of SANFL Round 11, as his six-year-old son experiences “a series of footballing epiphanies.”
Vic Park 1979: An Initiation of Filth and Fury.
June 23, 2014 by 38 Comments
Phil Dimitriadis remembers some of his early ‘role models’ from a time when going to the footy was an earthy and parochial ritual. (STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING – Ed).
AFL Round 14 – Richmond v Sydney: Wagga United
June 23, 2014 by 8 Comments
Chairs and bladders may be shrinking, but the joy of being with old mates keeps growing. Especially at the ‘G where your match reporter, Craig Dodson, lays a bet, farewells the working week, splits his sides laughing and utterly fails to explain why he went dateless to his Year 10 Mount Austin High Formal. Amidst all that, a game of footy occurs.
Wild weather for WAFL Round 13
June 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Les Everett updates us on a rain sodden Round 13 in the WAFL.
AFL Round 14 – St.Kilda v West Coast Eagles: Crazy Hope and Love Stuff
June 23, 2014 by 1 Comment
Yvette Wroby offers more “crazy hope and love stuff” for her Saints and everyone she meets.
AFL Round 14 – Haiku Bob – Darkness Spills
June 23, 2014 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob laments what might have been as darkness spills over his Magpies.
World Cup 2014: Africa Alive! An Afterthought No Longer.
June 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Gregor Lewis concedes that he has underestimated the African teams after Algeria’s win over South Korea at World Cup 2014.
Old woollen footy jumpers: Name the venue, the club, the year, the mascot, and all of the players.
June 23, 2014 by 2 Comments
Look at those jumpers. Can anyone shed some light on this? Would love to name all the players, and the mascot (who may have alerted us to the photo). Someone must know the story.
AFL Round 14 – Richmond v Sydney: All About Buddy
June 22, 2014 by 4 Comments
Following Richmond v Sydney, John Green weighs up the contenders and asks: is Lance Franklin the most famous Buddy of all? [How many Buddies can you name?]
AFL Round 14 – Hawthorn v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): Momentum killers
June 22, 2014 by 1 Comment
Ramon Dobb, for the Floreat Pica Society, saw the big moments pass Collingwood by against Hawthorn on World Giraffe Day.
World Cup 2014: Hang on a second! Whose moment is this?
June 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Players of Iran and Argentina take their turn on centre stage on this Greatest Show on Earth. Let Gregor Lewis take you where: “Like a child playing with its toys, lost to the wider implications, Messi’s champion nature allowed him to embrace the moment, exactly the way that child would…” Sometimes 90 minutes is not quite enough.
The neuroscience of problem gambling
June 22, 2014 by 5 Comments
Neuroscientist Olivia Carter responds to the recent Crio’s Question on problem gambling with an outline of what the current research suggests about addiction. She explains that there has been an emphasis on drug addiction in the studies – because it’s easier to inject a mouse with heroin than teach it to read a form guide.
Olivia also offers an opportunity to be involved in a confidential study on the neuroscience of gambling.
AFL Round 14 – Gold Coast v Geelong: El Nino forecasts change and the Suns deliver.
June 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Hamish Townsend watches his Cats get swept away by thunderstorms bearing down from the Gold Coast.
World Cup 2014: I’ve still got ‘Les Bleus’ for You.
June 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our man on the couch Gregor Lewis likes the look of the French team that dominated the Swiss cheese defence.
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