Weekend Reading: Deflategate, the Worst Question in Sports and Cambridge United

January 24, 2015 by 2 Comments

Some great reading to get your teeth into over the Australia Day long weekend.

[Cambridge United have just held Man U to a 0-0 draw at Abbey – replay at Old Trafford.]

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Aussie Rules

January 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Bill Simmons “the Sports Guy” and Editor-in-Chief of Grantland (the world’s biggest sporting website) has come up with a system for deciding the MVP in the NBA. A Chicago reader pointed out that it is the same system used for the Brownlow Medal in “the best sport on earth”. Bill thinks Australia is pretty cool.

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Almanac Weekend Reading: Twas the [Weekend] Before Christmas

December 20, 2014 by 2 Comments

Enjoy a collection of some great writing from around the world of sport with The Footy Almanac’s Weekend Reads

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The potential rise of Bernard Tomic at the Australian Open – Grantland

January 18, 2013 by 2 Comments

Peter Baulderstone has been visiting the Grantland website and recommends this analysis of the current state of men’s tennis, and the allure of Tomic to distant eyes.

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