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Amidst the Fiendish shenanigans of the Tri-Nations is the curious decision for Nine to not televise live the Great Britain v New Zealand games.
International league needs all the help it can get. And consigning games not involving Australia to the wee hours is a disgrace (the GB v NZ game was shown on delay [...]

Interesting post in today’s Crikey on the now dying time-honoured tradition of kick-to-kick and running onto the pitch in the AFL. Nick Place sez:
Eagle Adam Selwood said he was unnerved and felt threatened by an Irish crowd invasion while AFL Players’ Association boss Brendon Gale said the whole thing was “unprofessional” and not up [...]

Open post for comments about sporting activities over the weekend. If you are participating in sport, tell us about the weekend’s on field glories whether it be your achievements or your someone in your family. Or discuss the sporting news as it happens over the weekend.
2nd day of the Central Coast Cricket 7th Grade competition [...]

There has been a lot of gnashing of teeth, regarding the scheduling of the finals of some Olympic events to the morning in order to satisfy American TV commitments. I can’t say I disagree with the sentiment, but the Olympic story is now about paying the piper, having prostituted themselves on the alter of the [...]

The 2007 AFL Toyata Premiership fixtures have been released, with the exciting development of a first round Grand Final replay between the Swans and Eagles on opening night.
FOR the first time since the formation of a 16-team, national competition, next year’s AFL season will begin as the last one ended: with Sydney and the West [...]

From the SMH:
The “hallowed turf” of Sydney’s private school cricket pitches is under attack, according to an anonymous email circulating to current and former students of the co-ed Barker College on Sydney’s upper north shore. The reason for the stoush was the selection earlier this month of a female wicketkeeper, Alyssa Healy, for the school’s [...]

Sucked in Barry! Sydney Swans star forward Barry Hall had a very, very bad Grand Final, and only got 12 possessions, whilst his team went down to West Coast by a measly point. He can’t get over it, specially not after his kindly mum clipped all the bad press and gave it to him to [...]

David Boon doesn’t say much. Which is why the Boony Doll was such a wierd promotion. 200,000 of them were given away with a beer that shall remain nameless, and they were designed to start speaking when certain words were used in the (insert television channel name here) cricket broadcast. According to the ABC’s Sydney [...]

It almost went unnoticed but a little piece inside the back page of Sunday’s The Sun Herald (effectively the Sunday edition of the SMH) Off The Record Section caught my eye. It referred to the Tom Brock Lecture, a yearly scholarly lecture on Rugby League. The piece was as follows:

Is Event on Skid Rowe?
Supporters [...]

Mark Philippoussis is undergoing career makeover umptybillion, this time taking the Andre Agassi approach by playing challenger and working with Darren Cahill.
Mark Philippoussis is returning to Las Vegas to resume his fledgling partnership with Andre Agassi’s former coach Darren Cahill and trainer Gil Reyes, having edged closer to his year-end goal of a return to [...]