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Is it just me or has the chill left the Sydney just a tad? The run home to the finals promises some glorious weather and games to match. Round 24 is one all league fans should saviour as it is the annual Bunnies v Tigers game at Leichhardt Oval. It is a true reminder of [...]

OK, I’ve been a slack tipper, but I’ve still been following the game and, this week, trying to come to terms with a life without Sheedy as coach. He was appointed in the year that I began barracking for Essendon, so I’ve never known the team without him. There’s so much being written and said [...]

Sports Illustrated brings us an archive of some of it’s best writers answering the question, what was the best game you have ever seen? Alan Muir writes about one of mine, the 1987 Canada Cup. What set Game 2 apart from every other I’ve seen was the pace. Every game has a natural rhythm, with [...]

Fug it. Update: I did not even check to see if the Knights won until just now. Fug that too.

One of the coldest weeks I can remember in Ole Sydney town but it was warm off the paddock with JT and Hages stoushing after the Eels v Souths game. On a slightly more serious note, 75 NRL players are on the sidelines through injury at the moment. While the NRL is moving to address [...]

Heads up on an interesting doco on SBS tomorrow (Wednesday July 18th). Footy – the La Perouse Way is about the La Perouse Panthers Rugby League team. From the SBS website: The documentary, Footy the La-Perouse Way shows the journey of the La Perouse Aboriginal community, whose beginnings were marked by racial division and the [...]

This is an absolutely fantastic story coming out of Track and Field. Paralympic gold medalist and world record holder Oscar Pistorius has been running with the big boys with some success but it appears that he may also be running into a bit of trouble with the IAAF because his carbon composite legs are too [...]

4-0 FARK YEAH!! Graham Arnold picked the perfect time to give common sense and the A-League a chance, abandoning his Guss-given formula and picked a winner in the form of a fiery 3-5-2 with plenty of venom. As a monomaniacal A-League/Sydney FC booster I feel it is incumbent on yours truly and the good people [...]

An explanation of the various scenarios for the S(h)occeroos tonight. Being dependent on other results is never where you want to be. On the upside, Australia’s price to win the Asian Cup has blown out to $6 on Sportsbet, which has to be worth a $20 punt. Come on boys!!