sidelined

Here it is …
(62%) Magpies Crows (37%)
(17%) Tigers Saints (83%)
(93%) Eagles Bombers (7%)
(23%) Lions Cats (76%)
(91%) Power Dockers (9%)
(57%) Swans Hawks (42%)
(15%) Bulldogs Kangaroos (85%)
(78%) Demons Blues (21%)
I tipped all the away teams, with the solitary exception of the Power-Dockers game. Looks like I’m home with the Crows versus Pies games. Of course, Essendon won’t [...]

Mariners vs Wellington 8pm 31/8.07 @ Bluetongue
Should be an interesting match. The Mariners at home are going to be a formidable opponent for Nix, and overall have the edge over Wellington at back and mid, so long as Petrovski and Mrdja take their chances this could be very one-sided. If they don’t last weeks performance [...]

to the Joey grand scandale.
No more Wallabies training sessions. I died a little everytime I saw Him at one of those on TV.

We’re at the business end of the World Athletics Championships, at least as far as real Australian medal chances are concerned so lets have a look at how well our top guys and gals are going.
Jana Pittman proves that motherhood is good for something in winning her event.
The 24-year-old last night completed a remarkable comeback [...]

Thorpe cleared of doping.
Retired Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has been cleared by Australia’s drugs testing agency after recording an an abnormal test result last year.
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) made the announcement during a press conference in Melbourne this afternoon.
Thorpe had provided ASADA with medical evidence in an attempt to clear his name of [...]

So we find out today that Andrew Johns was not only a recreational drug user for a decade, but the members of his team also knew.
For probably 10 years on and off I have taken it. It was usually during the off season but there were times during the season I have played Russian roulette [...]

It has been a thrilling and eventful 25 weeks of footy. And it has seemed to go by very quickly indeed. For 7 teams, Mad Monday is just a few days away. And either the Tigers or Broncos will join them after this round.
The Storm, Manly and the Cowboys will finish in that order [...]

The recent poll shows that nearly everyone agrees that Graeme Arnold should be red carded as the Socceroos coach … despite recent successes. Oh well, time to move on.
I must say that when I lived in Paris (just thought I’d throw that in, in case you didn’t know that I once lived in Paris, for [...]

Nothing like a winner to get losers to see the light.
SOUTH Sydney’s exiled godfather George Piggins sent a stirring message of support to the Rabbitohs last night - declaring they are good enough to win this year’s NRL premiership.
The Redfern club must defeat arch-rivals the Sydney Roosters this Saturday to reach the finals for the [...]

I’ve long been critical of sporting journalists reluctance to tackle the hard stories in sport, now we see why with the AFL players refusing to deal with match broadcaster Chcnnel 7 in a dispute over recreational drug use in the sport.
Talks fail to heal rift with Seven.
PEACE talks between the AFL, the AFL Players [...]