sidelined

This is kind of long, but the rugby league season is still a month away so what else are you going to do? If I do say so myself, I was a gun tee-baller as a kid for the Toronto Tigers. Modesty does not prevent me from mentioning I was selected as 1st base for [...]

Like many others, I got caught up in the Sam Stosur story at this week’s French Open. She had an impressive tournament, beating three past and present world number ones to reach the final (four-time champion Justine Henin, 12-time major winner Serena Williams and then Jelena Jankovic), raising Aussie hopes that perhaps she could be our nation’s first holder of the title since Margaret Court in 1973.

Sideliners, here is the disturbing image I hoped to never have to see. My nephew playing ru — God, I can’t even say it – rugby union. He went to live for a few months in the south-west USA with family. I knew my sister’s brother-in-law coached a local yawnion team but little did I [...]

We don’t mention politics much here but I found a a great quote in one of the discussions surrounding the death of ex-Labor minister, John Button. Through the dark ages, which began in the late ’60s, serious Geelong supporters kept themselves buoyant with gloom, stoicism and solidarity. Before the 1989 grand final one of my [...]

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

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