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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 inevitable ebbs. [...]

I would like to point out that I am on holidays in Tasmania, which made it very hard for me to post. That geospatial fact was the reason I didn’t post last week. Honestly, it had nothing to do with the fact that I tipped abysmally, nor with the fact that Essendon went down in [...]

I would like to point out that I am on holidays in Tasmania, which made it very hard for me to post. That geospatial fact was the reason I didn’t post last week. Honestly, it had nothing to do with the fact that I tipped abysmally, nor with the fact that Essendon went down in [...]

It’s completely pissing with rain and Five is moving house. The only plus there is that the soccer was cancelled this morning, but you can imagine that I’m bummed out. Not as bummed out as Central Coast and Newcastle people, but a bit bummed out. And my tips are late. However, I correctly tipped the [...]

I’m currently preparing to go to the SCG on Saturday night, to see Essendon play Sydney. I expect that we Bombers fans are going to have a sad night, but for undying fans like myself hope always springs eternal. At least until the final change.
This week the tipping and punting looks like this:
(Tip ratio / [...]

When I started doing this, it was partly to keep a record of the reliability of bookies’ odds. I wanted to do this to (a) test the strength of such predictions and (b) see if the bookies’ odds could be believed in other fields, such as tipping Federal elections. Keen readers of other blogs, the [...]

Coming into this match, FC coach Branko Culina said his side needed the ‘X factor’ — that little extra killer instinct that can capitalise on the groundwork a team lays out voer the course of match. Sydney have displayed plenty of the latter over the course of their ACL campaign but have failed to find [...]

Finally the Storm have succumbed which leaves no team unbeaten and no team unbeatable in this years competition. A bit of a log jam is developing in the middle of the table with 7 teams on 8 points. The next few weeks will some some intense games as teams make sure they stay in touch [...]

Round 7 of the NRL gets off to an early start due to the Anzac Day game between the Roosters and the Dragons. I must admit that I’m a little disappointed with the NRL and its scheduling. There is no game scheduled for Thursday! What am I supposed to do tomorrow with no league to [...]

No need to mention girlies in the latest Nicholson animation.