Archive for January, 2011
Steve Smith, Richie Benaud and Defining Moments
This piece was originally published at The Big Tip website on January 18. Steve Smith's Test cricket career is at a set of crossroads. Not in the sense that he may necessarily be dropped soon – his youth, enthusiasm, potential and raw talent should see him given plentiful opportunities by the selectors to prove that […]
Who is Paying Beau Champion?
The sorry and protracted Greg Inglis saga has finally reached conclusion, ending in a manner most predictable with the former Storm star set to wear the cardinal and myrtle of South Sydney in 2011. Greg Inglis finally put pen to paper with South Sydney some four months after announcing he would not play for the […]
A Rugby League View on an AFL Scandal
This piece was originally filed at The Big Tip in December, 2010. As a rugby league fan who has witnessed AFL types take the pointy end of the morality stick every time a rugby league scandal breaks, I have somewhat enjoyed the squirming down south at the St Kilda nude photo scandal. The traditional Melbourne […]
Game… set… scratched: I just can’t cop tennis
It’s January and I’m bored. Bored of the conjecture surrounding the likely or 'deserved' captain of the national cricket team. Bored by the Socceroos all-conquering Asian Cup campaign. Bored about talk of further expanding either of the country’s major football codes. Bored of still hearing every minute detail regarding Tiger Woods’ ‘comeback’. But most of […]
January 29 Selections
Welcome to a racing tips column with a slight twist that has regard to the bookmakers’ starting price (or SP) in dictating whether a tipped horse should be backed or not. Let’s start with the January 29 meetings at Sandown (Hillside), Randwick, Doomben and Morphetville Parks. A few ground rules to get things started: (1) […]
BPL Podcast: Better For The Run
Check out Nick Tedeschi on this week's edition of Back Page Lead's Better For The Run, talking league, NFL, cricket, tennis and much much more with the erudite Ashley Browne right here. Image:
These Things Always Happen to the (Buffalo) Bills
For six years in the early 1990s, Don Lane hosted a Tuesday Night Football program on the ABC. The format was simple – a 90 minute show divided up as follows: around 60 minutes spent on the 'game of the week' highlights, a further 15 minutes or so of highlights from another feature game, a […]
Mark Webber: World Champion Material?
The early hours of November 15, 2010 were greeted with an ear piercing rendition of the theme music to “Beverly Hills Cop” from the alarm on my mobile phone, signifying the end of the tactical nap before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after which there would be some more sleep before the start of an […]
Time to Drown the Rat King
The Australian cricket team and all associated with such a low-rent production can consider themselves lucky that the crosshairs of fate had me squarely in their vision, leaving me sidelined and silent over the most squalid and stained summer in living memory. I am back now though and make no mistake: heads are about to […]
The Punters Guide to the 2011 NRL Season
The Punters Guide to the 2011 NRL Season is the must have guide for every rugby league fan. Respected rugby league writer and pricing consultant Nick Tedeschi has put together this thorough guide that is a no-holds barred assessment, unique statistical evaluation and comprehensive betting appraisal all rolled into one. With the legendary Mr Rugby […]
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