Archive for December, 2011
December 17 Racing Selections
Tips for this weekend cover the December 17 meetings at Flemington and Warwick Farm. This will be the final tips column of 2011, with a report card (of sorts) coming next week and the column resuming on Saturday January 7. Results for December 10 meetings Invalid tips (due to scratchings and/ or track ratings that […]
The NFL Lines – Week 15
Tim Tebow comes through in the final quarter while the Cowboys implode again (if Tebow were traded to Dallas, would these two effects cancel each other outs)? The Falcons and Jets grab the inside rail for wild card spots in the NFC and AFC respectively. The stakes continue to escalate in week 15 of the […]
Strange Bedfellows: Online Poker has an Unlikely New Supporter
Online poker has earned a stay of stay of execution. Late last week, the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform rejected proposed legislation from Senator Nick Xenophon that would have been the death knell for online poker in Australia. The legislation would have made it more difficult for money to go into or out of […]
Dub Side of the Moon
By his own admission, Ras I Ray doesn’t know a lot about Tasmania. But, then again, there’s probably not too many Tasmanians who know a lot about the dreadlocked bass player from New York dub collective, Easy Star All-Stars. “Now that you mention it, I would really like to do some research,” he laughed when […]
Punting Profiles: Art Schlichter
This story was first published on Punting Ace in 2008 This weekend, at Radio City Music Hall, the NFL will hold its 73rd draft. All thirty two teams will have finished with all the research, the workouts, the film study, the interviews, the measurements and the forecasting and will be complete and with crossed fingers […]
Sprinting Stars – Spinning Hill
If there are two things we learnt during the Turf Heroes series, they are that (1) a surprising number of people seem to like reading about champion thoroughbreds; and (2) Cliff can’t shut up about such horses. With that in mind, Making The Nut is pleased to bring you a ten-part ‘Sprinting Stars’ series, where […]
Monday Milestone: The Tied Test
"Don’t be disappointed, Alan. Today you’ve made history" – Chairman of selectors, Sir Donald Bradman to Alan Davidson This Week in History: 1960, December 14 The first ever tie in 83 years of Test cricket occurs between Australia and the West Indies at the Gabba in Brisbane. Wes Hall streams in with the second last […]
From The Couch: December 11
Image: Television Screws Rugby League (Again): If I didn't know rugby league, I would be shocked. But knowing how this sport has been run for 103 seasons, I could only shake my head in knowing disappointment. The AFL will open its season with a one-out local derby between new boys Greater Western Sydney and the […]
The Friday Fast Break: Week 10
Cairns v Melbourne (Saturday, Cairns -4.5 to -5) These two teams just hate me. I'm not sure I have got either right all season. Cairns are 3-2 at home and destroyed the Blaze last week in Cairns so I have a lean on the minus but no bet. Adelaide v New Zealand (Sunday, Adelaide 0 […]
December 10 Racing Selections
Tips for this weekend cover the December 10 meetings at Flemington, Rosehill, Doomben and Morphettville. Results for December 3 meetings Invalid tips (due to scratchings and/ or track ratings that were outside the prescribed range) Scratched – Caulfield – Under The Hat Tips where the SP was $5.50 or less Eagle Farm – Catapulted ($5.00 […]
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