Archive for March, 2012
Monday Milestone: Lifting the World Cup
This Week in History: 1966, March 20 The FIFA World Cup is stolen briefly from London by a bungling thief. Throughout history there are stories of great robberies. For example in 1911 the Mona Lisa was lifted from the Louvre, and stayed hidden from the world for two years. But my question is how do […]
AFL 2012 Season Preview – North Melbourne, Essendon and St Kilda
The 2012 AFL season looms large on the horizon – new coaches, new structures and once again this year, a new entrant to the competition. How will it all shake out? In part four of our season preview, Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham look at three teams who were on either side of the finals […]
From The Couch: Round 2
Image: A Dog Act: It is hard not to feel sorry for the Canberra Raiders. Once again they have been backed into a corner by a dog of a player they had inked on big coin, once again they made the right decision and once again they will be big losers because of it. This […]
The Mongrel Punter’s 10 Biggest Bogans
By The Mongrel Punter WHO HAS the Mongrel Punter picked as the 10 biggest bogans for 2012? See the players as he has ranked them below. THE TASK: You are charged with listing the 10 biggest bogans in the competition, based on what they have done previously and what they might be expected to do […]
Nick Tedeschi on FBI’s Fire Up!
Nick Tedeschi joined FBI's Fire Up hosts Brett Oaten and Stephen Ferris in studio to talk Papua New Guinean rugby league, the difficulty of being a grub's daughter, the 2012 Willie M Medal and music … how good is music? To listen to the podcast, click here. Image:
Kicking with the wind: Be cool
The ice man Steven Bradbury is still finding a way to make me smile. Not only is he the luckiest Olympic gold medallist of all time, Bradbury has the kind of sick, simple sense of humour that warms me like a hastily skolled double Drambuie. Speaking to the West Coast Eagles playing group during a […]
Try Line Picks: Round 4
Try Line Picks – Making the Nut FREE Round Selection Raiders – Head to Head: 5.00 Bet Units: Let's keep a close eye on the Raiders going forward in 2012 – a form side and continuing to improve; they should be 2-0 to start the season! This match is more about the Raiders than the […]
AFL 2012 Season Preview – Richmond, Fremantle and Western Bulldogs
The 2012 AFL season looms large on the horizon – new coaches, new structures and once again this year, a new entrant to the competition. How will it all shake out? In part three of our season preview, Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham look at Richmond as well as a further two teams with new […]
March 17 Racing Selections
Tips for this weekend cover the March 17 meeting at Randwick (featuring the Group 1 Randwick Guineas) and Bendigo. Last week was the second in a row where track conditions and/ or odds rendered all of my tips ineligible to count for results, costing me three winners (not to mention a few losers!) in the […]
Slinging leather
Anyone wondering just how fearsome the West Indies pace attacks of yesteryear could be need only ask Dean Jones for his recollections. The former international star made his Test debut during the 1984 Caribbean tour and had to deal with an attack spearheaded by Malcolm Marshall and Joel Garner. When he returned in 1991, the […]
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