Archive for March, 2013
Monday Milestone: Fooling
“You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine” – Homer Simpson, in “So It’s Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show” (Episode 9F17) This Week in History: 1698, April 1, The first true evidence of April Fool’s Day in Britain occurs with the Washing […]
Sugar Mama: Chasing the Big Poker Score
By Michael Harrison-Ford Over the Christmas break in 2011 my status as a poker player was hard to pin down. For years I’d played professionally, making a comfortable rather than luxurious living, but for a variety of reasons the game had slowly worn me down. I was tired of living off an irregular and unreliable income […]
2013 ANZ Championships – Round 2 tips
It may only be the second round of the competition, but this weekend’s action is headlined by two games which may offer previews of what lays in store come finals time. The Magic host the Swifts and the Vixens host the Thunderbirds in what appear to be the two best matchups of the round. Ben […]
Racing’s Kiss of Death – March 30
This week’s selections cover the the March 30 meetings at Caulfield and Rosehill (featuring the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas and Group 1 Galaxy Handicap). And after a red hot start to 2013, the overall results of this column since it commenced in January 2011 are no longer too embarrassing to include, so they’ve been added […]
Fantasy King: Old and In The Way
By Mick 'The King' Adams “So we all get old, we cannae hack it anymore, and that’s it?” -Mark Renton, Trainspotting “Over the Hill” is one of those well-trod, overused expressions that is well-trod and overused for a reason. Succinct and evocative, the phrase is perhaps nowhere more symbolically apt than in the world of […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Round 1 Part 2
The remainder of premiership footy is back for 2013! After a meagre two matches on the opening weekend, a more intriguing card of seven completes the first round of the season. Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham complete their assessment of each team’s initial foray into the 2013 premiership season in this week’s lines. GO More […]
The 2013 Willie M Medal: Round 3
Image: Through the opening three weeks of the season, only two players have polled in all three games – and both are from Canterbury. Leading the way is $600,000 a season recruit Tony Williams – who has scored eight votes from a possible nine. The lazy backrower managed 71 metres and 12 tackles against the […]
From The Couch: Round 3
Image: Shouldering The Burden: Ashley Harrison was laid out on Saturday night by aggressive Manly forward Richie Fa’aoso. It was a blindside shot that was both late and high. The arms also happened to be tucked in, meaning the shoulder charge ban drones were out in force, using the shot to justify the worst rule […]
The Forgive Files – March 23
This week’s edition of The Forgive Files takes us to the March 23 meetings at Caulfield and Rosehill. Caulfield Second King: Stretching the usual rules about only looking at the unplaced runners here (Second King ran third), but it bears noting that he continues to present his best winning form when fresh (despite typically running […]
Monday Milestone: Ruling the World
“Who will it be? Who'll be king? It's once in a lifetime chance Who'll rule the world? Gotta see who’ll rule the world” – Kasey Carlone ‘Who’ll rule the world’ – theme for the 1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup This Week in History: 1992, March 25 Pakistan defeat England in the final of the […]
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