Category: Sport

I wrote ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ in 2012 in response to the comments of some moron of the day. There are so many on the issue of homosexuality it’s hard to keep up sometimes. This past week has seen a …

Karma police, arrest this man / He talks in maths he buzzes like a fridge / He’s like a detuned radio – Radiohead

     It started with Malaysian children’s television on the second floor of an Irishman’s sports bar in Hanoi.…

Statistic of the Week: Since the beginning of 2012, Broncos are at 15 wins and 10 losses when the temperature is 17 or higher. When the temperature is 16 or lower, they are at 2 wins and 10 losses.

On …

It’s always a nuisance when they schedule a Raiders game on Mother’s Day. You’d prefer they’d not schedule any matches at all. You know, leave the day free to do your duties as a son, or daughter, or husband, to …

The concert started with a 63-year-old man crowd surfing during the first song. The same 63-year old danced on a piano, electrified the audience with his guitar and vocal solos, and ran around a packed arena high-fiving fans while holding …

It’s the Grand Final. Bon Jovi has just belted out a livewire version of ‘Living on a Prayer’. The crowd is in rapture.

And there they come, the men of the Melbourne Storm (booooo), down the tunnel, out on to …

On any given day, I quite like the Rabbitohs. Indeed, they are my second favourite team. I like that they are one of only two remaining ‘foundation clubs’ in the game.  I like that they have a working class history, …

#1 Abraham Lincoln discovered England

As Opening Ceremonies often do, we were treated to the cliff notes for the history of the hosting country.

We began, of course, with a bucolic village on a verdant green. It was a lovely …

Ahh, the Southern Cross Club of Woden, Canberra. When you go to the Cross Club you can’t help but wonder if the management searched for a moment in time – 1989 perhaps – and decided that the club would never …