- 10:35 PM
- 07/08/20
About as far as New York is from Chicago. :-)
posted by owlhouse at 07:26 PM on June 26, 2020
Yet to see any evidence of teams "living" by the David Luiz.
The world's most expensive defender, but not in the way your team was hoping...
posted by owlhouse at 11:46 PM on June 18, 2020
You'd think tennis might be an early returning sport also.
Only if you play from in front of the baseline.
/I'll see myself out.
posted by owlhouse at 11:01 PM on May 05, 2020
I'm not sure Vanuatu has an ice hockey arena.
posted by owlhouse at 10:38 PM on April 27, 2020
They still needed someone who could shoot.
posted by owlhouse at 06:30 PM on April 10, 2020
RIP. Saw the Globetrotters at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney circa 1974. Great fun.
posted by owlhouse at 08:09 PM on March 29, 2020
I watched The English Game (https://www.netflix.com/title/80244928) on Netflix last weekend, very interesting short series from Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) about the turning point in football when payers started getting paid.
I just started watching this week. It's a bit plodding, and the characterisation is weak, but it does combine two of my favourite things: the beginning of the labour movement and football.
posted by owlhouse at 08:08 PM on March 29, 2020
This is the kind of sports administrator that makes me want to Chuck all over my Blazer.
posted by owlhouse at 10:43 PM on March 12, 2020
From Korea with a twist.
posted by owlhouse at 09:11 PM on October 27, 2019
Tres chic.
posted by owlhouse at 09:08 PM on October 27, 2019
The Braves were Fried to the Max.
posted by owlhouse at 11:33 PM on October 09, 2019
As someone points out in the comments, Ricky Ponting previously achieved top ranking in all three formats. And Kohli has to hope Steve Smith has a bad run in the next three Ashes tests.
Kohli is a great batsman, no doubt. The current Indian team should be built around him, however the game's governors in India (the BCCI), some of the press ans some of the public appear not to appreciate him very much. He's not as spectacular as Tendulkar, but infinitely reliable.
posted by owlhouse at 12:06 AM on December 09, 2017
I think the intercontinental playoffs showed that CONCACAF and CONMEBOL may not be as strong as the countries' individual rankings suggest.
It could have been worse for us, but we have a chance. Although finishing second would probably give us Argentina in the Round of 16.
posted by owlhouse at 09:51 PM on December 01, 2017
I thought Everton were better than that.
Excellent, Premier League level trolling from the other side of Stanley Park. Take a bow, sir!
posted by owlhouse at 10:44 PM on November 29, 2017
Billericay?
They're doing very well. In case you couldn't tell.
https://youtu.be/Lu3PoWpI1BE
posted by owlhouse at 11:25 PM on November 18, 2017
You mean like this?
posted by owlhouse at 05:01 AM on November 16, 2017
Sam Kerr is not surprised.
posted by owlhouse at 09:03 PM on October 25, 2017
At one stage I was looking forward to an intercontinental playoff against you guys. Now it's Honduras, with the first leg scheduled for the homicide capital of the world. Thanks.
If it's any consolation, we're not having the best time of it in qualification either. The width of a post away from elimination against Syria.
Thus by these tiny measures does the fate of nations hang.
posted by owlhouse at 10:38 PM on October 11, 2017
Luckily it happens overnight here.
Still, I thought Everton did well for the money, as did Swansea for very little money.
posted by owlhouse at 12:51 AM on September 01, 2017
If they scheduled a game for the Horn of Africa, it might help the drought situation there.
posted by owlhouse at 04:20 AM on August 29, 2017
Down in Oz, the public broadcaster (the ABC) has a charter that forbids advertising. So during sports coverage, they still refer to the stadia by the "proper" name.
It's a blessing.
posted by owlhouse at 01:18 AM on August 28, 2017
"Powerlessness is a supporter's lot". The final round of the AFL season goes down to the last second.
posted by owlhouse at 09:16 PM on August 27, 2017
Huddersfield sit proudly on top of the Premier League.
At least until Brighton thump City 4-0 a bit later today.
posted by owlhouse at 12:13 PM on August 12, 2017
Oh Arsenal.
How we missed you.
posted by owlhouse at 08:00 PM on August 11, 2017
"...sales figures and property prices have risen; people have smiled their way through the streets; old married couples have resumed honeymoon sex; teenage children have volunteered for household jobs; the sun has shone all day and rain has fallen only at night."
The indirect impacts of promotion to the Premier League.
posted by owlhouse at 11:41 PM on August 09, 2017
I also wonder if the eventual introduction of promotion and relegation to/from MLS is a factor in their thinking. It's a relatively cheap initial investment for larger long term returns.
posted by owlhouse at 08:31 PM on August 01, 2017
European players buying into US football. Starting small.
posted by owlhouse at 08:03 AM on August 01, 2017
If you're looking for another English team, come down into the Championship instead. Things are much less stressful there. At Derby County, for instance.
/You are one of those billionaire Americans wanting to buy a team, aren't you?
posted by owlhouse at 09:04 PM on July 26, 2017
I will never understand American college sports. From an outsider's point of view, it looks like everyone (coaches, players, administrators) seems to be involved in some kind of sex scandal or a cover up.
It's almost as if it's Rugby League.
posted by owlhouse at 11:54 PM on July 20, 2017
Kelly Slater was world surfing champion 11 times from age 20 to age 39. Both the youngest and oldest to win the title.
A long career in what is normally considered to be a young man's sport.
posted by owlhouse at 05:29 AM on July 17, 2017
Are we sharing our choices?
Barnsey.
https://youtu.be/erSJGrpfnOI
posted by owlhouse at 12:49 AM on July 16, 2017
There's already a yellow card for time wasting. The refs just need to get serious.
And don't get me started on shirt pulling and holding on corners. If I ever reffed in the Premier League, players like Skrtel and Huth wouldn't have lasted ten minutes.
posted by owlhouse at 03:50 PM on June 20, 2017
None of the team were born at the time of "Football's Coming Home".
posted by owlhouse at 03:16 AM on June 12, 2017
I always figured a good business to open in the sub-continent would be an effigy factory.
posted by owlhouse at 11:31 PM on June 07, 2017
Ah Cessnock. The jewel of the Hunter.
If you can ignore the open cut coal mines, the wineries are fantastic.
posted by owlhouse at 02:38 AM on June 07, 2017
Just came on here to post this. Probably the sporting event of the year, in terms of an individual achievement.
Man, that's a long way down.
posted by owlhouse at 07:37 PM on June 04, 2017
After the Sergio Ramos red card incident, I have no trouble understanding why they remain, to me at least, Franco's team.
posted by owlhouse at 07:36 PM on June 04, 2017
As a former Hobie 16 skipper, when I watched the last America's Cup races I was astounded at how far the technology has come, and how mind bendingly fast those foiling cats go. What I wouldn't give for a sail on one in a stiff 15 knot breeze...
posted by owlhouse at 11:04 AM on June 03, 2017
In truth, the difference in quality between 1st and 18th in the Championship is not that great. There are many teams in that group that could quickly turn their situations around with sensible management, a little extra investment and a good season.
posted by owlhouse at 11:10 PM on May 30, 2017
His teeth are offside, his teeth are offside.
Luis Suarez.
His teeth are offside.
posted by owlhouse at 09:28 AM on May 28, 2017
What the A League can learn from MLS.
posted by owlhouse at 06:43 AM on May 20, 2017
The most valuable single match in football will be between Huddersfield Town and Reading, at Wembley on May 29th.
posted by owlhouse at 09:05 PM on May 17, 2017
There's been some outrage ('rage!) about this advertisement in Australia.
I actually found it funny.
Warning: features Ben Johnson (the real one) plus a few other dopes.
posted by owlhouse at 11:17 PM on May 14, 2017
This has been doing the rounds for a while. A few veterans from the extremely violent 1974-75 Ashes Series between Australia and England share a few stories. David Lloyd's description of being hit in a sensitive spot by a 95 mph ball from Jeff Thomson is the highlight. You don't have to understand cricket, but you might have trouble with the accents.
posted by owlhouse at 12:12 AM on May 12, 2017
The interwebs won't let me see the Sanchez throw-in, but speaking of football incompetence, over the course of the Premier League season...
posted by owlhouse at 01:10 AM on May 11, 2017
Just went and checked our bottle of Bombay in the cupboard.
Unfortunately/fortunately not sourced from Canada.
/Delete where applicable.
posted by owlhouse at 12:01 AM on May 06, 2017
My crazy idea for soccer is to count all shots on goal during the game and break ties after overtime with that stat. I get grumpy about matches where nobody seems capable of putting the ball on goal.
That might end up with teams taking random pot shots towards the end of a drawn game.
In junior knockout comps, we used to count corners.
That's probably a better way of estimating which team had more possession. However the risk is that a team ahead on corners (or shots) might become even more defensive, thus neutralising the objective of trying to get a winner on goals.
posted by owlhouse at 09:53 PM on May 03, 2017
Growing up in Sydney, the only times I played Rugby League was at school, where they had weight limits. As a skinny kid, I wouldn't have survived any other way.
Long live the Normanhurst Boys' High 7 stone 7 pounds RL Reds!
posted by owlhouse at 09:49 PM on May 03, 2017
There's a similar debate going on in Australia around both the rugby codes and Australian Rules. Sports governing bodies don't seem to get that this is the kind of thing that will eventually stop parents letting their kids play the game.
I love this line in the article:
"When the 2000s rolled around and CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) emerged as a real correlation with the game of football, the NFL and others followed the noble example of tobacco companies by falsifying research, denying all charges, and focusing on selling the product to children."
posted by owlhouse at 03:32 AM on May 03, 2017
Rather than fines, if the club is forced to play the next game behind closed doors, the effect might be that the fans start to police the racists themselves - e.g. pointing them out to security, or telling them to shut up. Especially if a whole block of fans react the same way.
After all, you're there to watch baseball, not to have to listen to all that shit. It might work.
posted by owlhouse at 03:24 AM on May 03, 2017
Same logic. Different sport.
posted by owlhouse at 10:18 AM on May 01, 2017
"I'd like to point out that in the United Swansea match last night, Rashford clearly dived. Please disallow the resultant penalty and award the win to Swansea 2-1."
- A. Viewer, South Wales
posted by owlhouse at 11:35 PM on April 30, 2017
Yes, but even then why would he personally put the bets on, and in such low amounts? Other gamblers can't see what he's doing with his bets unless he tells them, so signalling can't be the reason.
Apropos my comment above. On the other hand, maybe Barton IS that stupid.
posted by owlhouse at 02:50 AM on April 28, 2017
I'm no fan of mixing gambling and sports, but the view that this is excessive is understandable. Barton's bets were very small, spread across lots of games, and it looks like the betting pattern of your average punter. There doesn't appear to be any evidence of trying to rig results or even spot betting.
If a footballer was involved in match fixing, they wouldn't be stupid enough to put five quid on it themselves.
posted by owlhouse at 09:52 PM on April 27, 2017
How to take a free throw. With Science! and stuff.
posted by owlhouse at 10:08 PM on April 25, 2017
Derby sent them up with an 88th minute equaliser against Huddersfield in the late game.
I own at least one Brighton replica shirt, and it's the best - the 2004 Skint Records one. Always guaranteed to start a conversation about football or music.
And have I mentioned that Sally the Seagull (or at least the person inside the costume) is my niece? She's still partying.
posted by owlhouse at 08:51 PM on April 18, 2017
It's Lao New Year here, so go out, get drunk, and get wet. Cheers!
posted by owlhouse at 10:49 PM on April 13, 2017
Whoever thought up this rule probably puts the "toke" in "token".
posted by owlhouse at 05:12 AM on April 07, 2017
OK, my Kiwi friends are now much happier.
You have to explain things slowly to them.
posted by owlhouse at 06:31 AM on March 31, 2017
Women's World Cup 2023
Launceston is in Tasmania (the South Island). Looks like it will indeed host some group games.
But if you want to drive there from here in Sydney, it's about 9 hours to Melbourne, then an overnight ferry crossing of Bass Strait in the middle of winter, then a short drive from Devonport. Or you could fly direct in about 90 minutes.
The matches will also be held in the middle of AFL season, so you could catch some games of that, too.