Well, who’d have guessed, eh? The Hawks by 26 points? Well, no-one from the Crikey bumper Grand Final tipping comp, as it happens, but Anthony Barrell proved the closest (and cleverest) of the lot, guessing the Hawks would prevail by 27 points. That excellent effort at punditry earns him a 12-month Crikey subscription.
Forty-five Crikey readers (and [...]
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Crikey’s bumper GF tipping comp: and the winners are …..
September 29, 2008 – 9:41 am
Crikey’s big bumper Grand Final tipping comp – win free subscriptions
September 25, 2008 – 11:18 am
OK, with the Grand Final spirit hanging thick in the air, the smell of freshly-mown grass wafting down from the MCG and the cavalcade of open-topped cars warming up for tomorrow’s lunchtime GF parade down Swanston St, Crikey is offering its legion of devoted readers the chance at winning four free 12-month subscriptions. All you’ve got [...]
The AFL needs a sparkling grand final to redeem a fizzer season
September 24, 2008 – 9:45 pm
The AFL’s disappointing September crowds and poor TV ratings over the year can be explained away by all manner of possible alibis and paper-thin excuses – Geelong’s dominance, the Olympic Games, Sydney’s fickle form, WA’s two teams not firing a shot, ticket prices, food prices, the A-League’s success – but there’s an elephant in the [...]
Brownlow fame for Franklin? Not Buddy likely
September 22, 2008 – 12:40 am
A week or so ago, AFL footballers voted on their Most Valuable Player award, their annual version of the Brownlow Medal. For the second year running, they awarded the Players Association gong to Geelong’s Gary Ablett with 1044 votes.
Interestingly, Hawthorn’s Lance “Buddy” Franklin came second with 718 votes, well ahead of third placegetter, North Melbourne’s [...]
Sarah Palin TV sports clip: the beaver round-up
September 18, 2008 – 10:32 am
Look, if there’s not a spot for Ms Palin on Channel 7’s team calling the Spring Carnival action this year, I’ll go he. The way she gets through these dog results is a wonder to behold. And if she ditched that dark outfit and borrowed a fawn jacket from wardrobe, I’d be happy to see [...]
Geelong needs to give arrogance the boot
September 17, 2008 – 12:19 pm
It’s brought many a great sporting team to its knees; now the small but unmistakable signs of hubris are hovering above Geelong like a storm cloud.
The first indications bubbled to the surface in the middle of the season when we discovered Steve Johnson and Cam Mooney were engaged in a personal battle to see who [...]
Are we fed up with televised football?
September 15, 2008 – 12:16 pm
Has television coverage of the AFL and NRL reached saturation point? Has the seemingly endless TV appetite for our two biggest winter codes been sated at last? And now, sitting bloated and burping in front of the great smorgasbord of televised sport, have the viewers finally said: enough is enough?
Figures released last week indicate that [...]
Who are the champions of your world?
September 11, 2008 – 10:00 am
“Naturally, I am greatly interested in Don Pep, and I make Marco promise to tell me when he arrives. I love to look at a top-notcher in any line, and I judge from Don Pep’s record that he is a champion of the world.”
When the great chronicler of New York life, Damon Runyon, wrote about [...]
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