News just in is that Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell has been cleared by the AFL for his bump on West Coast rookie Patrick McGinnity (watch the bump below), and his four week sentence has been thrown out. Maxwell will be now be clear to play in Collingwood’s remaining NAB Cup matches and from Round 1 [...]
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Is the AFL scared of soccer?
February 17, 2009 – 2:58 pm
Over at the big site, Charlie Happell had a great story today regarding the AFL and the A-League at war.
The AFL has a NAB Cup match between Richmond and Collingwood scheduled at Docklands Stadium aka Telstra Dome aka Etihad Stadium aka Collo’s sandpit which conflicts with the A-League Grand Final in which Melbourne Victory will [...]
Press Conference of the Week: Aurelio “Crow-eater hater” Vidmar
February 16, 2009 – 8:54 am
Your side loses 4-0 at home. You get kicked out of the finals in the country’s premier football championship.
You’re angry and the journos at the press conference are getting under your skin.
What do you say? Who do you blame?
Well here at Crikey Sports, we think that describing the town in which your football team calls [...]
Calypso cricket reincarnated: are the Windies back?
February 10, 2009 – 9:07 am
On the back of Scott Shepherd’s blog post yesterday on the return to normalcy in world cricket, here at Crikey Sports we are going to dare to declare that the West Indies are returning to the heights of their once great powers.
The swagger is returning. Captain Chris Gayle is beginning to enter the same sphere [...]
All is well again in cricket
February 9, 2009 – 12:41 pm
Australia’s one day cricket team yesterday won a game. That means they can still win the Chappell-Hadlee series, despite losing the first two games to New Zealand.
A single ODI win against a country that Australia traditionally dominates, on its own, isn’t a great deal to get excited about. However, at Sabina Park , [...]
Carlton players go the “rochambeau”
February 6, 2009 – 2:52 pm
Here at Crikey Sports we are currently digesting the latest news of Carlton’s Setanta O’hAilpin hitting and then kicking team mate Cameron Cloke during an intraclub match today.
Now we’ve watched the video a thousand times (purely for investigative journalistic purposes and not for the perverse enjoyment of seeing Carlton players belt each other) and we’ve [...]
Is Lara Bingle the Yoko Ono of Australian cricket?
February 6, 2009 – 2:05 pm
Well it’s big news today. So much so it was the front page of Melbourne’s Herald Sun. Bigger than the economic crisis. Bigger than Rudd’s stimulus plan. Bigger than Jesus?
What am I talking about? If you don’t know, it’s the reported fight between Australian cricketers Michael “The Walrus” Clarke versus Simon “Fool on the Hill” [...]
Allan Border Medal: poor ratings proof of declining interest?
February 4, 2009 – 10:48 am
Firstly congratulations to Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke for winning last night’s Allan Border Medal — Australia’s prestigious award for the country’s best international cricketer for the past 12 months. You can find all the award winner’s here.
However, the Allan Border Medal — which screened at the prime time slot of 9.30pm managed to average [...]
Your guide to the Super Bowl
February 2, 2009 – 8:00 am
If you are like most Australians, you have no interest in the NFL, except perhaps at Super Bowl time. This leaves you with a decision to make about which team to barrack for in the big game. So, I will help you decide.
You have probably heard that Ben Graham, punter for the Arizona [...]
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