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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Ironbar’s lesson for Melbourne Cup punters: watch your weights

It is the race that stops the nation, but, with 24 runners doing battle over 3200 metres, it is also one of the toughest horse races to punt on. Former MP for O’Connor Wilson Tuckey gives his advice on picking a winner in the Melbourne Cup.

Paul the octopus: the greatest psychic animal of them all

Today the world mourns the death of a simple mollusc who captured the peoples’ hearts by accurately predicting the results of football matches.

Why Mark Cosgrove is a hero to the big boned

So which other sports people have — despite being horizontally challenged — succeeded at the highest level of their chosen craft?

Spring Racing Carnival Jockey Wrap: Cox Plate — a Smorgy’s-esque feast for punters

This week Crikey’s Sport tsar Leigh Josey and SmartCompany Editor James Thomson begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting dissect the Cox Plate.

The Liverpool FC sale: a unique perspective

I haven’t commented on the Liverpool FC sale dramas because I was waiting for this..

The curious tale of the troll, the footy forum, a dare and a slab of beer

BigFooty’s Jamie Johnstone regales the story of a friend, who by trolling on football forum BigFooty, had his lie duplicated by the mainstream media. In the end it cost Jamie a slab of beer…

A Crikey Sports history of twin brothers who coached

The vast resources of Crikey Sports look to investigate this important, vexing question. This is what we found:

Australian cricket drunk and stumbling, refusing to admit there’s a problem

Australian cricket at present has a problem. That problem is that it refuses to admit that there is a problem.

Spring Racing Carnival Jockey Wrap: Caulfield Cup, lost dogs and the Vodka Cruiser index

Crikey Sports overlord Leigh Josey and horse aficionado James Thomson begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting are joined briefly by First Dog on the Moon as they analyse Saturday’s big race.

Spring Racing Carnival: Caulfield Guineas, a lovely meet to open proceedings

For serious punters, Caulfield Guineas Day is one of the best days of the Carnival.