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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Wordle of the week: every 50 plus game AFL player from every team

Ive made a wordle of each AFL club to include every player who has played 50 or more games — and it’s enchanting…

The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 5

Here’s a list of things more useful than Mitchell Johnson…

The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 4

To make lunch go by, here’s a video of the native British mammal , the Red Quirrell (or Sciurus vulgaris).

The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 3

Yesterday was all about Mike Hussey’s mojo.

The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 2

“In sport, a hat-trick (or hat trick) means to achieve a positive feat in the sport three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes…” — Wikipedia

The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 1

And so it begins…

Forecast for Miami? Cold.

What’s wrong with the Heat?  It’s the question on everyone’s lips in the NBA.  This afternoon they were thumped by Indiana on their own patch.  Without being too harsh on the Pacers, that just shouldn’t happen.  It’s still early in the season but things do not look good in Miami. Dwyane Wade is back from injury, [...]

The Monday Wrap: Cantona on banks, Knockout of the year and a little bit more

Welcome to a new Crikey Sports hopefully regular Monday item where I put a whole lot of unrelated crap from over the weekend from the world of sport in one spot.

AFL Draft 2010 does a Trioli

Maybe it was the Gold Coast weather — where the AFL draft was held — but it appears the heat got to a few clubs causing what ended up being a few hilarous bloopers.

Ice Ice Baby: the NHL is getting into the swing of things

Just over a month into the season the NHL is getting into the swing of things.  And as promised last week, here is a wrap of what has happened so far. In the Eastern Conference – Philidelphia leads the way in the Atlantic Division, Washington is miles clear in the Southeast and Montreal tops the [...]