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- Member Since:
- March 2011
- Based In:
- Melbourne
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Geelong Cats
- Favourite Sports:
- Cricket, Football, AFL,
Latest Articles
NBA to NBL to China, but Patty deserves our respect
24 Nov 2011I wrote a few weeks back that if Patty Mills left for the NBA the next day, his stay in the NBL would still be deemed a success. A few weeks later, with the Tigers atop the NBL ladder and Mills the league’s scoring leader, Mills is leaving but, crucially, not to play in the [...]
Boomers vs Tall Blacks: a rivalry renewed
10 Sep 2011The Boomers and the Tall Blacks kicked off their three-game series at The Cage in Melbourne on Wednesday night. With a berth in the 2012 London Olympics on the line, both teams brought their ‘A’ game in a feisty contest that showed there was no love lost between the trans-Tasman rivals. It was a big [...]
The Miami Heat versus the world
15 May 2011The Miami Heat have been cast in the role of super-villains all season and have reveled in it. Playing on the road, to packed houses of jeering opposition fans, they compiled the NBA’s best road record, developing scowls and an f-the-world attitude along the way. But, is their villain tag really justified? Lebron has been [...]
Where the Celtics' season was lost
14 May 2011The Celtics started out strongly in the fourth season of the Garnett, Pierce and Allen era, as they battled for redemption after last season’s defeat to the Lakers in the NBA Finals. A string of injuries and departures, however, derailed their season, leading to the Lebron-Wade-Bosh triumvirate taking their own revenge and knocking the Celtics [...]
NBA Playoffs Round 2 preview
1 May 2011Of all the matchups, Miami Heat v Boston Celtics is the one to watch. After eliminating Dwyane Wade and Lebron James’s team in consecutive series last season, now the Celtics must take on both at the same time. Question marks remain over the Heat. Their lack of interior toughness is a concern but, without a healthy [...]
Round four’s AFL Footy Power Rankings
12 Apr 2011Let me introduce you to my Footy Power Rankings. It’s a subjective ranking of every team from 1-17 based on a number of factors including results, recent form, likelihood to win a premiership and anything else that matters. Without further ado. 1. Collingwood The Pies brushed aside their first genuine challenger in Carlton with brutal [...]
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