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Latest Articles
Thanks for the memories, Smokin' Joe Frazier
10 Nov 2011Boxing legend Smokin’ Joe Frazier has died after a short bout with liver cancer, aged 67. Philly’s favourite son reigned as undisputed heavyweight champ during the division’s toughest era, won gold at the 1964 Rome Olympics and slugged it out with bitter rival Muhammad Ali in an epic trilogy that started with the brutal “Fight [...]
International Rules is an international snooze
4 Nov 2011The AFL should do the humane thing and put International Rules out of its misery after the second and final test tonight on the Gold Coast. This mongrel breed of Australian Rules and Gaelic Football has finally lost its novelty value after thirteen years. It’s like the houseguest who long outstays their welcome: good value [...]
Coming soon: iconic Aussie sports movies
13 Oct 2011The Mad Chatter recently got up at all hours of the morning to watch The Jackie Robinson Story on community station TVS. Robinson was a six-time All-Star, National League MVP, World Series champion, Hall of Fame second-baseman for the famed Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named in the Major League Baseball team of the century and [...]
The best pre-game entertainment disasters
30 Sep 2011Let’s face it, the only reason anybody watches the grand final “entertainment” is to see an epic disaster. This week marks the 21st anniversary of perhaps the biggest horror show involving song, dance and choreography ever seen at a major sporting event. History books show that Hawthorn beat West Coast by 53 points to win [...]
Freo, heave-ho!
16 Sep 2011Nobody saw that coming, least of all Mark Harvey and the St. Kilda Football Club. Well, that’s not exactly true. Freo officials and Ross Lyon had obviously been in cahoots for weeks plotting one of the greatest acts of bastardry seen in ‘professional’ Australian sport. That’s a fair effort considering the calibre we’ve seen over [...]
Back to the future at Adelaide Oval
8 Sep 2011The first AFL match for premiership points at Adelaide Oval was a huge success. A bumper crowd of 29,314 turned up for the Port Adelaide versus Melbourne clash, more than double the Power’s previous home game against the Western Bulldogs. Port got up by eight points, a rare highlight in a dismal year, avoiding the [...]
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