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On holiday in Queensland this week, it's clear there are only two things going on in the world. First, a giant sinkhole on Fraser…
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Tomsula summed it up perfectly. “I can't say enough about his approach and the kind of person he is.…
Remember that Seinfeld episode where Kramer swims in the East River and an onlooker mistakes him for a dead body on the grounds that…
There wasn't that much cricket, just 18 days in all So we've taken up another sport in lieu of bat and ball Our batsmen…
There's no sugar coating this. This week is going to be hell in the office if you work with a Pom. Heaven help you…
There's a video of Florida State University player De'Andre Johnson, 19, hitting a woman in the face at a bar. It cost him his…
To the people calling Adam Goodes a sook, instead of going to work today, take the tools of your trade to the nearest stadium…
Try this exercise. Take your first and last names, put a ‘the' in front of them and a ‘brand' at the end. See if…
In recent weeks, we've seen some gutsy stuff from a number of Aussie sportspeople. Surfer Sally Fitzgibbons burst an eardrum in the second round…
It all starts when Dave Warner says wistfully he wants to tone things down in the backchat department. Go for it mate, says captain…
The FIFA Women's World Cup has been a cracking tournament and a revelation for many sports fans. It has also been an invitation, apparently,…
“Holy sh*t. Holy sh*t!” was how US sports website Deadspin began its match report on Australia’s defeat of Brazil in the FIFA Women’s World…
After a week of arrests and resignations at the highest level of the game, FIFA has some actual football to focus on. The FIFA…
The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in a graveyard. Already an estimated 1200 workers have died building Qatar's World Cup stadiums and…
Scene: The middle of nowhere. PETER MOORES sits on a log in front of a campfire, frowning, a spreadsheet on his lap. Ten men…
Mariah Carey had a selfie taken last week. No surprises there. It’s every self-respecting celebrity’s stock in trade. But this one was with a…
They were born almost 60 years apart, yet died within months of each other, both at the hands of the game they loved: one…
When Michael Clarke announced Sunday's World Cup final would be his last one day international, New Zealand cricket writer Jonathan Millmow accused the Aussie…
There were times on Friday night when I wasn't sure if I was watching a game of cricket or the Jim Rose Circus. Some…
You know that scene in Love, Actually when Laura Linney's character gets the tall, dark, handsome colleague back to her place and ducks into…
Nice analogy. And I don’t think it’s a nasty article at all. It’s a piece that points more to how we build people up too soon and before they’re ready. Let’s hope Agar gets an opportunity to live up to that promise he showed in that first Test.
Ashton Agar is the Macaulay Culkin of cricket
Lleyton’s the Shane Warne of tennis in terms of his grasp of strategy and court craft. Much better commentator though! Will be sorry to see him go but very glad he’s there to steer the new guys through.
Lleyton Hewitt: An underdog story
It’s great to see Hayne clawing his way back into contention.
49ers excited by Hayne's growth: coach
If I had to choose one to play for my life, it’d be Cahill hands down. He’s the Lleyton Hewitt of Australian football.
Harry versus Timmy: Who is our greatest Socceroo?
In her autobiography, Rousey talks about beating up her ex-boyfriend, MMA fighter Timothy DiGorrio after he apparently took nude pictures of her.
She admits: “I punched him in the face with a straight right, then a left hook. He staggered back and fell against the door.” She also “kneed him in the face and tossed him aside on the kitchen floor” and “dragged him onto the sidewalk and left him writhing there as I sped away.”
Any man who wrote that would be signing away their career. No such repercussions for Rousey.
I regularly call out sports-related domestic violence in the Foul Play section of my blog. I focus on men’s violence to women because that’s where most of the problem lies. But Rousey’s violence on the home front is just as inexcusable as Greg Hardy’s and Ray Rice’s. And that’s where I lose all respect for her.
Ronda Rousey and the dangerous glamourisation of UFC
Loved Lleyton and his Phar Lap heart from the get go. And I think he’s the perfect person to groom the younger guns, not only in the ways of tennis but on how to manage the pressure of public scrutiny.
How Australia warmed to Lleyton Hewitt
You’ll need to explain to me how you reach this conclusion, Balotelli.
Is sport losing its romance?
The thing I like most about this idea is that each year it would determine an overall winner in Test cricket. We have World Cups in the shorter formats of the game every four years but nothing in the Test arena.
Could a Davis Cup-type structure fix Test cricket?
This period is a test for Kyrgios and right now he’s not coping well with the pressure. But I’m hopeful he’ll come through it.
As for the Scud, his performance in the Davis Cup final in Melbourne, when he tore his pec up two sets to love and won in five, screaming in pain with every serve, is about the gutsiest thing I’ve ever seen on a tennis court.
Nick Kyrgios: The corporate athlete
Right on the money, Kaks. Sometimes ridicule cuts through better than anything else. And no one is more deserving than Sepp.
UK comedian Lee Nelson makes it rain for Sepp Blatter
Totally agree, Lee. I’ve paid nowhere near as much attention to the Tour this year because I just don’t know what I’m watching anymore – superhuman feats of endurance or a mobile drug factory.
Zero tolerance? Are you taking the piss?
And let’s not forget David Ferrer, who has mastered the That Was Really Bad Sex Grunt. His grunt always sounds so disappointed and half-hearted but I have to give him points for differentiating himself.
I’d like to see the players extend their capabilities beyond the single grunt and see if we can get a few twisting grunts with pike into the equation. The grunt is crying out for further development but seems to be stuck in a creative cul de sac at the moment.
It's time to praise tennis' grunters
In the past year, Krygios has gone from being a player with no expectations on him to now being a tournament seed. I don’t excuse the ‘dirty scum’ comment or the attempt to suggest he was directing him at himself but I can appreciate he’s going through a big professional transition and may not always handle that pressure in the best way.
Hopefully people like Lleyton Hewitt and Pat Rafter can give him the benefit of their experience and hopefully he can take it on board.
How dare you say that, Nick Kyrgios
I also loved the way she verbally took down Floyd Mayweather, saying she wouldn’t fight him unless they were dating.
The Ronda Rousey Effect has transformed MMA
And Mayweather’s cut could increase the funding dedicated to domestic violence eight-fold.
Great perspective, Riordan. Thanks for putting the outrageous numbers associated with this fight into context.
Five things the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight could have paid for in the Australian Budget
Great article. Even if they were going for PacMan, I don’t know how all those celebrities ringside tonight justify lining the pockets of a serial abuser.
Floyd Mayweather: Great boxer, terrible human
damo, your response is the best I’ve ever received on The Roar. Thank you.
Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Don't indulge the Money monster
Hear, hear. He’s a great talent, with a lot of fire in his belly. So he’s still a little immature. What 19-year-old isn’t?
Let Nick Kyrgios run wild
Excellent piece and couldn’t agree more. It astonishes me how so many cyclists past and present continue to indulge Armstrong.
Armstrong's spectre still looms large over cycling
Glad to help out, Scott. And great to see Putin put in his place…
Friday Funnies: Kyrgios missing from bad boy contest