Who Would Tasmania Pick First?
With the relatively recent news that Tasmania is getting an AFL team, it prompted a big question in my mind. No, it has nothing to do...
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THE GUY WHO LIKES SPORT
Just another guy watching games and thinking things
THE GUY WHO LIKES SPORT
Who am I?
I'm just another guy who thinks his takes on various sports and pop culture are worth listening to. Are they? Probably not, but I need somewhere to air them. Yet another Bill Simmons impression. Anyway. I have a law degree, work a corporate job and wish there was something else that I could be doing.
This is that something.
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Watching the Tigers This Year Doesn't Make Me Angry. It Makes Me Sad.
There’s a certain melancholy that comes with watching Richmond this year. In a ladder bet before the season opened, I had the Tigers...
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This Can't Be Easy for Nathan Buckley.
This can’t be easy for Nathan Buckley. He seems like a nice fella, albeit he is one of the world’s most prominent FIGJAMs. Right up there...
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Tank Is The Best Lightweight in The World
Gervonta “Tank” Davis is the best lightweight in boxing. It was probably true before he destroyed Ryan Garcia on Sunday afternoon, AEST....
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Ross Lyon and Brad Scott are Singing From The Same Hymn Book
If you ask Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino they will say that they’re not copying, they’re paying homage to the great directors...
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Have the Cats finally run out of lives?
Terminal lucidity, also known as "the surge", is a fairly common medical phenomenon. It’s defined as an unexpected return of mental...
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Are the 2023 Tigers Ready for Broadway
I’m not quite sure if this year’s Tigers are ready for Broadway. We’ll find out on Friday night when they play a marauding, corridor...
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Tyson Fury is Damaging his Legacy
Tyson Fury is the single best heavyweight I have ever seen fight live. He is that rarest of beasts: the chameleonic heavyweight who can...
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Is Chris Fagan a Wartime Consigliere?
Chris Fagan believes in Brisbane. Brisbane is where he made his fortune. And he raised his team in a Brisbane fashion – from the ground...
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Tim Tszyu Is Not Just Another Nepo-Baby
So much of the lore around boxing basically amounts to poverty or hardship porn. Almost every boxing documentary starts with the story of...
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The Friday Night Footy Watchability Index
Welcome to the first annual Friday Night Footy Watchability Index! The concept of the gimmick is simple. All I’m doing is putting all the...
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AFL Would You Rather: Non-Victorian Edition (other than Geelong)
The AFL is a national competition. Has been for a while, as a matter of fact. People forget that, myself included. In my previous piece ,...
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Would You Rather? Preseason Edition
Would you rather have a teleporter or a time machine? Hawthorn fans would probably answer time machine, harking back to the halcyon days...
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The Ballad of Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski lost his last, biggest fight. That sentence is true and false. It’s true that he didn’t get his hand raised after...
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3 Irrational Fears for Richmond's 2023 Season
I’m writing this in early February, aka panic time. The excitement of getting Taranto and Hopper has worn off but the season is still a...
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Alex Volkanovski is Mr Inbetween
What more does Alex Volkanovski have to do? He is Australia’s best international male athlete by a Woolongong mile. He sits atop the...
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Davis v Garcia: Preview
While I’ve already covered all of the outside the ring issues that are stubbornly hanging over the fight between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis...
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The Darkness Around Davis v Garcia
For once, boxing appears to have gotten it right. A big fight has finally been made. In fact, this fight is probably the biggest...
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Would you Rather? Offseason Jargon Edition
AFL offseason reports about who is dominating and what clubs are thinking are as reliable as George Santos’ resume’. As fans, we just...
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What the AFLPA Should Learn from the Damar Hamlin Situation
I wasn’t sure about this article. It felt to me kind of like talking to an alcoholic about quitting drinking (or gun control in the...
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