Tag Archives: Football

A plea for an end to this vile injustice

Posted on June 20, 2010 by

On Saturday night, 24 minutes into the World Cup match against Ghana, Australia’s soccer public was sent into a spiral of confusion, anger, doubt and foul language, with the sending off of marquee player Harry Kewell. It wasn’t the first … Continue reading →

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America + Football = Progress?

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

I’ve just found out about this:  American Footy Star! It’s a genuine talent search wrapped up in a shiny reality TV show, and I love it. Putting NBA basketballers in the AFL was once purely hypothetical but now may be a reality. … Continue reading →

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NFL, AFL, cycling and helmets.

Posted on October 19, 2009 by

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all Malcolm Gladwell has written an article in the New Yorker that makes me think about cycling. The article is about American Football (NFL) players suffering brain injuries. They have a heap of head-on collisions that cause major damage to … Continue reading →

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The Grand Final

Posted on September 25, 2009 by

Tomorrow is the Grand Final. If you live in Melbourne you already know. It’s all over the newspapers, the news, the radio and now the internet too. Two teams face off. The Geelong Football Club – the Cats The St … Continue reading →

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Out for the count

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

What’s the point of football stats? If stats aren’t telling us something about who’s winning or who’s playing well, then it’s like counting the number of advertising stickers on the winning F1 car.

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