The gravel in your sporting ice cream.
Goalkeeper fuckup of the week – ball-boy’s the twist here
My bowling knowledge extends to the Big Lebowski but not much further – this guy DOES get deeply impressive sideways movement, though
VCR hack! I found a MySky HD box in the office toaster this morning
What happens now? I didn’t know it was loaded! You’re fired
Wussiest. Hockey Fight. Eva. This guy looks like a frickin’ Emo missing out on a Chuck Taylor sale. I thought the NHL was meant to be big tough lumberjacks and that?
I would love to see the All Blacks medics get involved like this, maybe with a ball and all tackle on the line, or some off the ball action at ruck time.
Back at work? Not happy? Skive off with a few rounds of Test Catch Cricket. It’s no penguin toss, sadly.
Bunch of hipster-types go to Austin, Texas to ride track bikes with Lance Armstrong. He kicks their arse.
2008 lacked last year’s dangling carrots of World Cup glory, or the crushing, crushing disappointment. Still, with the Olympics and Euro 2008 to go with full Rugby and Cricket programmes, there was plenty to watch, write and bet online about. Here’s what I learned:
Crusaders fans threatening to support Australia against the All Blacks have very short attention spans
TV reporters going to find Crusaders fans threatening to support Australia against the All Blacks look very foolish indeed
Graham Henry and Richie McCaw are pretty good at what they do
Even that won’t get Rattue back on side
The Black Caps are an effective test cricket side like a Jelly Tip is an effective sunhat
Ricky Ponting gets pretty narky when he loses
But then Andrew Symonds, Micheal Clarke, Mike Hussey and Brett Lee aren’t as good as we thought they were. At least Ponting can bat
Australia’s fall is a god send for sports writers and columnists filling word count over the holiday break
Hayden Roulston is a shit hot cyclist on the track and the road, and is just a fucking cool guy
Lance Armstrong is on Twitter
Even the Rugby League World Cup got exciting toward the very end after all
It’s not quite the same without Flem
Juande Ramos isn’t as good as I thought
I had to re-think my dim view of Harry Redknapp
Iain O’Brien is a pretty decent cricketer and blogger
W e can win Olympic golds after all
The Tour De France reached yet another low point despite the cool bikes – roll on 2009
Just getting rid of Bracewell isn’t going to fix everything
sportreview.net.nz related learnings include:
It’s nerve-wracking but fun to sit alone in a broom-cupboard-like studio to talk on the radio. I was stoked to be asked, and with with how it came out, managing to get a few pre-rolled zingers in
Bloggers don’t get picked to coach the Black Caps too often
I enjoyed scanning old photos and writing up my fav stadiums and trips
Robbie Deans is a double agent
Even with 15 minutes’ trouble to set up a CafePress store, people don’t buy your shit
PowerPoint is still the best for making cartoons
There’s nothing like a semi-organised cartoon archive
Kids make blogging time scarce – must focus
This year I really enjoyed JRod’s blog, and Hadyn Green’s Field Theory was always good for a Friday afternoon uniform debate. I met Graeme for a beer and to talk tactics. I joined Twitter, quit, and got back on it. This was my first year on a proper domain and on wordpress, and I’m very happy with both.
Thanks to everyone that’s read, commented and linked to sportreview.net.nz – I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Sometimes this blog feels like a ‘if a tree falls in the forrest, does anyone hear it’ situation, but I love doing it – your participation is much valued. I go by Wil Wheaton’s adage that “it doesn’t matter how many people ‘get’ your work, as long as the right people do’. You’re the right people. Ta.
This clip features the most painful *sound* ever featured on this blog.
Football’s Jonathan Kaplan. Double yellow IS a pretty sweet move, I have to say.
The eight most underrated muppets. I’m a lefty man, myself.
As soon as sportreview jr is old enough, he’ll be doing this kind of thing. But more likely this.
Jimmy Conners is a legend.
Baseball is generally boring. However, I DO like the idea of people throwing peanuts at you.
Badly Injured Man Not Done Partying Yet – “I tried to tell him sprains don’t heal themselves, but he kept calling me a pussy and telling me to chug.” Ah, this takes me back.
Don’t think this guy really gets what batting’s all about. Hitting the ball and that. You can see him thinking ‘F**king YOUTUBE’ on the way back to the shed.
Six classic footballs. Tango = 1982 = undisputed champ
Arsenal 4 v Spurs 4 fanzone commentators. They got too excited at the start and left themselves nowhere to go, really.
Sean of the Dead‘s Simon Pegg on Why Zombies Shouldn’t Run, He’s writing about E4’s Dead Set *opens torrent*.
You don’t want to mess with new Spurs supremo ‘Arry Redknapp. You can SEE his brain working.
Is your cat a little too comfortable helping himself in the kitchen? You need Blender Defender. I’m thinking about getting one in the office for anyone trying to nick me pens.
I think when you walk home tonight, there’ll be a rather embarrassed silence.
The hilarity continues – this time it’s David Beckham getting the Guardian Gallery treatment (number eight).
One flicker of Colin Meads’ eyebrows would shut this crappy blog down for good. This is what happens when you take him on.
What does a Spurs fan do after he sees his team win? Turns off the Xbox. Hilarious. Just you wait, fuckers.
Yuppies think they’re so smart. But now the stock market poked and their cars are turning on them.
I could play Stairway To Heaven when I was 12. Jimmy Page didn’t actually write it until he was 22.
Never get EXTREME, team – someone could lose an eye.
Great sporting losers – All Blacks feature, as do the 1999 Safas. But Brazil 1982 – here they are taking Ray Woolf’s All Whites to bits in a leisurely fashion.
RIP Paul Newman – not only is he a decent pool player, but he had a Volvo station wagon with a frickin’ V8 in it, too.
If you take on the Killeroo you will get your face eaten off.