Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 17

How do you define perfection? You may want to ask Dok Zymm as she picked EVERY single game correctly this week in our Footy Tipping Contest!  That, the week's recap, and much more on Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Round started with the blockbuster matchup of #1 Hawthorn vs #2

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 16

It's about time.  We have nine games to review with lots of finals implications.  Let's get started! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Thursday Night Footy game this week (I'm still not happy about having to wake up early on Thursday mornings) had Port Adelaide hosting the Hawthorn Hawks for

Your “Seriously, Competitive Eating?” Fourth of July Open Thread

NFL News: (21 days until training camps open) Marquise Goodwin finished 7th in the long jump trials, and thus won't be going to Rio, which disappoints Rex Ryan on a number of levels. The NFL rule book has been published online for accredited media members. According to PFT, the main

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 15

We are FINALLY done with the Bye weeks!  This was the last of the Bye Rounds and we will return to our regular schedule next Round.  In the meantime, what happened this week? Quite a bit, actually.  Let's dive in. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Again, we had a Thursday Night

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 14

So, um, about posting the AFL Beat on time.... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The image above could be used to describe my beloved Cats' performance this weekend.  Well, at least the third quarter performance.  But I'm getting ahead of myself... This was a weird week on the schedule.  There was

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 13

Ok, so since there are only 6 games this weekend, that means I should be able to get the AFL posted at the regular time, right? Well.... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We do our best around here, that's all I can say.  Let's get right to the action!  This

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 11

Once again, apologies for posting the AFL Beat later than usual.  I really need to get a spare key made for the DFO Clubhouse... This week, to make up for last week, we meet not one but TWO AFL footballers, we review this week's results, and we look at where we