The One Where Hippo Starts Watching Everton Again

Admittedly, the rumours around the managerial search...have not been encouraging.  There remains chaos and incompetence in the boardroom.  But fuck it, Useless Fuckwit Benitez is gone, and I can watch my beloved Toffees again. Which is timely, given that Everton/Villa are the wakey-bakey Saturday offering (7:30, USA).  Slippy G returns to

BattleBots Beat: Double-Double

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRpA9hDjK6w Minotaur had a fire. Tombstone had a fire. And Pain Train's batteries had a fire. Well, I can pretty much guarantee there will be fewer fires. If there were more fires I'd be pretty damn impressed because that would essentially be every fight. Onto the

AFL Beat! 2022 AFLW Round 2

This week, there was havoc caused by COVID on the schedule, some frontrunners are appearing, and last year's Wooden Spooner notched its first win of the year! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! I hope you all were able to see the notice I put in the Sexy Friday

BattleBots Beat: “Well, I Woke Up to Get Me a Cold Pop…”

Yup, we're starting out with a Sweet Brown reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWtD7x0J8xg And yet you still read this dreck! Welcome back to the BattleBots Beat! As far as BattleBots review columns go. I remain your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo, apparently chief correspondent on all non-human competitions—this, the Marble League Rolldown, McNally McMonster hunting seasons, and

Return of the BattleBots Beat: Your 2021* Preview!

*Sees it's Wednesday the 5th* Shit, I should probably write this. Greetings lizard people one and all, it's time for another season of everyone's favorite inhuman and therefore wholesome violence! Yes, it's the 2021 season and they're starting it on *checks calendar* dammit, Light Treason Day. Well, at least there'll be something