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AFL Beat 2019 Round 15

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This week, How fun was this?!? Purple scarves are cool And I don't think they were listening Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 15 Recaps and Highlights Finally, we are BACK to our normal schedule of one Australian Friday Night game (North American Thursday night), five Australian Saturday games (North American Friday night/Saturday morning),

CFL Beat: Week 3

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School's out! We (Beerguyrob and myself, mostly) made it! Huzzah! Time to head up to the cottage and do nothing but drink 12 hours a day for this whole long weekend. Happy early birthday, Canada. A pretty quiet week this week in league news: After getting suspended two games for his

Monday Night Open Thread: Barstow Edition

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Friends, it has come to this.  We are On the Edge of the Desert, the annual Summer sports doldrums where finding non-baseball sports viewing becomes an increasingly desperate search for anything resembling competitive activity.  "I'll be up to bed soon, honey- I need to see how this last round of

AFL Beat 2019 Round 14

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This week, Do they both have their eyes closed? How can they see? Eyes Wide Open! Much better than the movie. And the Swans are rolling... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 14 Recaps and Highlights Finally, the byes are over! This is the last week of only having 6 games on

Even MOAR Multi-Cultural Awareness – Behold teh Afrikan Euros!

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    That's right, fellow white devils (and jiminy Christmas, where is Big Black Richard??) - BeIn is doing Norteamericanos a big favour and televising the 2019 Cup of Nations/Afrikan Euros.  Action kicked off yesterday with host Egypt (fuck off, Mo Salah) beating a game Zimbabwe squad, 1-nil. You get a triple-header on

CFL Beat: Week 2

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Hi again everyone. School's almost wrapped up in Ontario, and I luckily found time to sneak this into my busy schedule as I currently work through over 400 pages of student essays and exams that I have to mark this week. I hate my life. The good news is that

Your “I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Used This Yet” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Seems like it's going great so far: Giants #1 pick Daniel Jones was booed at Yankee Stadium yesterday. He laughed it off, saying the best way to make them be quiet will be to perform well on the field. Taking it personally? Giants GM Dave Gettleman, who sounds

AFL Beat 2019 Round 13

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This week, Caption contest? Caption contest! Caption Contest Number 2 If Buddy doesn't comment on this post, I'll be disappointed. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 13 Recaps and Highlights Once again, we have an abbreviated Round as only 6 games were played and 6 teams were on bye, including my Cats. However,

Your “Beerguy’s Opening Night” Saturday Evening Open Thread

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Evenin' folks. I'm not actually here tonight. (Some would argue I'm never actually "here" at all.) Tonight is the opening evening of baseball at my beloved Nat Bailey Stadium. I think it's my 27th season selling beer at that venue. Winewife is kinda tired of the whole deal, what with my advanced