HOLY HELL MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF IS BACK… Your Thursday PGA Championship slash afternoon open thread

WCS - August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

Hawkey is back, the NBA is back (I think?), based ball is sort-of back who knows, football... again, who knows. All of that stated, golf has been back for six weeks. Granted, there aren't any galleries, so, it's been a bit strange, but, I'll take what I can get at

PLL end of group play update

Game Time Decision - August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

With the group play now done for the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), I thought we'd have a quick look at the standings and what's next. Tonight there's a TRIPLE header of games on the TV. You need NBC Gold and NBCSN, but there's at least a chance to watch it.

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXV

ballsofsteelandfury - August 3, 2020August 1, 2020

It's the start of another week. Hopefully you all had a good weekend. Congratulations to LemonJello for correctly guessing the Sexy Friday hidden theme. His guess was "Is the theme that we can’t see their faces? OR it’s that THEY DON’T HAVE FACES!" The AFL Beat will take over the

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 9 / Evening Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

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This week... We have just started a shitload of games in a row: We had quite a few blowouts: and IT'S SEXY AFL FRIDAY NEXT WEEK, BITCHES!! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Much like the Australian media, we don't really have much time to reflect upon the Round That Was because there is

PLL mid season update

Game Time Decision - July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

Back at ya with yet another lacrosse post. Today we're looking at the PLL as we're about half way through the group play of the season. So far the Chrome and the Archers are undefeated, while the Chaos, Redwoods and Waterdogs have yet to get a victory. Each team will

MLL year in review

Game Time Decision - July 29, 2020July 28, 2020

So, the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) "season" is over and your Boston Cannons are your Steinfeld Trophy winners. They won 13-10 over Denver in a tight game. The Cannon's open the scoring about 3 minutes in and then lead 8-6 at the half on a 2 point goal with one

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 8

ballsofsteelandfury - July 28, 2020July 27, 2020

This week... We have a shitload of games in a row: We have more upsets: and a soccer game broke out: Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was a very interesting week off the footy pitch as the schedule for Rounds 9, 10, 11, and 12 was announced shortly before I posted the

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXIV

ballsofsteelandfury - July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

It's the start of another week. Hopefully you all had a good weekend. The person that came closest to guessing the Sexy Friday hidden theme was King Hippo with his guess of "shoulders". We were looking for a bit more than that, but I know teh Hippo loves

Your July 26 Lesser Footy Open Thread: It’s Decision Day!

Wakezilla - July 26, 2020July 24, 2020

Welcome to Decision Day! With the exception of one game, every match has positional repercussions. Most importantly, the Top 4 and relegation are all on the line today! What sucks is that the league should have tried and flexed the games around so that not all games are playing at once.

MLL Mid season update

Game Time Decision - July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Hi all, as we are now more than half way through the MLL season after 4 days of play, it's time for an update. At this point it looks to be a show down between Chesapeake and Denver. The game tonight between them will be a good one. At the

Premier Lacrosse League Season preview

Game Time Decision - July 21, 2020July 20, 2020

Hi all, as we continue down the path of "sports" starting up again, this week we'll be looking at the Premier Lacrosse League ( PLL) as they start their "season". Similar to the MLL from last week's post the season for the PLL will be shortened and take place from

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 7

ballsofsteelandfury - July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

This week... A media star is born: A big surprise happens: and Robbie Gray has ice in his veins and teammates on top of him: Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was a very interesting week on the footy pitch. We had upsets, we had an After The Siren kick to win a