Your Monday Afternoon Matchday 35 Lesser Footy Open Thread: Change is in the Air

Wakezilla - July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Hello sports fans, degenerate gamblers and people who want to procrastinate! Today's 3PM EST game is the lesser footy match of the week. We've got Satan's favoUrite team, the Manchester United Red Devils, taking on Daniel Craig's favoUrite team, the Southhampton Saints. Before I break this game down, I'd like to pull

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXII

ballsofsteelandfury - July 13, 2020July 11, 2020

It seems that North American sports leagues think the only way to get back to playing is by doing mini-tournaments. The MLS's mini-tournament is going hilariously wrong. First, the reigning league MVP, Carlos Vela of LAFC, decline to play. Next, FC Dallas as a team withdrew from the tournament

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 5

ballsofsteelandfury - July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

This week... Schedule? What schedule? The Cats didn't fuck up a momentous occasion and there are no more unbeaten teams left in the competition Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was yet another interesting week. Remember how last week the AFL issued the schedule for Rounds 6 and 7? Well, the COVID-19 situation in

Eventual Balls Thoughts XXI

ballsofsteelandfury - July 6, 2020July 5, 2020

Eventual Balls Thoughts today turns 21! While that's usually a momentous occasion in a young post's life, the truth is that Eventual Balls Thoughts has been drinking for years. This reminds me of Young Balls and how early he got started with the drinking. Balls' parents were very good

Your So Happy It’s Thursday Before July 4th Holiday Open thread

ballsofsteelandfury - July 2, 2020July 2, 2020

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Good evening, all! Your normal evening thread host, Beerguyrob, is off somewhere in British Columbia celebrating the end of the school year. That means you get me today and tomorrow. I did check with the authorities and they told me in very clear terms that I could not

25 Questions About…

ballsofsteelandfury - July 1, 2020June 27, 2020

This magnificent piece of brilliance: Thanks to Senor Weaselo's posts, I am ALL IN on Marble Racing. My chosen team, Balls of Chaos, seem to be the St. Kilda Saints of the marble world. Those of you familiar with the AFL know exactly what I'm talking about. Let me first

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 4

ballsofsteelandfury - June 30, 2020June 29, 2020

This week... We had 10,000 fans in attendance in Queensland We have an early Mark of the Year candidate and there is only one unbeaten team left in the competition Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was an interesting week. Off the field, the positive test that forced the postponement of the Essendon-Melbourne

Eventual Balls Thoughts XX

ballsofsteelandfury - June 29, 2020June 28, 2020

Inspired by Sharkbait's Friday drinking posts, I got myself a bottle of gin and started experimenting with some gin cocktails. The first one I made, as is tradition, was the Gin and Tonic. First impression: Gin is a very refreshing liquor! I was honestly not expecting that. I should

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 3

ballsofsteelandfury - June 23, 2020June 24, 2020

This week... Cats and Dogs are living together. A player has tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently a game was postponed. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Lots of weird things happened this week. Luckily, Footy will be able to go on. Despite the positive test, games continued as scheduled except for the game

Eventual Balls Thoughts XIX

ballsofsteelandfury - June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

I cannot more emphatically endorse the latest posts from Senor Weaselo on Marble Racing. OMG you guys, you have to check them out! The videos are a lot of fun and the announcer is really good at making the action interesting. It's part art vérité, part satire, and

AFL Beat 2020 Season Re-Start

ballsofsteelandfury - June 16, 2020June 14, 2020

This week... This is what it looks like to have fans at stadiums in the age of COVID-19. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Every game that the AFL played this weekend was played in empty stadiums. Except for one. The Showdown, the annual Adelaide Derby between the Port Adelaide Power and the

Eventual Balls Thoughts XVIII

ballsofsteelandfury - June 15, 2020June 12, 2020

Eventual Balls Thoughts turns 18 today! You know what that means! We're Barely Legal! I would normally embed a picture here, but there is absolutely nothing I can embed that won't get me in trouble. I recommend using Incognito Mode to find a suitable image you would associate