Offseason Events

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 10 / Sexy Friday Open Thread

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This week... We are in the middle of a shitload of games in a row:   and IT'S SEXY AFL FRIDAY!!         Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat!   Like last week, we don't really have much time to reflect upon the Round That Was because there is another Round starting tonight! The one new thing

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

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 9 / Evening Open Thread

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 8

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 7

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 6

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This week... A South Park character just might be the second-best player on the #1 team in the competition:   A Crow gets a new phone:   and the St. Kilda Saints St. Kilda Saint:   Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Thankfully, there were no off-field issues to report this week, so we can really just

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 5

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 4

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 3

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Re-Start

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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

AFL Beat 2020 Season Re-Start

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This week... We play games again! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This is the week we've all been waiting for.  Finally, the 2020 AFL season is re-starting!  Here is this week's schedule (Please remember that all times are Pacific): Round Two Thursday, June 11, 2020 2:40 AM - Collingwood Magpies v Richmond Tigers -

AFL Beat Post Quarantine Update #2

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This week...   Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Last week, some of you in the comments asked which team you should root for.  I did my best to make some suggestions.  Then I remembered I had put some stuff together in the past to help you pick a team.  Let's start