Offseason Events

AFL Beat 2019 Round 11

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This week, This was called a goal even though it was touched off the boot. DUDE! You got a bottle opener? And that's Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan Stadium Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 11 Recaps and Highlights It's too bad our normal schedule of one Australian Friday Night game (North American Thursday night),

Copa América 2019 Team Preview: Brasil

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As you all know by now, Brasil is the Land of the Ass. Please note that I will be spelling Brasil with the "s" and not the "z" because the country is called Brasil in its native language and it is also Brasil in Spanish. Where was I?

Losers No More! Champions League Final Open Thread

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It’s the biggest game of club fútbol and we’re getting the equivalent of a Vikings – Bills Superb Owl. "Can I deesterb you for a moment to ask if you would hold these two beers for me please", asks Jürgen Klopp to Marv Levy, for losing SIX finals. For Tottenham,

Copa América 2019 Team Preview – Bolivia

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El fútbol Boliviano no tiene gran historia. El equipo siempre ha tratado de... Wait, you wanted me to do this entire preview in English? Fiiiine! Bolivia is not well-known for a lot of things, fútbol being one of them. As I mentioned in the overall Copa América post, it

Your 2019 Copa América Tournament Preview

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Just when you thought that you were safe from the resident DFOers that love soccer and that, after today's Champions League Final, you wouldn't have to hear about fútbol for a while, well.... ¡No tan rápido, mis amigos! This year is a special year as we get

AFL Beat 2019 Round 10

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This week, This was PRE-game DUDE! NOT the hair! And I don't care who you are, that's fucking cool. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 10 Recaps and Highlights You know? I really enjoy our normal schedule of one Australian Friday Night game (North American Thursday night), five Australian Saturday games (North American

Your Indy 500 / Coke 600 Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread

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There is a pretty good ESPN.com article here that gives you a run-down of every entrant in the Indianapolis 500. It mentions that this is the one race, kind of like the Kentucky Derby that everyone watches even if they haven't seen a race all year. It's like

AFL Beat – Special Edition – Your 2019 Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round Guernseys

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This is my favourite "theme" Round that the AFL does to promote a cause or honor a group of people.  In this case, it is Sir Doug Nicholls, a pioneer in advocating for Aboriginal people's rights in Australia. You can read last year's post to discover about the man and

AFL Beat 2019 Round 9

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This week, Even the referee was happy that the Lions won This is your Mark of the Year And let me introduce you to Natalie Yoannidis in the green and Neroli Meadows in the red Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 9 Recaps and Highlights We are again on our normal schedule of one

AFL Beat 2019 Round 8

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This week, The Blues have The Blues (AGAIN!) A Showdown in the Dark And this is how you handball! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 8 Recaps and Highlights We are again back to a normal schedule with no Australian Thursday Night games for the foreseeable future. That means one Australian Friday

AFL Beat 2019 Round 7

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This week, The Blues have The Blues (sorry!) Something doesn't look right... And nothing to see here, move along. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 7 Recaps and Highlights We are finally back to a normal schedule with no Australian Thursday Night games for the foreseeable future. That means one Australian Friday Night

AFL Beat 2019 Round 6

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This week, A certain DFOer was at an AFL game this week! That same DFOer discovered we have our own Wharf! And that same DFOer got to see this Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 6 Recaps and Highlights The schedule continued being weird as the ANZAC Day holiday fell on Australian Thursday night,