Offseason Events

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 23

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We've gotten to the end of the Home and Away Season! Finals start this week. Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 23 Recaps Western Bulldogs 64 - 66 Port Adelaide Power This was the first of many crazy and exciting games this weekend. Port

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 22

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Finals picture is taking shape. Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 22 Recaps GWS Giants 106 - 67 Richmond Tigers The Giants put one giant boot on the cockroach-like Finals chances for the Tigers. Funnily enough, other results assured that the Tigers are

Sexy Friday, Post-Olympics edition!

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I've decided to switch up the format of Sexy Friday a little bit. Change is good. Go with me here. One reason is that I've found that I need a space to put some stuff out there that doesn't fall into the traditional post categories. I've done serials with tWBS,

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 21

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We had some major upsets this week. Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 21 Recaps Geelong Cats 65 - 84 GWS Giants Because I wake up early for work, I tuned in at the start of the third quarter when GWS were leading by 31.

What’s In a Name? Saturday Night Openness

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I am taking over Saturday night duties.  Which, until JV NFL starts, will be kind of awkward and empty.  I don't even have EPL results to bitch about today (United humped Everton 4-nil in a friendly, but that's MOAR LIEK "sun rose in the East" kind of news). Someone mentioned (maybe

Sexy Friday, Almost the end of the Olympics edition!

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I've greatly enjoyed the Olympics. I think I've enjoyed them more because the coverage is more focused on the action itself instead of all the hoopla around it. I haven't seen one story about sex in the Olympic Village and I'm really happy about that. Which brings me

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 20

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! More COVID game changes happened this week in the middle of the round. Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 20 Recaps St. Kilda Saints 81 - 112 Carlton Blues Somehow, Carlton, of all teams, is still in contention for finals. Granted, it's because everyone

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 19

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! More COVID game changes are on tap for next week. Let's see what happened this week. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 19 Recaps Port Adelaide Power 97 - 69 Collingwood Magpies For the second week in a row, the first game had a 69 in the scoreline. I

Sexy Friday, Start of the Olympics edition!

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I'll be honest. I've got nothing for this week. I thought I had something and then the week went by in a flash and now it's 4 PM Pacific on Sexy Friday and I'm typing out my thoughts on the keyboard ahead of post time at 5 PM Pacific. Beerguyrob had a

The DFO Olympic Fútbol Tournaments Preview and Evening Open Thread

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We're in the middle of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa América (COMPLETED! Argentina is your champion.)Euro 2020 (COMPLETED! Italy is your champion.)Concacaf Gold Cup (IN PROGRESS!)Tokyo Olympic Games (START TONIGHT!) Today, we are previewing the two fútbol tournaments on offer: The Men's (more even) and

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 18

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! More COVID game changes, a couple of big upsets, and a couple of disappointments. Let's see what happened this week. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 17 Recaps Fremantle Dockers 31 - 100 Geelong Cats The Cats did a tremendous job of focusing on the task at hand with

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 17

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Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Let's see what happened this week. *** AFL 2021 Season Week 17 Recaps Port Adelaide Power 55 - 86 Melbourne Demons Big loss at home for the Power. They have not beaten any of the top 4, even at home, so their finals credentials are highly suspect.