Offseason Events

Your 2022 World Cup México Preview

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The long and the short of it is that México, the land of my birth, isn't doing Jack Shit in Qatar except picking up tips on how to exploit poor people for cheapo labour. So, instead I will take this opportunity to tell you about the country in a format very

A Tradition Unlike Any Other (Ugh) Now, Post-Plague and Sort of Updated! Without Commets from Years Ago!

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Hello, friends. It's a tradition unlike any other. It's The Masters. I'm Jim Nantz, and it's my distinct pleasure to bring you one of the great events in all of sports. It's Augusta National Golf Club, the Mecca of professional golf. The pride, the heritage, the racial purity. Yes, The Masters embodies

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals Week 1 (continued) aaaand AFL Round 2!

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This week, it's all about one man: Lance "Buddy" Franklin became only the 6th person in the over 100 year history of Australian Rules Football to score 1000 career goals. It was a tremendous achievement and, as they say, THE CROWD WENT WILD. It was nice that it

Sundays With Litre, Now with Less Litre!

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Your illustrious host for the Sunday evening Open Thread is in Toronto this weekend for the Canada-Jamaica World Cup Qualifier game. This is important for two reasons: Canada needs just one point to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since the 80'sLitre has been running a Twitter account

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals Week One and AFL Round 1!

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This week, the AFLW Finals started! Sort of. Apparently, COVID went through the Collingwood team and their game against Brisbane was postponed. As of this writing, they still haven't figured out when it will be played. My understanding, however, is that a forfeit is not in play. UPDATE: THEY'VE

Madness, March Edition (or how I learned nothing about basketball from this drivel)

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Before we start with the preview, fill out your brackets and join us in the DFO Bracket Insanity group on ESPN.com by clicking here It's once again the time of year when, having watched about 26 minutes of college basketball all season, everyone becomes an expert on whether Butthole State can

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals and AFL previews!

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This week, the regular season ended. Also, I must share this glorious mullet once again: And I must share two more things: Our Collingwood hero has fixed his glassesAnd he has gone full blond! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Finals are about to start! Let's get right to it! *** Week 10

AFL Beat! AFLW Round 9 and AFL Preview Part Deux

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This week, we are back to a regular schedule! Also, I must share this glorious mullet one more time: Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! There is some normalcy and the Finals picture is getting clearer. Let's get right to it! *** Week 9 Recaps St. Kilda Saints 18 - 9 Geelong Cats If

AFL Beat! 2022 AFLW Round 2

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This week, there was havoc caused by COVID on the schedule, some frontrunners are appearing, and last year's Wooden Spooner notched its first win of the year! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! I hope you all were able to see the notice I put in the Sexy Friday