AFL Beat! AFLW Round 9 and AFL Preview Part Deux

ballsofsteelandfury - March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

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

ballsofsteelandfury - January 18, 2022January 16, 2022

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

A modest proposal for the 2028 LA Olympics

ballsofsteelandfury - December 3, 2021December 2, 2021

As many of you know, I was born in México. La Ciudad de México, to be exact. That translates literally to "The City of México" but if you really want to understand México and the relationship between its capital and the rest of the country, you should

AFL Beat 2021 Grand Final Recap

ballsofsteelandfury - September 29, 2021September 28, 2021

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We had a championship game! Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Grand Final Recap Melbourne Demons 140 - 66 Western Bulldogs Don't let the final score fool you. This was a close game. Heck, the Doggies had their biggest lead of the game deep into

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Finals Week 3

ballsofsteelandfury - September 14, 2021September 12, 2021

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We are down to 2 teams and we have our Grand Final matchup! Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Finals Week 3 Recaps Geelong Cats 42 - 125 Melbourne Demons I told you it was an ass-kicking. The one saving grace is that I didn't wake

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Finals Week 2

ballsofsteelandfury - September 7, 2021September 5, 2021

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We've eliminated two more teams. Which ones were they? Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Finals Week 2 Recaps Geelong Cats 103 - 68 GWS Giants It was a much different performance this week from the Cats than last week. The same could be said for

A Celebration of Bosses – Sunday Open Thread

Don T - September 5, 2021September 5, 2021

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Labor Day is tomorrow so I think it’s the proper time to recognize the unheralded titans: bosses. Bosses give so much, especially to your incompetent coworker who always gets help from you. So little is asked of bosses: pay on time, provide equipment or cover expenses, and be gullible about

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Finals Week 1

ballsofsteelandfury - August 31, 2021August 30, 2021

Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We've eliminated two teams. Which ones were they? Let's see what happened. *** AFL 2021 Finals Week 1 Recaps Port Adelaide Power 86 - 43 Geelong Cats I woke up early for work and turned on the game just to see that Geelong was getting its ass kicked.

AFL Beat 2021 AFL Week 23

ballsofsteelandfury - August 24, 2021August 22, 2021

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

ballsofsteelandfury - August 17, 2021August 16, 2021

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!

ballsofsteelandfury - August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

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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

ballsofsteelandfury - August 10, 2021August 9, 2021

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.