Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Finals Week 1

Oh kids, do we have some great stuff this week!  Gather around and let Ole Balls tell you about this weekend's finals games! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! We start off with the surprise of Finals Week 1.  Going in, few people, me included, thought that the Western Bulldogs would

Your “Back To School” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: Drew Brees (pictured) & the Saints are talking about contract extensions. I guess being 30% of the Saints' salary cap isn't enough. I sure hope he doesn't starve on that $19.75 million he's making this year. Maybe he can feed his family using some budget tips from LaTrell

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 17

How do you define perfection? You may want to ask Dok Zymm as she picked EVERY single game correctly this week in our Footy Tipping Contest!  That, the week's recap, and much more on Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Round started with the blockbuster matchup of #1 Hawthorn vs #2

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 16

It's about time.  We have nine games to review with lots of finals implications.  Let's get started! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The Thursday Night Footy game this week (I'm still not happy about having to wake up early on Thursday mornings) had Port Adelaide hosting the Hawthorn Hawks for

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 14

So, um, about posting the AFL Beat on time.... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The image above could be used to describe my beloved Cats' performance this weekend.  Well, at least the third quarter performance.  But I'm getting ahead of myself... This was a weird week on the schedule.  There was

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Indigenous Round (10)

Did y'all like those cool ass guernseys? I dug blaxabbath's comment about the Western jumper so much I put it up as the banner quote.  I'm still giggling about it.  It is so true!  This week, the AFL Beat is coming to you a day late since there was a