Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 17

ballsofsteelandfury - July 17, 2016

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

ballsofsteelandfury - July 10, 2016

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

ballsofsteelandfury - June 26, 2016

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

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Peruvian Chicken. Let’s Get Primal!

laserguru - June 12, 2016

When I first started working at my current job, back in 2001, I had a team of 14 employees. This group was a really close group, family practically. Every day, EVERY DAY, they would sit down to lunch together just like a family and they would laugh, kid around and share

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Baby Back Ribs. Can I get a “Hell yes!?”

laserguru - June 5, 2016

Let's play a quick game: you have been given one food item and one food item only that you are granted full immunity from any negative health effects it may normally bring. Regardless of fat content, preparation or total calories, you are now free to consume as much of it

Euro 2016 Preview – España

ballsofsteelandfury - June 3, 2016June 2, 2016

What do people think of when they think of Spain? There is a reason I put all those pictures in that order. After all that delicious food, you're going to need a siesta. Spain is the land of my ancestors. Many of you know I was born in México but many of

Canadian Soccer – An Apology, by Sandy McTire

Beerguyrob - June 1, 2016May 31, 2016

Hi. Oops, my apologies for being informal. Hello, my name is Sandy McTire, and I would like to talk to you for a moment, if I could. I would like to speak with you about Canadian soccer. Specifically, if it's not too much of a bother, I would like to discuss with you

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

ballsofsteelandfury - May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

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

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Zero Grill Thirty.

laserguru - May 29, 2016May 29, 2016

I'm back and reasonably convalesced! Knee is feeling good and I'm ready to get the Sunday Gravy party started. Thanks to DJ Taj for filling in the past couple of weeks. I really appreciate it and I hope everyone got a little something from his posts. Before we begin today I

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Indigenous Round Midweek Special!

ballsofsteelandfury - May 26, 2016May 21, 2016

I love to write this post every year as it features the new guernseys that teams will use for their Round 10 games. The history of the aboriginal people of Australia is quite complex. Too complex for me to address in a simple post, but credit does have to be