Love Actually – The Balls Review

ballsofsteelandfury - January 18, 2019January 15, 2019

Author's Note: A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I made a public DFO bet, which I promptly lost. My self-inflicted punishment was to watch Love Actually and write a post about it. For a little chunk of space-time, DFO had a sister blog called "Bring Back

Why no one in LA gives a **** about the Chargers

ballsofsteelandfury - January 14, 2019January 13, 2019

As i'm writing this, the Fox crew is still showing highlights of the Patriots' convincing win over the Chargers in the Divisional Round. No one in LA except the players, the coaches, and their families is particularly upset about it. You may ask yourself why. It's actually

25 Questions – Bud Light Queen

ballsofsteelandfury - January 11, 2019January 7, 2019

While we may dislike the company itself and/or the product they sell (my Mexican friends famously call it "pipi beer"), you can't deny that Anheuser Busch advertising campaigns are effective. Everyone remembers the three frogs, right? https://youtu.be/WkavReH4LE0 Modern Day Louisiana Everyone also remembers the years when everyone answered the phone by saying,

AFL Beat 2019 Off-season Report #1

ballsofsteelandfury - January 9, 2019January 7, 2019

This week, Rikki Tikki Deadly gets a team named after him These ladies are ready for their close ups. And Natalie Portman still can't believe the Demons were good last year. All of this and more on Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! AFLX AFLX is BACK! Sort of. Last year, the AFL introduced a modified form

Fun with Polls! NFL Announcer edition

DFOing Good

ballsofsteelandfury - January 9, 2019January 7, 2019

Last week, we posed two questions to the DFO audience related the brilliant TV show Bob's Burgers: 1 - Who is your favourite Belcher family member? 2 - Who is the best Bob’s Burgers supporting character? The DFO audience spoke loud and clear. Here are the results of POLL

Your (Day After) Boxing Day Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - December 27, 2018December 27, 2018

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So, funny thing... Your good friend Balls has no clue as to how to read a calendar! I had this post all prepped and scheduled when someone reminded me I was scheduled to do an evening Open Thread today, not yesterday. I'm always a Make A Margarita Out Of Lemons kind of

HAWT PRESEASON AXXSHUN! Thursday Night

WCS - August 9, 2018August 9, 2018

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WEEK ONE OF THE PRESEASON WOOOOOOOOOO.... Who's ready to watch sixth-round draft picks from Middle Tennessee State run into undrafted guys from Cal-Poly and Mount Union?! This is our methadone for the four weeks, before our six month heroin bender begins. 24 teams (that's 75% of the league; MATH!) play tonight. Here's

THE WORLD CUP IS STARTING!!!! Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - June 14, 2018June 10, 2018

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This is the moment we have all been waiting for! Shut up, tWBS! The wait is finally over and the real non-friendly games begin. We are starting at the ripe time of 4 AM Pacific because the Opening Ceremony to the 2018 World Cup begins at 6:00 AM Pacific and we need

World Cup 2018 Team Preview – Spain

ballsofsteelandfury - May 20, 2018May 20, 2018

You may remember my post about Spain from last year: Link That tells you pretty much all I want to tell you about Spain The Country. This post will actually focus pretty heavily on Spain The Team. Why? Because Spain is one of the five teams I think have a realistic shot to

AFL Beat – 2018 Round 8

ballsofsteelandfury - May 14, 2018May 13, 2018

We are back and I would be remiss not to thank my good buddy tWBS for filling in for me last weekend! It's been, what, three weeks since I've done this? I used to fill these with pictures of hot Australian girls, didn't I? If not, I do apologize. Now, where

Champions League Barca Tuesday Roundtable

ballsofsteelandfury - February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

I think almost every one of us folks on DFO that dig the soccer love FC Barcelona. There are a lot of reasons for that. They have an attractive style of play that values passing, possession, and attacking. Their coaching history is filled with innovators and all-around decent dudes. Oh,

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – AFLW Round 3 + AFLX!

ballsofsteelandfury - February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

This week, But first, we have all of the AFLW Round 3 results, an update on our tipping contest, and a recap of the AFLX experiment. All of this and more on Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! AFLW Round 3 The Round started on North American Friday Night with a hotly-anticipated clash