Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The champ has a name, and it’s “Gora Mermerby Escorpion!” That’s the name of the horse former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira drove to victory at a harness racing event in Argentina over the weekend, making this his second big win in two weeks. “Today I realized another great dream of mine, to win in […]
17-year-old Australian basketball phenom Sitaya Fagan has been all over the news this week after signing a scholarship deal to play college ball for the University of Southern California. https://www.basketball.com.au/news/aussies-in-the-ncaa-sitaya-fagan-joins-college-basketball-powerhouse-usc What has not been widely reported is how much the kid is being paid to play for USC. College basketball is nominally an amateur sport, […]
Only two teams this century have come from outside the top three on the final table, Brisbane Lions last year from 5th place and the Foota-scray (the Western Bulldogs) in 2016 from 7th. Based on those stats the only teams in with a serious statistical chance of winning the Grand Final are the Crows, the […]
By Mark Geenty ANALYSIS: Some cash-strapped national sporting organisations (NSOs) are in line for a funding boost as Sport New Zealand decides how to distribute a $20 million windfall from the newly-passed Racing Industry Amendment Bill. The big question is: how fairly will it be dished out, and will sporting codes who receive very little in […]
We recently expressed our opinion that the AFL had erred by allowing A-grade referee Nick Foote to continue his side hustle as a racing tipster sponsored by corporate bookmaker Sportsbet. In light of this video (at bottom) published this week on the 2Units website featuring Foot (the clean shaven one) and his business partner Dave […]
There is a continuing controversy involving AFL umpire Nick Foot’s employment by Sportsbet, with questions being asked about some of Foot’s officiating calls in the Collingwood-Bulldogs game on the weekend, and whether they were in any way influenced by his association with the bookmaker. Let us make our position on the issue clear. Nick Foot […]
You don’t have to be a genius to work out what’s happened in the Luke Sayers affair, pardon the pun. The bloke’s on holidays with his wife and kids in Italy. Someone sends a dick pic from his phone with a young female executive of one of the club’s major sponsors tagged in. 13 minutes […]
I almost fell off my chair yesterday morning after seeing that the bookies were betting $2.55 about Novak Djokovic beating Carlos Alcaraz. It was the overlay of the century The Joker has an outstanding record un hard courts, having won 71 of his 99 titles on the surfaces. Coming into last night’s match Djokovic boasted […]
If its not bad enough that the Australian mens netball team is called the Kelpies, then they come out and do this on the opening day of the Fast5 series. Rugby league hardman Norm Provan would be rolling in his grave. Surely if they had to do something like this they could at least have […]
Gout Gout is officially the fastest 16-year-old in the world. His times of 10.29 seconds for the 1oom and 20.69 over 200m confirm it. To put how quick he is in perspective, Usain Bolt holds the world record over both distances. His WR times are 9.58 and 19.19, and have stood for 15 years. And […]
