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- 07/04/09
| Name: | bill pennington (no, not that one) |
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| Location: | Australia, but reasonably peripatetic |
| Member since: | June 26, 2004 |
| Last visit: | July 04, 2009 |
owlhouse has posted 86 links and 1470 comments to SportsFilter and 11 links and 544 comments to the Locker Room.
Ashes 2009 Pointscore Contest: Cricket's oldest rivalry continues with Australia's tour of England this (northern) summer. At stake - a small urn, and bragging rights between the Poms and the Convicts. The pointscore competition returns to SpoFi. The First Test begins on July 8 in Cardiff. Have a go ya mug - details inside.
posted by owlhouse to fantasy at 01:08 AM on June 26 - 12 comments
Doon With The Toon: Newcastle fail to survive in the English Premiership. Devastated Geordies had some minor consolation because northeast rivals Middlesbrough also join them in the second tier next season.
posted by owlhouse to soccer at 10:02 PM on May 24 - 18 comments
From Canada to Australia, and From Rugby to Australian Rules: Mike Pyke's singular journey as a professional footballer.
posted by owlhouse to other at 09:02 PM on April 30 - 2 comments
One Step Closer: AFC Wimbledon, a club formed by supporters when the League hierarchy moved their team, are promoted again. Now only one division away from a return to the League. Grown men cried.
posted by owlhouse to soccer at 11:15 PM on April 28 - 6 comments
Jamaica's Champs: The nursery of World and Olympic champions like Don Quarrie and Usain Bolt. Asafa Powell, not so much.
posted by owlhouse to olympics at 03:06 AM on April 06 - 1 comment
Seconded.
(Meaning I agree with the feature request, because obviously you can't second a question.)
posted by owlhouse at 11:08 PM on June 30
And of course Donovan was totally committed to Bayer Leverkusen when he was there.
/Not defending Beckham - can't stand either of them.
posted by owlhouse at 08:44 PM on June 30
Ban them? No, then you'd have to ban others like the English guy with the trumpet who plays the theme from the Great Escape for 90 minutes.
Provided England qualify. It's still annoying, but he's classically trained, you know.
posted by owlhouse at 05:18 PM on June 29
I don't know, Drood. I think I prefer Aardhart's and brainofdtrain's attitude.
When Guus Hiddink took over the Australia job before the 2006 World Cup, he said he admired the fact that the Australians, on any given day, felt they could beat anyone, including Brazil. Hiddink's psychological preparation was already done.
Donovan acts and plays like a man with severe confidence issues, especially when it's time to dig in and fight. A few others also went missing in the second half. Sure, losing to Brazil is not a bad result, but if the administration, the fans and the media are satisfied with losing, then things won't change.
posted by owlhouse at 03:02 AM on June 29
I remember at the last World Cup, thinking that Clint Dempsey was the type of player that the US needed in order to do well against the top sides. As the Brazilians say - someone has got to carry the piano.
He is now more important than ever for you guys after this tournament. I hope he's getting the recognition he deserves, for someone who isn't a flashy player.
posted by owlhouse at 09:23 PM on June 28
This particular physics graduate liked the article. However, knowledge of aerodynamics made me understand how to swing a cricket ball, but never helped me to actually do it.
posted by owlhouse at 08:19 PM on June 28
This is the kind of thing that gives the Mosley family a bad name.
posted by owlhouse at 05:03 PM on June 28
Bo - the second link has the itinerary and fixtures on the front page. Just click on the 'complete fixtures' tab for the full list of the Australian matches on tour. The Test matches are in bold.
posted by owlhouse at 02:29 AM on June 28
I might as well go first:
Orstrayans:
Ponting Johnson Haddin
England:
Cook Pietersen Sidebottom
Tie break: Australia to win 2-1.
posted by owlhouse at 01:28 AM on June 26
This is how it works.
There are five Test matches, the schedule is in the link above. Each Test lasts a maximum of five days - with each side batting twice (unless...but you get the drift). Everyone bats and fields, but not everyone bowls.
Pick three players from each squad - that is, three Englishmen and three Aussies. Each player scores you one point per run as a batsman, twenty points per wicket as a bowler and ten points per catch as a fieldsman. The winner will be the highest total number of points after all five Tests have been played. I'll update the scoring after each Test is complete.
BUT - while you pick three players from each team, only your best two players from each side in each Test will count. This is to allow for injuries, non-selection and any of the myriad of weird occurences that happen over a prolonged Test series.
Tips: Pick at least one batsman and one bowler from each side, while the third player could be an all rounder. This site has more information. If you click on the 'Squads' box at the bottom, each players' career statistics are available.
As a tie breaker, also pick which side will win the Ashes series, and the margin. Remember that Tests can be drawn (or very rarely, tied). There are five Tests this current summer. In 2005, England won 2-1 from 6 Tests, while in Australia in 2006-07, Australia won 5-0 from five tests.
Good luck, and... play.
posted by owlhouse at 01:23 AM on June 26
This from a commenter in the Grauniad:
A long time ago, Swells reviewed my band in the NME. He said we were "the worst band in the world ever. Except Suede." At the time I was quite bitter but he was almost certainly right. Many years later, I found myself in the position of subbing some of his weekly sport columns on this site. An evil side of me thought that I could get my revenge by mercilessly chopping his work apart. Except it turned out there was never anything I could bring myself to remove.
posted by owlhouse at 12:34 AM on June 26
And if you're in Terra Australis, you can't see any games at all.
But so the fuck what:
Toronto by 17 Calgary by 6 Edmonton by 11 BC by 7
I'll be putting up an Ashes contest shortly - I expect you all to enter.
posted by owlhouse at 09:05 PM on June 25
This is just too sad. We'll miss him - he wrote about sport with a love and a passion.
posted by owlhouse at 05:29 PM on June 25
Phil Mickelson hits backwards better than you hit forwards
So he hits better than me right handed as well as left handed, backwards as well as forwards.
Not surprising in my case, as I'd be lucky to get around Winged Foot in a hundred and eighty three.
Thanks, JJ.