The Dugout – Guess Who's Baaaaaack!
Hey so not only did Jarryd Hayne make the active playing squad for the San Francisco 49ers’ but the bloody lad started too!
Fast Break Report #17: Heat Checking for the Summer
When it comes to celebrating milestones, the Breakers are pretty decent.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 16
The thing with this stage of the season is that some games are absolutely crucial and others are… pretty irrelevant.
The Dugout – OBJ vs The Normanator
Folks, we have ourselves one A-Grade NFL slice of beef on our hands. New York Giants star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr vs Carolina Panthers star cornerback Josh Norman.
Fast Break Report #16: The Less We Say the Better
Kirk Penney has played many great games of basketball in New Zealand but this wasn’t meant to be one of them.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 15
Khalil Mack just soared into the lead in the 2015 sack race. Welcome to the limelight, Big Mack.
The Dugout – Bad Breaks and Big Streaks
Sometimes it only takes that one injury for an entire season’s work to disappear into smoke at the whim of some cruel fate. Ask Dallas Cowboys fans this year. Or Oklahoma City Thunder fans the last three years.
Fast Break Report #15: Overthrowing the Kings
Once again, home court has been defended and the question is seriously starting to be asked: Are the Breakers championship favourites?
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 14
Still nobody can stop Carolina Panthers. Twelve have tried and twelve have failed. In 2015, Cam Newton is spelled: M-V-P.
The Dugout – Tongues Out for the Boys
He may not shoot threes like Steph Curry (on place for 434 this season!) or have his own font like LeBron James, but Steven Adams can cross suckers over with the best of them.
Fast Break Report #14: Won for the Road
As well as the Breakers have played recently though, they’d still only won one away game this season until this one.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 13
Last week I broke the Patriots’ winning streak and you’ll never know how much that means to me. Damn Pats fans, this team is wasted on them...
Fast Break Report #13: Taming the Cats
Fresh off of a close loss in Perth the other day, the Breakers were right back at it against the Wildcats again in a game that held plenty of later-season implications.
The Dugout – The Last of the Class
And so we’ve come to the end. Or if not the end, then the beginning of the end. Kobe Bryant, one of the great artists in NBA history, announced his impending retirement this week in poetic verse.
The Postmodern Majesty of the Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors don’t exist. How can they? It’s not possible.
Fast Break Report #12: Some Very Expensive Free Throws
The Breakers went to Perth on a three game winning streak and with only one loss since Corey Webster returned. No small coincidence, that.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 12
This week begins with a Thanksgiving trilogy. Better than many Hollywood trilogies, although it’s no Indiana Jones.
The Dugout – They Were the Best of Teams, They Were The Worst of Teams
There's a pretty substantial difference between the Golden State Warriors and the Philadelphia 76ers. About the biggest difference imaginable.
Fast Break Report #11: Corey Webster Says Hello
Sometimes it takes a complete team effort to earn a victory and other times it just takes one star to get hot.
Fast Break Report #10: Good Enough is Good Enough
The Breakers dropped by Sydney for their one and only battle with recognised NBA talent Al Harrington and it was a game of many oddities.