Month: February 2018

Justin Thomas Owes Two PGA Tour Victories to Aussie Golfers

It almost seeded like a drought, but it was certainly a minor one, as it had only been October 22 of 2017 since Justin Thomas beat Marc Leishman in a playoff to win the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges Golf Club on South Korea’s Jeju Island. Thomas needed another playoff yesterday to take the Honda…

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Ablett Limps Off from Simulated Game with Minor Hamstring Stiffness

Recent news out of Geelong suggest that Gold Coast Suns bolter and two-time Brownlow medal winner Gary Ablett is nursing a minor hamstring sprain and is doing everything in his club’s and his power to be ready for a Round 1 match with the Melbourne Demons when the two clubs begin home-and-away play in the…

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Aussie Mawson Moving Up the Ranks Hopes to Drive F1 One Day

Joey Mawson, an Aussie race driver, will compete in the GP3 Series as he chases his ultimate goal, a spot on the grid of the F1 circuit. He has a ride with Arden motorsport, a team owned by one of the main men of the Red Bull Racing Team, Christian Horner. GP3 is a nine-race…

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Karmichael Hunt Free to Travel Overseas Linked to France and England

Karmichael Hunt was obviously relieved that the police decided to drop the cocaine possession charges against him from when he was arrested in a Fortitude Valley car park in Brisbane on December 30. His future in rugby union is yet to be decided, however, because there is a much lower burden of proof in union…

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David Morris Denied Repeat Olympic Medal Opportunity in Aerials

Sports that determine an outcome based on finishing order could claim to be a purer form of competition than those where subjective judging decisions are concerned, it could safely be argued. It would be purely ludicrous should the winner of a race of any kind be lowered down the finishing order because another runner was…

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Aaron Young Finds Silver Lining in Move to Gold Coast Suns

Is it a Man-Bites-Dog story to report that Aaron Young is happy to be at his new AFL club, the Gold Coast Suns? Young played 76 games over seven seasons with the Port Adelaide Power. Young felt that he was getting stale at Port Adelaide, telling afl.com.au, I just feel a bit rejuvenated. It’s a…

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Simmons Cries Foul Again and Again Over NBA All Star Snub

Ben Simmons apparently did not care for being snubbed by the selectors for the 2018 NBA All Star game, so much so in fact, that he took what for members of his generation was an unprecedented step. He took to social media to vent. All of our astute readers, both of you, will know that…

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Jason Day Only Aussie Golfer to Make the Pebble Beach Leaderboard

Through the first nine holes of the final round of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Jason Day is moving the wrong direction, having lost two places to the field. He is currently tied fifth and is one under on his round today. The hot hand at the moment belongs to American Chez Reavie,…

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Hunt for Karmichael Scalp Seems Likely to be Aborted

Innocent until proven guilty is one of the bedrocks of the justice system in any proper representative government and that presumption of innocence apparently is set to benefit one Karmichael Hunt. His lawyer says that the police will not press charges of cocaine possession against the Queensland Reds and Wallabies star, citing a lack of…

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UFC Strips McGregor Titles McGregor Claims King of Ireland Title

We personally can think of about 100 million reasons why Conor McGregor will shed few tears over losing his UFC lightweight and featherweight belts, but some McGregor fans might not stick around to hear the first 10, let alone all 100 million. Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight to determine a new champion in…

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