Balanced Sports has again been published on Soccerlens, one of the world's leading football blogs. Matthew Wood had an article accepted where he asked "Is Jack Wilshere more valuable to Arsenal or to England?"
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Book review: The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons
Posted on 12:09 PM by Unknown
The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons of ESPN, has been reviewed on our affiliate website Books with Balls, where we review the books that guys with chest hair read. Or anyone, really, but you're definitely not going to find Jackie Collins there.The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons at Books with Balls.
A new coach, a new beginning
Posted on 9:30 AM by Unknown
Australia under Holger Osieck are proving a very different proposition than their time under the overly-watchful eye of Pim Verbeek. Where the Dutchman was cautious to a (large) fault, the German has endowed Australia with sensible selection policy, good play from his A-League complement and even the occasional 4-4-2 formation. He is the Anti-Pim and the players seem to be responding.Of course
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Next Great Challenge
Posted on 1:47 PM by Unknown
Ricky Ponting has resigned as Australian captain. And it could be the best decision he's ever made.Though his abilities with the wand are waning, Ponting still remains Australia's best batsman against the spinning ball and could provide a useful resource for his probable successor Michael Clarke. The decision to resign but not retire ranks with his most mature choices as a leader and is also in
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Book review: Crashed and Byrned, by Tommy Byrne and Mark Hughes
Posted on 9:12 AM by Unknown
This is a re-post from our affiliate book review website Books with Balls: where we tell you what we think about the books that guys read.By Ben Roberts.Golf, Tennis and Formula One motor racing tend to be eyed as being the richest of individual sports. The glamour that follows being at the top of these games is immense. What is always neglected is the picture of the rear of the fields – the
Friday, March 25, 2011
You've seen Team GB, now try Team Celt.
Posted on 2:26 PM by Unknown
In the midst of an international break in which England plays Wales and following the revelation that Team Great Britain will compete at the London 2012 Olympics it got me thinking: who would win a contest between England and the rest of the British Isles? This led me to begin playing with the idea of an all-Celtic Eleven.The Celts were the original inhabitants of Great Britain and much of
Balanced Sports published on Soccerlens
Posted on 8:36 AM by Unknown
Matthew Wood of Balanced Sports has been published again on Soccerlens - one of the world's pre-eminent football blogs -taking a look at Jermaine Pennant's ill-advised words on playing for England or for Ireland.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
It's all your fault, Carmelo Anthony.
Posted on 9:58 AM by Unknown
Since the trade in which the New York Knicks acquired Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks have won only seven of seventeen contests. Their loss last night at home to Orlando took them below .500 on the season (35-36) and for the first time since they were 8-9 on November 27th. The blogosphere is now asking if the trade was in error, especially given the price the Knicks paid - Wilson Chandler, Danilo
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Finally the AFL season can start
Posted on 3:51 PM by Unknown
This offseason has probably been the most dramatic in recent AFL history. And, not a moment too soon, the break ends tonight as Carlton take on Richmond at the MCG. Thank goodness - because as car-crashingly enthralling as reading about the "St Kilda Schoolgirl" and her ... err ... exploits has been, it will be blessed and welcome relief to jam match coverage in amongst the tabloid-style back
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
England's - and Capello's - Captaincy Dilemma
Posted on 3:50 PM by Unknown
As much as John Terry is unlikeable, he is a good on-field leader. This is why Fabio Capello performed a back-flip this week by announcing his reinstatement as England captain. It seems Terry, who was stripped of his title last year amidst a swarm of accusations about his private life, is the least of eleven evils. In a news conference on Tuesday, Terry admitted to "not being everyone's cup of
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Ponting Punted?
Posted on 11:59 AM by Unknown
Perhaps it all came about as a result of his run-in with Steve Smith. Maybe three Ashes defeats from four have finally taken their toll. It could be that his recent form - stunningly unresembling his best - may have marked his cards. But the Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Ricky Ponting's captaincy career could be in for its most stern boardroom test when the team returns from their
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Book review: Frith on Cricket, by David Frith
Posted on 3:19 PM by Unknown
A re-post from our affiliate book review blog, Books with Balls:Frith on Cricket, by David Frith
Balanced Sports published on Soccerlens
Posted on 1:02 PM by Unknown
An article on Arsenal's youth policy by Balanced Sports' Matthew Wood has been published on Soccerlens, one of the world's pre-eminent football blogs.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Pure Cycling: Cadel Evans - winner, champion, legend?
Posted on 9:22 AM by Unknown
Ben RobertsIn the past ten years Australia has largely ignored what a champion cyclist Cadel Evans is. Focussed solely on the dream of thumping our collective chest at the first Australian to win the Tour de France, the blinkers have filtered all other prizes that Evans has collected, and truly the way he has conducted himself.Cycling remains an incredibly misunderstood sport in a nation that
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Chelsea to scare United fans again
Posted on 10:59 AM by Unknown
To go all nerd-alert on you, the Jedi code states that fear breeds hate. In football circles that's not quite right: it's one or more of success, arrogance or tactics which breed disdain. To expand a little, Manchester United is a love-or-hate proposition due to their combination of success and arrogance; Sam Allardyce's propensity for ugly football means he'sproductive but unpopular almost
Posted in Champions League, Chelsea, Fernando Torres, Kevin Muscat, Man U, Man Utd, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, Sam Allardyce
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Einstein's opinion on Ferguson & Wenger?
Posted on 10:21 AM by Unknown
Albert Einstein once said insanity could be defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. So it is true with Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger.Sir Alex Ferguson was this week suspended for five games by the English FA for comments he made about referee Martin Atkinson in the wake of Manchester United's loss to Chelsea. The United gaffer said on seeing Atkinson
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Patriotism and Moral Conundrums
Posted on 7:18 AM by Unknown
Ben RobertsFor the resident of a lucky country such as Australia the world of sport is vast and plentiful. The sporting fan need not look far to partake in or enjoy the spectacle of many games. As I suppose it is with life, there is an inability for one sport to completely fulfil a sports lover such as myself; none provides perfection.My first love has always been and will continue to be cricket.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Chara's Pacioretty hit means a lot for NHL - and all pro sport
Posted on 10:03 AM by Unknown
Part 3 of our continuing series: An Australian on Ice Hockey. Part 1: You make excuses for the Habs Part 2: NHL All-Star Game shakeup a great ideaPart 4: Canadiens vs. Boston the Austin Powers NHL Playoff matchup Part 5: The Psychology of Choking The sickening hit Zdeno Chara delivered to Max Pacioretty last week has escaped further sanction as debate continues over the Bruin defenceman's intent.
Posted in Boston, Boston Bruins, Max Pacioretty, Montreal, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Sidney Crosby, Tampa Bay Lightning, Zdeno Chara
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Mohamed Bin Hammam to challenge Blatter's Presidency?
Posted on 3:23 PM by Unknown
It was Douglas Adams in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe who said "One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them: It is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a
Cricket: Jane Austen's World Cup
Posted on 12:34 PM by Unknown
by Ben Roberts For Anita, a Jane Austen lover and wife of a cricket tragic. It is often said that sporting teams will take on individual characteristics that differentiate them from others. Describing these characteristics need not be limited merely to the mundanely clichéd terms of sport; they can come from the literary world. Lying in bed thinking of how best to describe each of our World Cup
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Getting a move on
Posted on 6:02 PM by Unknown
by columnist Ben RobertsIt will soon be high time for Ricky Ponting to hang up the boots and retire his post as Australian captain. As is history's way it probably will take some time before the public feel any warmth in the memory of his leadership. But Ponting has presided over a team that can lay claim to continuing to propagate a modern scourge on the game of cricket.At the conclusion to the
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
World Cup Cricket: The time for Ireland to step up has come
Posted on 3:59 PM by Unknown
In their recent appearances at the World Cup, Ireland's results have belied their status as one of cricket's "minnows". In 2007 in the Caribbean they infamously defeated Pakistan, tied with Zimbabwe and triumphed over Bangladesh; this tournament they've already upset heavyweights England behind a whirlwind middle-order display and their group stage efforts are only just half completed. There's
Posted in County Cricket, cricket, Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan, ICC World Cup, Ireland, Trent Johnston, World Cup
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Monday, March 7, 2011
BYU shows stones in dealing with Brandon Davies dilemma
Posted on 4:04 PM by Unknown
NCAA Final-Four hopefuls Brigham Young University (BYU) last week caused sensation by suspending their most effective basketball forward Brandon Davies for failing to comply with the school's honour code. The code, which is based on Mormon beliefs and signed by every student attending the private school, states the student will be honest; chaste; law abiding; use clean language; a regular
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Ryan Giggs' Twenty United Years, Part 2
Posted on 9:38 AM by Unknown
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