Hackett: They were pulling my legs
Grant Hackett has spoken about the disqualification which has cost him a place in the 10k open water event at the Beijing Olympics.
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Hackett 10k Beijing dream over
Grant Hackett’s bid to win gold in the new open water Olympics event has come to an unexpected halt after he failed to qualify.
Triple Honour gives Boss third straight Doncaster
Boss has become the first jockey in over 80 years to claim three straight Doncaster Handicap’s, with Triple Honour holding out the fast finishing Casino Prince at Randwick.
Mundine: I knew it would go the distance
Anthony Mundine was full of praise for Nader ‘lionheart’ Hamdan after the Sydney journeyman took the WBA super middleweight champion the distance.
Mundine wins on points
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Anthony Mundine has retained his WBA super middleweight title with a clinical points win over Nader Hamdan at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Haumono improves to 14-0 and looks for bigger fish
Solomon Haumono appears ready to dispense with the chumps and chart a course towards world title glory after yet another brutal knockout on an Anthony Mundine undercard.
No more soup for you: Eli Manning sends Green Bay packing
It’s official: Taking Seinfeld off the air in Green Bay did not stop Eli Manning from sending the New York Giants to an unlikely Superbowl appearance, with the Giants beating the Packers 23-20 in overtime. Read the rest of this entry »
Records tumble in Pittsburgh mudbath
A bad game of football is a common occurrence. Par for the course. Then there are those rare matches that are so bad, the excruciation factor so painful, they become impossible to turn away from, like a car crash.
Four-play for the Romo/Owens show
Terrell Owens has played a number of superb games in his career. Playoffs, Superbowls, the man has outshone his mouth on many, many occasions. A regular season win at home over a 5-4 team might not seem all that momentous, however TO was in raptures as his 4 TD display single handedly dragged the Dallas Cowboys to a 28-23 win over the Washington Redskins.
Ellis retires from netball
Liz Ellis has announced her retirement from netball, after captaining
Cowboys hit lead against Redskins, 3rd qtr
The Dallas Cowboys have hit the lead for the first time today, leading Washington Redskins 14-10 with 1:05 remaining in the third quarter at Texas Stadium.
Australia wins netball final
Australia has regained its netball world championship title, with a hard fought 42-38 win over New Zealand in Auckland.
The ABC of complete indifference
This isn’t a plea to have netball replace Dancing With The Stars in the prime time schedule, however when a world championship semi final, involving Australia, isn’t deemed important enough to bump the kids cartoon Gerald McBoing Boing, then we have a problem.
Hot Tracy and quiet Yao struggle to put away Grizzlies
The Houston Rockets are struggling to put away the lowly Memphis Grizzlies, with the Rockets ahead 79-78 with 1:03 left in the third quarter at FedEx Forum.
Celtics 101 Pacers 86: The streak continues
The Boston Celtics have extended their unbeaten run to six matches, as their perfect start to the season swallowed up Indiana 101-86 at Conseco Fieldhouse.