New Zealand
Something really awful
The Something Awful goons are getting behind Hockey Scores, a cacophony of bleating, crying, and drums that sound like something Chris Knox would make when he came home pissed, voting it to become the theme for A Big Serious Hockey Program - and the hockey fans aren’t happy.This kind of thing is, of course, brilliant, and should be encouraged in this country.
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Links on Friday
Pulp Sport’s Bill and Ben invent Crugby. I imagine Lance Cairns would be good at this. And Jerry Collins.It’s Man U v Chelsea in extra time of the Champions League final. Some people drank to settle their nerves. Some couldn’t watch. This Chelsea fan decided a very public Sherman Tank was the way to go. Full credit: Haydn Dropkick
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Tour photography
Boston.com’s big picture blog points to an amazing series of photos from this year’s tour, including a tilt-shift shot of the peloton, and Devil Guy.
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London. It’s fantastic, and it’s holding the Olympics after China - but surely that crap mascot can be improved?The BBC’s John Motson is yer archetypal statto / sheepskin coat-clad football commentator - but he’s still got a potty mouth
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Bike of Le Tour so far
Britain’s David Millar (here he is talking to Rough Ride’s Paul Kimmage) may have placed third in this morning’s time trial, but he definitely takes the cake in bike design - here’s his time trial machine, complete with Union Jack wheels to match his British TT championR
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Rejected All Black PR initiatives
Competition to find New Zealand’s ‘Fully Fanatic Family’. First prize - Mum, Dad and the kids take on Ma’a Nonu, Brad Thorne and Greg Sommerville at bullrush during the ONE News Hour. Hosted by Tony VeitchNZRFU endorsed ’street gangs’ with official gang signs, black bandannas and spray paint. ‘Don’t kick it, pass it’ tagging competition winners awarded their weight in WeetBixFat Freddy’s Drop, Official Band of the All BlacksSteve Hansen bouncy castle
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Le Tour
Le Tour started early yesterday morning - here’s the best places for coverage on the web:
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Cowan: “Hey, I was drunk!”
SRPA: Disgraced All Black Jimmy Cowan made it clear he was out of his mind with drink at the time of the late night incident that jeopardised his All Black place. “I was fucko, eh. I’m talking 24 Woodys, a White Russian and $15 of chips.”
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Smith disgusted with everything
SRPA: Popular commentator Ian Smith pulled no punches after Wednesday’s Grant Elliot run out controversy. “I’m absolutely disgusted at Paul Collingwood’s decision making. To think this guy is captaining England, birthplace of the game… it really makes you wonder. That kind of thing has no place in the international game” said Smith, adding he wouldn’t mind smashing Collingwood’s face in.
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Links on Friday
Can Piswiddle win the ashes? - Mitchell and Webb cricketing stupidity ahoySome guy wandering around booting footballs into places he shouldn’t, brilliantly.Little Gary Neville takes life awfully seriously - here he is refusing to shake hands with old mate Peter Schmichael, who went to play for the other guys. He doesn’t look too bothered, though.
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Portrait of the blogger as a young drunken idiot
Having embraced this revolutionary scanner technology, I’m going to fire up some photos from the vault. You can click on the photos to make them bigger.
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England's worst tour yet?
The 1997 'Tour from Hell' of the English rugby team to the Antipodes may be about to come against some competition in 2008.
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Links on Friday
Some tennis guy kills a pigeon. Turns out one of the players is part of the scientologists’ avian wing. Bet he wishes he had Tom Cruise’s number now.From their mad-eyebrowed coach to Tierry Henry, France were crapper than sandpaper undies at Euro 2008. Even their coach driver was woeful.
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If you’re going to get flogged, get flogged in style
Me no blog much lately. New baby and all that.
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