In connection with my desire to fully keep up with the J-pop industry, I’m planning to do a weekly round-up of any new releases that have caught my ear. Some of these may have been covered on the blog already, but my hope is that… Read More »New & Noteworthy J-pop of the Week (March 3, 2024)
Australia are 1-0 up in the Frank Worrell Trophy after a commanding 172-run victory over New Zealand in Wellington – but it was very much the usual suspects doing the bulk of the work. With 10 wickets, Nathan Lyon was front and centre once more… Read More »Every Aussie rated from first Test vs New Zealand: Green and GOAT great, Marnus misery as batting woes deepen
Australia’s hopes of two trans-Tasman wins in Super Round have been denied by a whisker, as the Hurricanes beat the Reds 38-33 in golden point at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon. In a cracking, tit-for-tat clash where the margin was no greater than seven… Read More »Reds rue missed ‘moments’ as Hurricanes get up in golden point to deny Australia another Super Rugby win
Another pre-season match, another team showing they didn’t work on their goalkicking in the off-season. So it was for St Kilda as they withstood a North Melbourne second half fightback to head into the proper stuff with a 19-point win, made all the tougher by… Read More »AFL pre-season notebook: Responding to another dog shot, and admiring Mitch Owens
The NRL was able to deliver the best of both worlds in its Las Vegas double-header – a match full of thunderous hits following an end-to-end tryfest. Big hits dominated game two of the Allegiant Stadium carnival of league with the Roosters outmuscling the Broncos… Read More »Mam accuses Leniu of sledge ‘that’s racial in nature’ as Roosters combine magic with muscle to bring down Broncos