TV3 RWC no-ads workaround

TV One's Facelift suggest another way in which TV3 might sidestep the no-Sunday-morning-advertising ban...

Alternative Rugby Commentary - promo

The latest bit of genius from the guys over at the Alternative Rugby Commentary...

South Africa v. All Blacks, Tri-Nations 2007: video highlights

Final Score: South Africa 21 - 26 New Zealand



Date: 23rd June, 2007
Location: Absa Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Crowd size: 51,861

SOUTH AFRICA: Montgomery; Willemse (Olivier 66), Fourie, De Villiers, Pietersen; James (Steyn 52), Pienaar; Du Randt (Van der Linde53), G Botha, BJ Botha (Muller 66), B Botha, Matfield (capt), Burger, Rossouw, Skinstad (Wannenburg 52)

Tries: Burger, James
Conversion: Montgomery
Penalties: Montgomery 2, Pienaar

NEW ZEALAND: Muliaina (MacDonald 70); Rokocoko, Toeava (McAlister 67), Mauger, Sivivatu; Carter, Kelleher (Weepu 69); Woodcock, Oliver (Mealamu 51), Hayman, Flavell, Rawlinson (Filipo 45), Collins, McCaw (capt), So'oialo

Tries: McCaw, Rokocoko
Converions: Carter 2
Penalties: Carter 3
Drop goal: Mauger

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 13 (video highlights)

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 10 & 11 (video highlights)

Manchester United 7 - Roma 1 (video highlights)

Just in case you missed it...

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 8 & 9 (video highlights)

Alan Patridge's World Cup 1994

The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding in this case ... is a football.

Worst First Pitch. Ever.

Mark Mallory, mayor of Cincinatti, throws like a ... what? Clumsy drunk?



Gotta love the umpire's reaction: "You're outta here!"

Borat plays cricket

From the ever-dependable Friday links file of Sports Review NZ...

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 7 (video highlights)

Roger Federer, being awesome

You've got to wonder if he actually practices this sort of shot, or if it's all just perfect, spur-of-the-moment brilliace.



Andy Roddick's reaction is great, too.

[cheers to sport review nz]

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 5 (video highlights)

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 4 (video highlights)

Yes, we realise round 5 has just passed us by, but we're relying on the goodness of YouTube users (and, in particular, user jombijombi), so there's a little lag between action and posting...

Chappell–Hadlee Trophy 2006–07: Game 3, video highlights

The last five overs of the second-best run-chase in ODI Cricket history, with the Black Caps managing to overhaul Austrlia's mammoth first innings score of 346 with 3 balls and one wicket to spare. Awesome...



Full scorecard here...

Will Carling nearly scores a try

"Just put it down lad!"



[hat tip - sports review nz]

Wayne Rooney: goal v. Portsmouth

Wayne Rooney shows a nice touch when he shapes to cross, or maybe to blast one home, but then chips the goalie from the edge of the goalbox. Nice.



From Manchester United's 2-1 win over Portsmouth.

The '85 Bears

As promised (in a yet to be posted podcast) The Superbowl Shuffle. This was a music video made by the 1985 Chicago Bears just before their first trip to the Superbowl (confusingly in 1986). They are only slightly better than Brett Lee.

Enjoy

Super Bowl Shuffle - video powered by Metacafe

When hoardings attack

A combination of wind and poorly anchored advertising hoardings leads to some interesting scenes at an American soccer game. The most amusing aspect of it all is that the first instinct of the players who get hit is to fall to the ground, clutching their faces in an effort to get a free kick.

NBA: Knicks v. Nuggets brawl

Ten players were ejected (all those on the court at the time), seven have since been suspended (with NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony getting the longest suspension of 15 games), and the Knicks and Nuggets clubs have each been fined US$500,000, after one of the biggest all-in brawls ever seen in NBA history.



From the Houston Chronicle...

It was the NBA's scariest scene since the brawl between Pacers players and Pistons fans two years ago. The league is still recovering from that episode, and Stern made it clear the players must learn to control themselves.

"We're going to go after the players who aren't able to stop," he said during a conference call. "We have set up the goal of eliminating fighting from our game. We haven't eliminated it completely."

Anthony's suspension was the sixth longest in NBA history. Mardy Collins, whose hard foul on Smith sparked the fighting, was suspended six games and Knicks teammate Jared Jeffries will miss four. Also, the Knicks' Jerome James and Denver's Nene were both penalized one game for leaving the bench area during the chaos.