For many years I thought that the funniest sporting origin story I had ever heard was the “Fractured Fairy Tales” version of the origin of golf. According to Edward Everett Horton, the Fractured Fairy Tales narrator, golf was invented by a very clever King who came up with the idea of belting a little ball into a hole. The sport he created was so difficult that he, initially, … [Read more...]
State of Origin… it’s just not that good!
How often in recent years, after a close State of Origin encounter, do we hear from the commentary teams that the game was “one of the greatest in State of Origin history” or a “classic of the genre?” Lots, it seems to me. I, for one, don’t buy it. I find the hyperbole annoying. I have seen plenty of close and exciting games in recent years but I have not seen a game that is … [Read more...]