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Connor is a UC Berkeley graduate with bylines in The Daily Californian, The Free Peach, and various other publications. He is an avid follower of Macarthur FC, and tries to keep up with the West Coast Eagles despite barely understanding Aussie rules.
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After a wild card weekend with a few surprises and a bunch of blowouts, the NFL playoffs move to the divisional round with some…
After eighteen weeks of regular season action, the National Football League has separated its wheat from its chaff, and the race to Super Bowl…
I’ll admit, as an American, I don’t fit the usual profile of a V8 Supercars fan. My introduction to the series was through a…
Formula One had its grand finale this weekend in Abu Dhabi, with plenty of action to go around and McLaren finally taking their long-awaited…
After a dominant display last week, Sydney FC are officially through to the AFC Champions League Two knockouts. Now, they hope to celebrate surviving…
After an achingly close defeat in Japan, Central Coast Mariners’ next AFC Champions League Elite matchup will involve a bit of ship-to-ship combat. Yokohama…
AFC Champions League Two action resumes this week, and while Sydney FC may not have gotten the better of Sanfrecce Hiroshima in either of…
The storm clouds have lifted, the FOM are backing down, and in 2026, Andretti Cadillac will finally have the all-clear to join Formula One…
After a late surge against Shanghai Shenhua, Central Coast Mariners are done with their gauntlet of Chinese opponents and finally have a point to…
Between the trip to Hiroshima and the talent Sanfrecce possess, this will no doubt be Sydney’s toughest test of the entire group stage.
Central Coast Mariners’ first match in Gosford since cementing their treble went poorly, as Thai giants Buriram United handed them another loss in the…
Mohun Bagan, the Indian side that boasts Jamie Maclaren and Jason Cummings, had their quest to bring continental silverware to Kolkata come to a…
After thrashing Eastern SC to start their AFC Champions League Two campaign in style, Sydney FC look to keep that momentum going in their…
After losing the opening match, the Mariners can't take Buriram lightly, as they have a history of making life hard for Australian sides.
Neither side has ever reached this point and failed to take the cup, and neither will want to start now.
When it comes to Australia Cup drama, if you can name it, South Melbourne has been through it. They’ve weathered cupsets, hated rivals, and…
The A-League season is still a few weeks away, but in the Australia Cup semi-finals, one of its oldest and most ferocious derbies will…
In 2005, Sydney FC set the tone for their illustrious history by partaking in what is now the OFC Champions League, tearing through opponent…
Winning the AFC Cup last year was no easy feat for Central Coast Mariners. The uneven regional distribution meant they had to take the…
After one of the most incredible and insane IndyCar seasons in recent memory, we settled all scores at the Music City Grand Prix. In…
Thanks for reading it! Glad to hear a Chiefs diehard’s side of things—this whole cardiac wave they’re on can’t be fun, especially compared to the way Washington are a cardiac team. I also hope you’re right about the Lions, because as a Jared Goff fan, the second half of last year’s NFCCG was just brutal to watch
NFL divisional round preview: Mailata's Eagles face confident Rams, can Ravens and Commanders cause upsets?
Great piece! And what a way for Celtic to hit 119–that final was absolutely bonkers
Celtic become the world's most successful club - and all without an oligarch's cash
Stan Sport in Australia, Sky in New Zealand. There’s also a ton of race replays on YouTube if you want to go back to earlier seasons and see how the tech in the cars has evolved
How New Zealander Mitch Evans climbed from last to first in historic Formula E win
And the Japan-focused half of their draw won’t make that any easier. Seems like every time I look up a J1 club, I find out they’re backed by a giant car company
ACL Elite preview: Matter of survival means Mariners must fell Japanese juggernauts
As a Macarthur fan, life is sunshine and roses right now
A-League Talking Points: Costa impresses in derby victory, Zdrilic's nightmare start as Bulls shred Perth
Finally, someone talking us up instead of going “Buhhhh me no like Macarthur, league should contract” as if contracting teams wouldn’t look a zillion times worse than giving them a chance to grow. Here’s to another Bulls trophy, and every reward that would come with it
Macarthur are 90 minutes away from powerhouse status with second Australia Cup
I really do think the schedule is what’s keeping Checo around. He brings in mad sponsorship cash from the Americas, and dropping him right before that leg of the tour would burn those bridges immediately. Personally, I want Perez completely locked into his car for as long as possible, because as a Red Bull hater, it only gets funnier the longer he contributes to their downfall. Anyway, I’m gonna go start up a club where we all sit around trying to will Ricciardo into an IndyCar contract so I don’t have to face that his career might have just ended in an unceremonious dumping
Singapore Grand Prix Talking Points: Are Red Bull firing the wrong driver, and is Mad Max's reign coming to an end?
Hey, thanks for reading it! And to be fair to other Australian media, the Greek papers seem to have taken an interest in this match, at least
Australia Cup quarter-finals: Oakleigh hold high hopes of a 'cupset' in revenge match against A-League giants Macarthur
In fairness, the Wanderers have promoted the Younis move as “He’s going to PSV!” I just dug into the technicalities and found that he’s starting out with Jong PSV instead of the big boys. It’s really the same situation as Nestor has now that he’s left Adelaide for Bayern–they’ll start him out in the reserves, he’ll get a chance to adjust, and once he proves he’s too good to stay in the reserves, he’ll come up and play with the first team
Australia Cup quarter-finals: Wanderers, Reds set for heavyweight bout... but will Mata play?
I mean, we already know what that what-if looks like. Will Power had that same illegal code on his car in St. Pete, but he was a good boy and didn’t push the button when he wasn’t supposed to, so he didn’t suffer nearly as big of a setback. Full credit to McLaughlin–he owned it immediately, didn’t make excuses, and proceeded to achieve everything since that moment legit–but he is still culpable for his current spot
The IndyCar Afterburn: McLaughlin stays in hunt, Power closes distance as all roads lead to epic Nashville finale
Really? The Milwaukee crowd must have a different bent than the one out here, because when I covered Laguna Seca, I saw a decent share of fans for Power, McLaughlin, and Dixon, even if they all got dwarfed by the support for Pato
The IndyCar Afterburn: McLaughlin stays in hunt, Power closes distance as all roads lead to epic Nashville finale
That better be a no too, or I’m gonna be upset
Second time's the charm: Is this the season Ange Postecoglou brings some silverware to Tottenham?
Doubt he’ll be playing the full 90 every night, but I can see him being a big draw with the local Brazilian community and a major difference-maker off the bench in ACL Two
The $140 million man: Ex-Brazil, Bayern and Juve star signs as marquee for Sydney FC in biggest coup since ADP
Smug people who go “Hurrrr durrrr England only real football country” are half the reason I ended up watching more Serie A than Premier League last year
Is the English Premier League really the best league in world football?
No problem! Glad to finally be writing about IndyCar again. Nearly went insane over the break
IndyCar returns after Olympic break but Argentina flop won't be back, big boost for Rossi
Yup, pretty sure 10play’s got the whole tournament. Even the YouTube streams here in the States are just their broadcast
Australia Cup Round of 16: Giant-killers South Melbourne and Brisbane Olympic to battle it out for more than just state pride
I mean, they won a double under that name. Can’t have been *that* dark, and it’s infinitely more dignified than any of the zillion Red Bull teams around the world
Australia Cup Round of 16: Giant-killers South Melbourne and Brisbane Olympic to battle it out for more than just state pride
I have to ask, if South Melbourne came back to the top flight, but they had to start officially calling themselves the Lakers again, would you consider that a worthwhile tradeoff?
Australia Cup Round of 16: Giant-killers South Melbourne and Brisbane Olympic to battle it out for more than just state pride
Hell yeah brother
Will Man City be punished or walk away scot-free? Premier League hearing to start next month
If City gets a slap on the wrist and keeps on winning, we need to ban EPL-only snobs from calling any other country a farmer’s league
Will Man City be punished or walk away scot-free? Premier League hearing to start next month
As a Bulls fan who remembers our run-in with Campbelltown very well, it was extremely odd seeing them get pantsed the way they did. No complaints, though
Australia Cup Round of 32: Rockdale hungry to start a 'giant killing run' against the Newcastle Jets
Yeah, I’ve seen people complain about the schedule and how it’s timed for the A-League preseason, but I like how it adds that little extra chaos factor that can make all the difference between an expected outcome and a cupset. Just look at what Oakleigh did to Sydney
Australia Cup Round of 32: Rockdale hungry to start a 'giant killing run' against the Newcastle Jets
It’s definitely one of those ideas that’s funny to post about online, but I can’t see the execution going well. Even at this stage, there’s a dumb, smug aura coming off the whole thing that makes it extremely off-putting, and we haven’t even gotten to the part where somebody’s heart explodes from all the steroids
'They ran out of meat': Aussie swim legend's bizarre anti-vegan reason to explain lack of world records
Unfortunately, the Enhanced Games are backed by Peter Thiel, AKA the guy JD Vance gets all his opinions from, which means the whole thing’s gonna be full of freaks and weirdos pushing Thiel’s agenda
'They ran out of meat': Aussie swim legend's bizarre anti-vegan reason to explain lack of world records
Thanks for reading it! And yeah, I’m not looking forward to Tony Romo going “Ahhhh, I don’t know, Jim! Mr. January’s an alien” all through the Ravens/Bills game either
NFL divisional round preview: Mailata's Eagles face confident Rams, can Ravens and Commanders cause upsets?