Kicking off with dentist-in-waiting Bryan Clay, we’re running Jack Howes #HotTaekes a couple of days late this week, but its still full of all the best sporting stuff of the week that was.
Female participation to break up ‘the boys’ club in AFL
Tired of the boys’ clubs mentality in AFL, Jack Howes hopes that enhanced female participation will bring the “girls” inside the club and make a difference to the sport in general.
Hot Taekes: NFL, Mayweather v Pacquiao, women’s AFL
Jack Howes’ Hot Taekes are all over the latest in the NFL draft, boxing fans finally getting their wish in the Mayweather v Pacquiao bout and a huge step forward in women’s AFL.
Hot Taekes: The Marlon Samuels salute
Avoiding completely bagging “the West” over Perth Glory, Jack Howes focuses on the positives, like Marlon Samuels and his brilliant send-off of Ben Stokes, plus other sporty stuff in his weekly #HotTaekes.
Hot Taeks: Gazza (Garry Lyon) v Gazza (Gary Ablett)
Jack Howes pings one of the “dinosaurs” of the AFL, Garry Lyon, who had a go at another “gazza” in the “little master”, Gary Ablett, this week for being soft.
Hot Taekes: RIP, Richie Benaud – Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
It is with heavy heart that Jack Howes raises a bat to Aussie cricket legend Richie Benaud who passed away with little fanfare but much sadness late this week.
Cricket World Cup: We smashed the Kiwis, and not in the way Warney means…
Because it was Good Friday (good = NO SPORT), the Friday sports feature pops up today as Jack Howes wraps the Cricket World Cup and the joy of the Aussies smashing the Kiwis #WearetheChampionsmyfriend
Hot Taekes: AFL is for dopes…or is it? Who cares – the footy is back!
Touching on obligatory cricket issues (that World Cup thing), it’s pretty much AFL week from good sport Jack Howes after the ASADA case against the Bombers hit a snag and two Pies were sprung being silly clenbuterol sausages.
Hot Taekes: ODI World Cup will be a belter
It’s the ODI World Cup that has Jack Howes all sporty excited in his weekly #HotTaekes (and former PM Bob Hawke!), while Super Rugby grabbed the news with a poorly-aimed shoulder charge and some dumbarse mouthing off on the field.
Hot Taekes: Doping in sport – the conversation we must have
Jack Howes can’t avoid the doping in sport thing as it continues to permeate the Australian sporting landscape, but it’s not all bad in his weekly #HotTaekes
Hot Taekes: League tops for entertainment
Jack Howes’ Hot Taekes credits League for delivering fresh controversy on a rolling basis, giving us the low-down on the men still standing – and where they stand – in sport worldwide.
Hot Taeks: The Bombers, Karmichael Hunt and drugs
As K Hunt cops a whack for his short-lived friendship with Charlie, Jack Howes will be watching the Bombers field a team of supplementary players in the NAB Cup who are at least supplement free.
Hot Taeks: ICC, Australian football, Lydia Ko
In this week’s #HotTaeks, Jack Howes asserts there may be no organisation worse than the ICC, updates us on Karmichael Hunt and introduces 17-year-old women’s golf number one, Lydia Ko.
Abbott whistling up a storm
Even as the right-wing media still salivates over “the real” Tony Abbott and his national security address on Monday, Jack Howes calls it our for what it was – dog whistling.
Hot Taekes: Karmichael Hunt on the nose
Jack Howes weekly #HotTaekes focuses on Karmichael Hunt, who might be in a bit of deep doodoo after being charged with four counts of supplying cocaine.
#Hot Taekes: Let’s face it – Super Rugby is a bit of a farce in OZ
In week two of his new regular Saturday column, #HotTaeks, Jack Howes finds rugby is struggling, baseball is lolz and hats are more interesting…
The Cricket World Cup: It’s just a game…or is it?
Excited for start of the The Cricket World Cup, Jack Howes bowls through some classic sporting moments past, confessing why he’s still so passionate about sport today.
Hot Taeks: Your week in sport
It’s a wee bit late (next week, Saturday, promise!), but here’s Jack Howes’ new regular sports column, “Hot Taeks” – it’s a joke the sporty will get…apparently…
Je ne suis pas Sherri Tenpenny and the Anti-Vax Brigade
There are no parallels between Sherri Tenpenny’s anti-vax talks being cancelled and the Charlie Hebdo massacre – it’s not free speech, proclaims Jack Howes, it’s snake-oil selling.
Egypt: Distract them with debauchery charges
For Jack Howes, the arrests in Egypt of homosexual men on “debauchery” charges are a little too conveniently timed when the Egyptian political situation is considered.
A day in the life of a polling booth volunteer
Just over a week since the Victorian Election, polling booth volunteer Jack Howes reflects on how the day panned out for him…and isn’t so sure he will ever do it again.
