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Showing posts with label Steele Sidebottom. Show all posts
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Steele Sidebottom is a
professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the
Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. Sidebottom was
selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the 2008 AFL Draft at age 17.
He was the youngest player on their
premiership squad for several years on which he debuted at age 19, and for whom
he has played almost 150 games.
He is the youngest of
five brothers, and was born onJanuary
2, 1991 (age 26) in Victoria, Australia.
Sidebottom grew up
as the "baby" of five boys in
a family that was sports-obsessed. The
brothers even arranged their own footy goalposts and cricket nets in their
backyard at Tallygaroopna, even though the local sports oval was, quite
literally, over their back fence.
His number at
Collingwood is 22. He is5′
11″(180 cm) tall, and weighs 185 lbs (84 kg).
He has been a consistently good player for the Collingwood Magpies. He suffered his first major injury in 2015,
but has bounced back from his furlough.
His older brother Ryan
plays Cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers.
His nicknames include Bluescope and Rusty. Around his home and his brothers he is always
Rusty.
He has an unusual
talent, he is known for having memorized the brand names and colors of all of
the footy boots of the great majority of players in the AFL:
Champions
League: It would be impossible to start
a sports overview today without congratulating Real Madrid for their masterful
win over a struggling Juventus in last night's Champions League European Cup final
at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. The astounding game inspired
sportswriters to launch into a torrent of statistics, almost as many as
baseball, only a few of which we will report in this space.
Claudio Marchisio
While Juventus
played well for much of the game, it was clear that toward the end they were
phoning it in, resigned to the Real Madrid victory. Many Juventus players are commended for their
play, among them Claudio Marchisio, who was sent in to right a sinking ship,
and Mario Mandžukić, who kicked their only goal. Meanwhile, CR7 garnered two goals, the second
being the unbelievable 600th goal of his professional career. Midfielder Casemiro and sub Marco Asensio
kicked Real Madrid's other two goals, in their masterful 4-1 victory over
Turin's Juventus. RM Coach Zidane has rotated players and concentrated on collective wins this season, the non Ronaldo goals in the game clearly showed that everyone matters on the team. Last minute cameo by injured Gareth Bale, on his home territory of Wales, excited the crowds immensely.
In Bermuda: The America's Cup This past week saw the qualifying rounds in
the America's Cup in a round robin competition to determine which nation's
ships would pass to the semifinals. Today,
these semifinals begin with series of races lasting until Thursday. The next two rounds determine who,
eventually, will challenge team USA for yachting dominance. New Zealand and Great Britain will meet up in
two races today, and Sweden will contend with Japan in two races today. These pairs will race twice a day through
Thursday, and then the winners of those series will ultimately meet up to
determine the finalist. Live coverage from Bermuda's Great Sound has
been stunning, even for the fan of no sports.
In the USA, the
National Basketball Association Finals continue today. The Cleveland Cavaliers lost game one to
Golden State Warriors, being overwhelmed 113-91. The
Warriors seized a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that continues today in
Oakland, California. While the Warriors
are making NBA history as they did last year, they know the feeling would be
bittersweet without a title. Last year the Cavaliers made the greatest comeback
in NBA Finals history, rallying from 3-1 down to take the title. It is said that the Warriors are so strong,
they could make an undefeated run to the title.
Basketball is basketball, though, and surprises are possible, even in
the heavily scripted ego fest called the NBA.
Today's should be a good game.
In
Australia: In Aussie Rules only contest
today, the Fremantle Dockers take on the Collingwood Magpies at Domain Stadium
in Perth. Fremantle and Collingwood meet
for the 28th time and the Magpies hold the advantage with 16 wins to 11. Collingwood,
looking very much like Juventus in the black and white stripes, is aiming for three consecutive wins for the
first time since rounds 14-16 in 2016, but the teams are evenly matched, and
like to alternate victories.
Steele Sidebottom
Fremantle's
resurgence hit a speed bump against Adelaide last round, and the Dockers need
to bounce back to avoid a potentially swift tumble down the ladder. The
midfield battle looms as the key this Sunday, with Collingwood's powerful force,
led by Scott Pendlebury, Adam Treloar
and, how perfect is this, Steele
Sidebottom, ready to resist opponents Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale, Stephen Hill. The
Magpies have hit some reasonable form and a third-straight win would keep
Nathan Buckley's men right in top-eight contention.
He is the youngest of
five brothers, and was born on January
2, 1991 (age 26) in Victoria, Australia.
Sidebottom grew up
as the "baby" of five boys in
a family that was sports-obsessed. The
brothers even arranged their own footy goalposts and cricket nets in their
backyard at Tallygaroopna, even though the local sports oval was, quite
literally, over their back fence.
