How about a game of American-rules college football, mate? Pac-12, Mountain West considering a bowl game in Melbourne in 2016. Because America has run out of host cities?
Author: Ed Wyatt
Ed Wyatt
Ed Wyatt spent seven years playing burned out dudes and High-Five’n White Guys on KING-TV’s Almost Live! show before moving to Melbourne, Australia. He hosted the Super Bowl on Australian television for nine years and currently works as a sportswriter and radio commentator.
Jarryd Hayne, Australia’s best rugby player, has retired at 26 and wants to become an NFL player. He’s been to Seahawks headquarters. Crikey.
Former Boeing engineer-turned-comedian Bill Nye threw out the first pitch before Friday’s game; too bad former third baseman Jim Presley wasn’t in the stands to heckle him.
MELBOURNE, Australia — The selection of Jesse Williams by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the NFL draft Saturday made plenty of headlines here in Australia. Perhaps intrigued by a few exuberant (and clueless) local media types who had the defensive tackle from Alabama going in the first round, his three-day wait became a