Bald Andy

A small and insignificant cog in the machine. Bread from good stock.... Laughing stock. #UpTheMilk #COYS

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@RaidersCanberra That is amazing and thoroughly deserved. Icon of the game and deserves every tribute coming her way. 💚

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

Thank fuk that's over. #COYS

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@Flav_Bateman Was a cracker. Would be good to hear him speak about the mental side of professional sport. How did he go when things weren't good?

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@RJCorrigan There will be a report of a Chiefs played being mugged or his house burgled.

[Ollie Davis @Ollie_Davis]

YOU SPURS!

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@exQUIZitely Such a cracking game. Though I used to call it "Alex the Kid" #SegaMemories

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

Jeez, heart attack stuff in the first round. Great work Raiders. #RickysRaiders 💚

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@AJMithen Does that count 💚

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

Love a chip n chase. #RickysRaiders

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

Great start to the 2nd half. Keep it going Raiders. #RickysRaiders

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

Other than giving away penalties, the Raiders have been playing well. ##GreenMachine

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@RaidersCanberra Big Zac fan. Hope he has a cracking year. 💚

[Tim Gore @GorskiOPork]

Ep188 of @RaidersCanberra Review with @mattlenevez and @blakeandthepork is out! 2026 is our year and we are here to tell you why! https://t.co/ylREQFXEhO

[Up The Milk - A Canberra Raiders Podcast @upthemilkpod]

Blake, The Pork & Matt are back for their ninth season and are excited about what 2026 holds in store for the Canberra Raiders.
Listen https://t.co/XgowJRgPg8

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Kate Scott has absolutely nailed it. Every word is spot on.

[Green Machine Podcast @GreenMachinePod]

On a week where Mike, Matt and Lobby come up with five fearless Raiders predictions for the 2026 season. We also talk a bit of trial footy and read some listener predictions as well.

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GMP Merch pre-orders: https://t.co/cF7KeWoAa9

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

It annoys me that so many people are under the impression that this guy, Steven Bradbury, is some subpar goober who lucked his way into gold.

That could not be further from the truth.

This is one of the most satisfying victories in the history of the Olympics if you know the full backstory.

This medal final was during his fourth Olympics, in Salt Lake City in 2002.

Earlier in his career, he was among the best athletes in the world in this specific event, the 1000 meter short-track men's speed skate.

But despite his talent, he just had some of the shittiest luck in the sport. We're talking a decade of shit luck.

In the '94 Winter Olympics, he was considered the odds-on favorite to take gold, but he fell in his heat after getting illegally pushed by an opponent (who was later disqualified). He didn't get a re-do. That was it. He got shoved by some asshole, and his Olympics was over.

Then in the '98 Winter Olympics, he was a favorite to at least medal in the same event but got caught up in a collision that wasn't his fault and failed to advance.

In 1994, he got his thigh sliced open by a competitor's skate during a race, which required 111 stitches and 18 months of recovery time.

In 2000, he broke his neck during training because a skater in front of him fell and tripped him up. That required a bunch of screws and plates being inserted into his skull and back and chest.

And doctors told him that he should stop skating. But he didn't wanna give up. It meant too much to him.

So, there he was in Salt Lake City in 2002, past his prime, a walking erector set, going up against opponents who were faster and younger and in their prime.

He manages to win his heat and advance to the quarterfinal but then has the shit luck (yet again) of having to go up against the best two athletes in the quarterfinal and only the top two advance.

He finishes third and thinks: "Damn, I gave it my best shot." But then, the second place finisher is disqualified, so Bradbury gets to advance to the semifinal.

Now, at this point, he's thinking: Well, shit, I'm not as fast as these younger guys, and I got a bad habit of getting taken out by crashes that aren't my fault.

So, he consults with the Australian national coach, Ann Zhang, and they decide that he should hang back from the pack and hope the pack crashes.

That is a perfectly valid strategy. If you crash, you lose, but speed skaters risk crashing to gain an advantage in order to win.

It may not feel exciting, but it is a valid strategy and just as risky: avoid crashes entirely and hope that pays off.

It paid off in the semifinal: the pack, including the defending Olympic champion, jostled too much and crashed. Bradbury wins and advances.

So, he's improbably in the final and takes the same approach, and it works: the entire pack jostles too much and crashes, and Bradbury's risk of hanging back pays off.

This victory was not some un-athletic schlub lucking his way into gold.

It was a journeyman athlete who never gave up and played smart after a career of shitty luck and finally got his due after it being snatched away from him so many times.

Hands down, one of my favorite Olympics stories.

[Green Machine Podcast @GreenMachinePod]

https://t.co/TODhA9RX7Y

Green Machine Podcast - Episode 338 - Lobbys Bootleg Boot Camps 2026

On a week where we do the second annual Lobby's Bootleg Bootcamps. We look at the pre-season routines of all 17 clubs and may even organise a trip to the Macadamia Castle.

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@GreenMachinePod @theSportress Winning to whole darn thing of course.

[Bald Andy @AndyKinse]

@Billytheyid70 Poch no signing was the beginning of the end. They could have only signed one 30-50 ml player and could have set up the next 10 yrs. Que Sera.