Making the Nut - Nick Tedeschi

We are proud to announce that we have secured the services of Nick Tedeschi to Punting Ace.

Nick has been writing for a number of years, being most renowned for his weekly column in The Winning Post. Prior to life as a wordsmith, Nick was acutely involved in the business of politics as an advisor and string-puller. He is currently deeply entrenched in both the bookmaking and punting fraternities and is a highly regarded member of the betting community. Nick is a life long Canterbury-Bankstown fan, regarding Tony Grimaldi as the finest player he has seen.

Nick Tedeschi with Tony Grimaldi

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Below are his latest article contributions . . .

Please note that Nick's writing style can be hard-hitting. If you are easily offended, please do not read the below articles.

A Night at the Dogs and the Tale of Yodelling Kerry - 19th November

Strange Happenings on the Subcontinent: Unnamed Neurological Diseases and the End of an Era - 11th November

Keep Your Gun in Your Jacket, Throw Your Cash in the Ring - 3rd November

Strange and Terrifying Visions from Moorhead, Minnesota - 31st October

You Can't Knock a Man Who Dares To Dream - 21st October

October Is a Lonely Time for the Sportswriter - 15th October

The List : 2008's Top 50 Players - 8th October

A Favorite September Pastime - 29th September

The Fat Cat Wins Again - 24th September

The Rat King Strikes Again - 17th September

The Wheel Has Turned - 10th September

They Call it the Brutal Ballet and They are Right : The 2008 NFL Preview - 3rd of September

Misunderstood in Melbourne - 27th of August

Epilogue to a Tragedy - 20th of August

A Portrait of a Simple-Minded Coward - 12th of August

The Inevitable Coronation of the Dark and Cowardly Prince: A Tale of Timidity, Abandonment, Desperation, Selfish Profiteering and Undeserved Redemption - 7th of August

Only Whores and Rats Truly Love the Night - 30th of July

Saving Jumps Racing - 24th of July

Talking Television - 16th of July

The Return of Old Number Four - 11th of July

Some Kind Words for a Rugby League Legend and The Mid-Season NRL Review (Part Two) - 4th of July

Some Timely Thoughts on Political Correctness and the Mid-Season NRL Review - 25th of June

Grand Fun on the Opposition Benches - 20th of June

The Real Meaning of Origin - 17th of June

The Peculiar and Brilliant Leg Spinner - 5th of June

Where Were You When The Jackboots Came? - 28th of May

Holding The Hammer: The 52 Most Influential Men In Australian Rugby League - 23rd of May

Requiem for Big Jack - 17th of May

Nobody Plays As Hard As Matthew Richardson - 7th of May

Longing for Louisville on Derby Day - 1st of May

A Brief History of Time: From Birchgrove Oval To The Colin Best Express - 28th of April

The Tribulations of Tomorrow Derive From the Sins of Today and Sometimes Even Eternal Providence Can't Right the Wrongs - 17th of April

For Every Winner There Is At Least One Loser - 11th of April

Treachery in the Capital - 4th of April

Every Man Has His Price and So Does Every Horse - 27th of March

You Can't Beat Time, Even With A Large Wooden Stick - 19th of March

A Century of Australian Rugby League: The 2008 NRL Preview - 13th of March

A Fantasy Football Guide from a Fantasy Football Champion - 5th of March

The Invisible Hand, the Rise of Indian Cricket and the Severe Debasement of Barbie - 28th of February

When You Want Something Done, You Go Straight To the Top - 21st of February

Nobody Understands Rugby League Greatness like Old Punt Understands Rugby League Greatness - 21st of February

Belmore Revisited - 12th of February

As Time Goes By - 7th of February

A Tale of Two Cities and the Lament of a Third: Previewing Super Bowl XLII - 31st of January

The Line between Paranoia and Self Awareness Can Be Somewhat Blurred: Gambling Lessons, Strange Reflections and the Lost Soul of Bobby Fischer - 23rd of January

Brett Favre Is A King Among Men and Anybody Who Wishes to Argue the Point Had Want to be Ready for Violence and Brutality - 17th of January

Splashing Around in the Muck and the Mire: The Rat King Now Plays Cricket - 10th of January

Strange Dreams Always Come When You Have Been Awake for Three Days and Warren Zevon Fills the Room - 24th of December

The Night Before Christmas (Three Nights Before, Actually) - 22nd of December

High Grade Pugilism and the Return to Acceptance of the Fight Game - 12th of December

Drunk and Disorderly in the Belly of Brisvegas - 6th of December

Ungrateful Swine - 29th of November

Cigarettes and Nuggets, Cocktails and Dreams (The Final Notes from the Campaign Trail) - 22nd of November

Your Kind Are No Longer Welcome in These Parts: Violent Vitriol and Some Home Truths for Willie Mason - 13th of November

Heavy Insinuations and the Green Days of November: Words to Take to Your Bookmaker - 5th of November

Making Do When the Fat Cats Crow: Campaign Notes, Part 3 - 2nd of November

Sometime Weird is Fun, Sometime Weird is Just Weird: Campaign Notes, Part 2 (Detour from the Trail) - 27th of October

Winning the Votes of Kings and Swine (Electioneering with Swagger): Campaign Notes, Part I - 19th of October

Valium for the Soul - 10th of October

Kicking The October Blues - 4th of October

Farewell Frank Hyde - 27th of September

Hacking Off the Fat: Bringing Down The Hammer on a Miserable Bulldogs 2007 Finale and The Road to Salvation in 2008 - 17th of September

Days of Melancholy, Nights of Terror - 13th of September

Some Will Thrive, The Rest Will Fail, Only One Will Walk Tall: Bones Will Break and They May Be Yours: The NFL Preview - 7th of September

A Brief and Thoughtful Essay on Andrew Johns and Recreational Drugs in Sport - 5th of September

The Curse of the Billy Goat and Other Amusing Tales from the Supernatural - 30th of August

When You Think You Have Seen It All: Welcome Home, Welcome to the Brutality - 23rd of August

Las Vegas is a Weird Town : American Dispatch Number Four - 20th of August

Making The Nut in New York City: American Dispatch Number Three - 17th of August

The Art of Covering Sports : American Dispatch Number Two - 6th of August

Mean Hollerings from a Jet-Lagged and Hungover Wordsmith: American Dispatch Number One - 2nd of August

Farewell to a Goddamn Prince - 12th of July

The Tragedies of Pro Wrestling - 4th of July

Stand Up and Be a Man Princess - 28th of June

Wired For League: The Mid-Season NRL Review (Part One) - 20th of June

You Can't Make Sponge Cake with Sour Cream: The Mis-Season NRL Review (Part One) - 13th of June

The Turning of the Tide: Never Underestimate a Winner and Words of Gratitude for the Trade Union Movement - 8th of June

The Long and Drawn Out Year of the Long Knives: The Only Cure for Termites is Extermination (Or So Some Say) - 31st of May

Doing My Part: A Small Contribution to the Death of Australian Rugby - 23rd of May

Mercy is for the Weak and Defeat is the Lover of Gutlessness - 14th of May

The Lost Generation: Where Have All The Halfbacks Gone? - 10th of May

Anger, Soul Destroying Anger: when Will The Madness End? - 30th of April

Rolling with the Big Dog, Rolling with the Punches: Some Truths in Sports and Gambling - 20th of April

Dealing with Treachery and Troublemakers: X-Men Style - 6th of April

Words For A Champion - 29th of March

The War: Legacy and Reflection A Decade On - 23rd of March

Turning Tricks in Tabloid Land: The Castration of a Prostitute and the NRL Preview, Part 2 -14th of March

Tales of Truth: The 2007 NRL Preview (Part One) - 7th of March

When Tradition and Freedom Take the Knife to the Eye - 2nd of March

Amateur Hour and Bush League Bookmaking - 22nd of February

Two Decades On... - 15th of February

The Act of the Apostle: Some Rugby League Reforms - 9th of February

Peyton's Adventures In Wonderland: A Super Bowl Preview - 1st of February

Wild Times: Vicious Stompings and The Chase for Power - 25th of January

Showdown: Clash of the Heavyweights and Fear in America's Heartland - 16th of January

Remove That Chicken Wing, Slapnuts - 12th of January

2007: The Year Of The Ultimates - 5th of January

Screeds From The Soapbox: Random Thoughts and Frustrations In Words - 22nd of December

Giving Up the Ghost on The Western Front - 14th of December

Apt Thoughts and Hazy Recollections from Under The Adelaide Oval Scoreboard - 7th December

Madness: Travels to the Country, Australian Cricket and Thoughts on Totalitarian Censorship - 1st December

Drowning in Stupidity: High Thoughts on The Thorpe Retirement - 23rd November

Tangling with The Rats: The Real Estate Game and Other Relevant Thoughts as The Buffalo Club Breathes Its Last - 15th November

Your Thesaurus Won’t Help You Now: Cup Ramblings and The One Year Anniversary - 6th November

The Death of a Legend: The Bell Tolls for Red - 2nd November

The Old Television Sports Hustle: Commentary from the Buffalo Club - 26th October

The Great Effemination of the Australian Cricket Team: Thoughts from the Buffalo Club - 19th October

Puritanism, Protectionism and Ramblings on The American Way - 11th of October

NRL Grand Final 2006 and Thoughts on Simpler Times - 6th October

Death Blow 2006 and the First Carriage Out of Town - 28th September

The Grimaldi-Anderson Cycle: The Lord Giveth, The Lord Taketh and the Balance of the Rugby League Universe - 21st of September

The Great Kidney Punch: The Death of Rugby in Australia - 14th September

Keep The Bastards Honest: A Bulldogs Playoff Run, Mean Times Above The Pacific and The Final Yelp of Don Chipp - 7th September

San Franciscan Nights, Michael Vick Stomped and The Hawks Soar Higher: An NFC Preview - 31st August

The Life Pursuit, 2005 Repeated and A Vicious Beatdown of the Miami Dolphins: An AFC Preview - 24th August

Johnny Foulmouth and the Case of the Incompetent Touch Judge - 18th of August 2006

An Eye on the Spring: Cups, Conroversy and Cashing In 10th of August

Failure in the Deep South: Big Losses, Mick Molley and Loud Jeers from Tigerland - 3rd of August

Hatred and Anger at the Blackjack table: A Tale of Violent Vitriol, Terrible Cards and Worse Carma - 27th of July

The Power of the Pen: Detox, Kinky Friedman and Furious Letter Writing at Three in the Morning - 20th of July

Middle Class Rebellion from a Political Loner: Edginess on the Front Bench and the Vain Hope of A Bloodless Political Coup - 13th July

Sucking Back and Shooting Up High In The Pyrenees - 6th July

The Lies of Neil Finn and Certain Inevitabilities in Sport - 29th June

On The Punting of Politics - 22nd June

The Shorts - 15th June

The Greatest Game of All Time - 8th June

How The Chips Are Falling: A Mid-Season Look At The NRL - 31st May

Houston, Where Monkey’s Call The Shots and The Pro Football Fan is A Common Whore - 24th May

If We Cant Get it Together - 17th May

Tokyo-Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter The Neon Gates - 9th May

The Darren Brown Theory - 21st of April

A Supreme Court Judge and the Simple Lesson of Listening - 14th of April

On Golden Pond - 7th of April

An Autumn Adventure - 31st of March

Monopoly, Anyone? - 28th of March

A National Disgrace - 17th of March

A Brief and Fair Synopsis of Australian Rugby League in the Year of 2006 - 9th of March

The Grand and Simple Redemption of Chris Anderson - 3rd of March

Meaningless - 18th of February

Let's Play Some Cards - 9th of February

Gut Instincts and Gambling Immortality - 30th January

Memories, Faded Water Coloured Memories - 20th of January

Comrades, Let the Revolution Begin - 8th of January 2006

An Australian Christmas - 16th of December 2005

Works Work - 2nd of December 2005

A Summer of Cricket - 17th of November 2005

A Brief Moment in Time and the Post-Cup Hangover - 4th of November 2005

Melbourne Cup Preview - 31st of October 2005

Spreading the Wealth - 26th of October 2005