Preferred Lies
Golf is a sport with quirky traditions and customs like no other. In Preferred Lies by Charles Happel and Mike Clayton the history of the sport is covered thoroughly. It[…]
Monthly Archive: October 2018
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Fancy a Game?
By The Spotter What does an All Blacks cap mean these days? Lima Sopoaga recently came out and said the allure wasn’t quite there any more. We know that’s mostly[…]
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Plunket Shield Round 2
Round 2 of Plunket Shield is done, and now we wait until December, briefly, and then late February for it to resume. Two games finished within three days. Defending champions[…]
NFL Week 7 Preview with Hamish Girvan
NFL Week 7 The Predictable AFC East Ah the Patriots – always the Super Bowl favourites – always written off after a slow start – always around is it Brady[…]
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And the time has come, to shoot you down
By Aiden McLaughlin 21st July 2019. When Noeline Taurua became Silver Ferns coach, that would have been the date she would have written down in bold, underlined and committed to memory.[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 19 October
At last, Australia’s Peter Norman is remembered in a mural in Melbourne. Anna Peterson making a statement on the new Auckland Hearts’ new training kit. Say what you like about[…]
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Game of Vacant Thrones
By Ryan Nixon LeBron James entered the NBA in 2003. Fifteen seasons he’s been in the East, as part of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat or the Cleveland Cavaliers again.[…]
Nothing’s Quiet on the Western Front
By Ryan Nixon The NBA finally tips off this week, with plenty of shake up across the Western Conference. The Warriors have been to four straight finals (winning three) and[…]
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Lockerroom on the up and up
By The Spotter Award-winning journalist and writer Suzanne McFadden’s ‘Lockeroom’ arrived with a much-needed bang on the NZ sports media landscape a little over six months ago. If you haven’t already taken a[…]
Mental Health and Sport
By Aiden McLaughlin Paul Gascoigne; ‘Gazza’ to the masses. Born in 1967 in the town of Dunston in the North East of England. Gifted footballer. Loveable joker. Tearful clown. Addict. Domestic[…]
