By Aiden McLaughlin There are sports writers and then there was Hugh McIlvanney. News of Hugh’s passing broke this afternoon, just a week short of his 85th birthday. A proud Scotsman,[…]
Category: Media
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Memories of a TV One Icon
By The Spotter Peter Williams retired from TVNZ last weekend after almost 40 years of sterling service. It was as a sports frontman and cricket commentator that he cut his teeth with[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 21 December
No comment needed. The first IPL Auction involving Mike Hesson. Christmas in the Premier League means lots of rain and lots of cold winter. Looks a bit grim at Fulham.[…]
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Herald Sports Department Strikes It Perfectly
By The Spotter If you regularly read the Herald sports pages, you’ll be well acquainted with the excellence of journalists like Dana Johannsen (now over at ‘Stuff’) and Dylan Cleaver. And they’ve just taken a good[…]
Thanks For The Memories
By Aiden McLaughlin On Monday I read some sad news; Paul Sherwen died at the age of 62. As a professional road cyclist, he never scaled the heights that would[…]
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Gifford’s Rant Really was Rubbishy
By The Spotter When something is just such complete and utter shite, it needs calling out. And even worse, it was from the mind of an iconic journalist and sports writer.[…]
Wireless Tales of the Unexpected
By The Spotter It always fortunate when you happen to tune in to something on the wireless at a really interesting time. And who doesn’t love a good laugh whenever the chance presents? It[…]
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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[…]
An On-line Sports-based Daily? Let’s do it.
By The Spotter How did it come to this? Blame rampant capitalism and the completely vile tentacles of the style-over-substance digital age. Loyalty and recognition of people who have dug deep all their working lives to eke out great[…]
