Sporting pictures of the Week :- 12 July
What’s going on here? Southland hardman Corey Flynn turns up for his commentary stint at Scaffolding Stadium with … an electric blanket. The Inspiration Games has been a behind closed[…]
Category: Media
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Phoenix From The Flames
By Aiden McLaughlin With no live sport for the foreseeable, Sportsfreak towers has tried to make Level 4 that bit more interesting for you all with the Looking Back series and[…]
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Has Technology Really Changed Sports Viewing for the Better?
It may seem like a silly question to ask. After all, compare the TV coverage we get today of major sporting events with that of even 20 years ago and[…]
“Old Man Radio” Hit for a Six
By Paul Montague It’s pretty difficult to think of a more damaging psychological hit over the boundary than being fired smack in the middle of a nationwide lockdown and when you’re[…]
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When Good Nostalgia wasn’t that Great
By Paul Montague Retro should by rights equate to an escapist ramble through a yearned for, sepia-tinted past. Not always though. ‘We never had it so good’ on closer inspection could at times actually mean the complete opposite. If you thought the dire ‘Melody[…]
“Stuff” Spark Sports
By Hamish Girvan The exit of New Zealand from the Rugby World Cup last weekend will provide Spark Sports customers another opportunity to exclusively watch another All Black game –[…]
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Eye on NZ Press Box
By The Spotter Here’s a good litmus test- if Sky’s sports opinion programme ‘NZ Press Box’ were a podcast, would you bother tuning in much? Because apart from Nate Rarere, Huw Beynon, the sometime appearance of Ravinder Hunia, and[…]
Representation Matters
By Harbour Heather Should New Zealand’s sports organisations not have women making up at least 40% of their governance at all levels (local, regional and national) by 2021, they risk[…]
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The Rugby World Cup River of Streams by Hamish Girvan
Just over a year ago Spark (the Largest Telecommunications Company in NZ) announced they had won the rights for the Rugby World Cup. Yes the four yearly holy grail the[…]
