“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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Swinehound Sports Quiz #12
By The Spotter Feel like racking the brain? Have a go at the Swinehound Sports Quiz, edition 12. All Qs carefully prepared- it does take a while nowadays to dig into my 50 year-old brain, so at[…]
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Do We Really Want This?
By The Spotter It’s unfortunate to say, but is becoming clearer and clearer, that NZC has at its helm an archetypal, corporate yes-man who is more interested in building an empire than[…]
When Good Breaks go Bad
By The Spotter Holy holiday, Batman, what in the dereliction of duty is going on here? Beaudy B was off lording it at the Super Bowl and while he spent time cheering[…]
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The Swinehound Sports Quiz #11
By The Spotter It’s the Swinehound Christmas Quiz with no questions whatsoever about Christmas. But Happy Christmas though. The defending Swinehound Shield holder is North Harbour’s Ryan Nixmas/Nixon. Will he put[…]
Sir Peter Snell- Iconic NZ Sum of Many Parts
By Paul Montague When we farewelled Sir Peter Snell, we weren’t of course saying goodbye to just a good athlete, but a legendary one. And Snell was certainly Track and Field’s gain.[…]
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Wooden you know it: It’s Cricket Circa 1985
By Paul Montague Watching the cricket test going on in Perth right now highlights just how much of a power game top-level cricket has become since thirty-four long years ago. And not just in the[…]
An Inter-Doms Night is one to Remember
By Paul Montague Tomato sauce on the hot chips; lots of it too and dribbling down the side of the cup. Out to the birdcage to see which runner has that[…]
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In Defence of the Languid Jofra
By Paul Montague From another era, when Javed Miandad suggested Ewen Chatfield would make the ideal bowling machine for his Karachi backyard, it was a type of nod to Chatfield being the kind[…]
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[…]
