I thought the title was a little bit far fetched until I realised just how clever I am (I must remind my wife some time).
Don’t Believe the Hype was one of Public Enemy’s finest … and it’s our favourite sons – the All Blacks – who are public enemy number 1 in the UK right [...]
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Any opportunity to stuff it down the Aussies’ throat should be accepted and milked to the stage of boredom.
The Silver Ferns’ flogging of the Aussies is a perfect example.
The largest winning victory every of the greatest enemy.
A repeat of the earlier Thriller Nowhere Near Manila … the so called boxing match.
An embarassing win against the [...]
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More on the Michael Walker saga to give it a more a more dignified name than it deserves.
The Granny Herald did a surprisingly perseptive and balance feature on Michael.
As the story notes:
Walker can’t believe the fuss it has caused in an industry battling a seemingly inexorable decline in all the important yardsticks: participation, on-course attendances, [...]
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Justin Marshall has always been a great player, but now I see he’s turning hand to coaching.
Funny, but he always seemed more likely to be a referee once he’d hung up his playing boots!
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OK, a desperate title but you’ve got to hand it to the White Sox for following in Boston’s footsteps (obviously not bare footed) and winning the Major League.
Mind you, given that the last time the Sox won was the year after Boston last won before the curse of the Bambino – do-do-do-do – then perhaps [...]
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It happens every year so it’s a bit of a surprise that it’s … err … a suprise.
Lesley the Volcano Vainokolo walks all of the Poms in the Superleague. His club decides that Lesley needs an urgent operation … the same day that he’s supposed to be joining the Kiwis.
The club coach happens to [...]
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We all know that racing is facing a few problems.
Actually, the problems have to be life-threatening if the answer is Winston Peters.
I’ve also commented on the ridiculously small fields racing at Trentham last week – 3 horses competing for $30K.
Given all the big issues in racing, I had little choice to laugh when I read [...]
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The AB’s brains trust is quite adamant – it’s not the Grand Slam tour.
It just happens, that if they win all four games it will be a grand slam. As they say, if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck it must be … let’s duck that one!
So if it’s not [...]
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So the NPC as we know it will be know more.
Fittingly, the winners of Division 1 and Division 2 deserved their wins.
Auckland has dominated the NPC, winning 15 of the 30 titles on offer. It was very much the case when Auckland was strong, the AB’s were strong.
More to the point, the success of [...]
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I thought match races were something you saw in the movies, like Seabiscuit.
Until I saw a three horse race at Trentham today.
This may not make much sense to some, but races with less than 8 (especially on the flat) cause consternation at the least and mean that place dividends are paid out on only 2 [...]
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