Cameron’s Crusade
On Wednesday New Zealand lost one of its best ever sports journalists and writers. DJ Cameron was a sports writer from an age when writers, unburdened by online deadlines, could[…]
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DJ The Great
By The Spotter Some journalists and writers are brilliant analysts, some are high priests of prose. D J Cameron was both. In the NZ Herald, it was mentioned that some regarded Cameron’s[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 10 June
Australians. The Storm of the Century hit the country during the week, so that is obviously a good time to go surfing. While in London for the Cowdrey speech Brendon[…]
Ali the Greatest
By The Spotter A force of nature and the personification of charisma, it was Muhammad Ali’s exploits as a boxer and champion in the heavyweight division on three separate occasions[…]
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RIP Clive Rice
So farewell then Clive Rice. Arguably the best all-rounder test cricket never really got to know. Gone at 66 after battling a brain tumour; too early. He did get to[…]
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The Final Farewell
The Benaud obits were everywhere, but watch this through. If you don’t get a tingling feel watching this then you’ve got rocks in your soul. A complete pro until the[…]
The Man of timing
For those under 60 the career of Richie Benaud the cricketer is remembered via the archives, and very little video footage. The bare stats of being the first player to[…]
