Experienced coach Robyn Broughton says she has been overwhelmed with support from an adoring Southland community despite severing ties with the Steel and linking up with the Central Pulse for next season.
Former Dunedin rider Greg Henderson's prospects of earning a long overdue ride in the Tour de France have never been better.
The Stanley Cup finals appeal to all kinds - even halfway across the world in Dunedin.
Columba College captured its third consecutive title with a comprehensive 36-17 win over St Hilda's Collegiate at the Otago secondary school championships yesterday.
Perhaps the Otago Nuggets should follow the Highlanders' lead and switch to green - camouflage green.
Some defeats melt away with time - others remain fresh.
The field has been narrowed to two candidates but the Otago Cricket Association is at least a week away from appointing a replacement for coach Mike Hesson.
Former New Zealand cricketers Glenn Turner and Lance Cairns have found themselves surplus to requirement with the national body restructuring its selection panel.
The Otago Nuggets finished the long weekend in need of a good rest.
The Junior Black Sticks clinched the series with a game to spare after they beat Malaysia Juniors 4-2 at the McMillan Hockey Turf in Dunedin yesterday.
Otago Nuggets coach Alf Arlidge does not believe a sluggish start cost his side a rare opportunity to post back-to-back wins in the National Basketball League.
There were contrasting results for the two southern sides on Saturday, with the Queenstown-based Stampede posting a big win and the Dunedin Thunder on the end of a hiding.
Long-serving hockey coach Peter Ashton is just one of those blokes who is always there in the background helping out.
Who said the Otago Nuggets don't have an outside game?
When former Otago Hockey Association chief executive Chris Aubin shows up at the McMillan Hockey Turf these days it is to play hockey, rather than organise it.
Not too many folk really care who wins the two-game series between New Zealand and Australia next week.
Otago spinner Alexander Downes had many great days during a long career which lasted 27 summers.
Hockey's future stars will be on show in Dunedin when the New Zealand under-21 team hosts the Malaysian junior team in a four-game series beginning tomorrow.
Highlanders general manager Roger Clark wants a big crowd for this Friday night and says continued small crowds will put the franchise's future in doubt.
Stop, drop and hold. The Southern Stampede are back on the rampage.
