Dance of the desperate, battle to avoid the wooden spoon, call it what you like - the Otago Nuggets match against the Manawatu Jets at the Edgar Centre tonight shapes as a season-defining game for the home side.
Former Southern Men defender Blair Tarrant left Dunedin 15 months ago and moved to Wellington to further his hockey career.
Former Otago rugby coach Steve Martin has switched codes to help raise the profile of rugby league and develop the game's grassroots.
Oh look, there is a leprechaun riding a unicorn through Wonderland.
Steel defender Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit has a simple game plan this week.
The White Ferns should have won the Twenty/20 World Cup final. That was White Ferns coach Gary Stead's blunt assessment shortly after his side's dramatic three-run loss to Australia in Barbados yesterday.
Entry to the Otago Nuggets match against the Manawatu Jets at the Edgar Centre this Saturday will be free.
Otago Nuggets coach Alf Arlidge has questioned the commitment of some his players following a huge loss to the top-of-the table Waikato Pistons.
The Otago Nuggets need to do a better job of recruiting if they are going to be more competitive in the National Basketball League next year, coach Alf Arlidge says.
Most weeks, Otago Nuggets forward Matt Trueman is up against taller, heavier and more experienced opponents.
Dunedin will be well represented at the South Island Golden Gloves in Greymouth next weekend, with as many as nine fighters planning to contest the tournament.
There is nothing wrong with taking a rest while you are on the bench.
A slow start and some superb shooting from its opponent has left the Steel's season teetering in the balance.
Few netballers are as competitive as Jenny-May Coffin.
For three glorious quarters, the Otago Nuggets barely knew themselves.
Vivienne Nye will shed "tears of joy and sadness" when the long-awaited Bert Sutcliffe biography that her late husband, Rod, began work on in 1999 finally appears in print.
Tall Black forward Pero Cameron would much rather be playing than sitting on the sideline sweating over the referee's calls and keeping his fingers crossed the shots will drop.
Otago has named a strong squad and is expected to be one of the teams to watch at the national under-21 tournament in Dunedin in July.
Dayna Turnbull has had quite a year.
Dunedin-based fighter Apii Taia will put his undefeated record on the line in a mixed martial arts (MMA) bout with Cantabrian Jason Koster at the Caledonian this Saturday.
