The t-shirts the All Whites donned as they did their victory lap around the Cake Tin in Wellington said it all - white is the new black.
It was 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down and along with it the fall of communist countries in Eastern Europe.
Shocking is the word in sport this week, and I'm not talking about the winner of the Melbourne Cup.
I decided to take my less than 3-week-old son to what could be the last game for Manawatu in the premier division.
Who would want to be an official in modern sport? For a very brief moment after retiring as a rugby player I contemplated donning the whistle and refereeing.
Monday was my last day at work. I struggled to leave, and kept finding last-minute things to do and people to meet. My work-related ego was struggling. How could they cope without me? Would I be missed?
I know it's a cliche but as a heavily pregnant, waddling woman, I'm feeling extreme highs and lows when it comes to emotions lately.
Some teams do 'ave 'em: coaches who switch off their frontal lobes and express themselves in an unedited way.
The recent controversy starring 18-year-old South African sensation Caster Semenya is not the first time the 800m and the female gender have been under scrutiny.
After the dismal performance of the All Blacks, the woeful Warriors season, the absence of New Zealand franchise teams in the transtasman ANZ netball finals, Moss Burmester's burnout in the pool and Michael Campbell's ongoing woes on the golf course, it is nice to see a shy, unassuming woman named Valerie Vili stand victorious on the podium once again.
I can't help it. I have to succumb to my rugbyhead tendencies and admit that I've embraced the start of the NPC like it's the silly season.
I recently mentioned the relevance of sport history to my students and quickly saw their eyes glaze over as they thought "Here we go again, talking about the past when really all we're interested in is passing this paper so we can get on with our lives".
New Zealand netball has had a tough year.
With music legend Michael Jackson's memorial service fresh in my mind, I can't help but think of sporting legends in New Zealand and internationally who deserve to be celebrated.
I've had a love-hate relationship with netball and recently decided to give the sport a chance to win back my heart.
I had mixed emotions watching the test between the French and the All Blacks at the weekend.
Lots of F words - flu, fanfare, Federer, Faumuina, franchises, France, football transfer fees and fumbling favourites - jumped out at me from the headlines this week.
Queen's Birthday weekend often signals a change in seasons, and change is in the air for sport.
Why is it that the Super 14 hasn't had me biting my nails until the last round of games?
I was recently interviewed about research that I did with Massey University colleagues about the quality and quantity of media coverage men and women gained during the Beijing Olympics last year.