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It’s always seemed a little off that Aotearoa hasn’t had more of a history with baseball. We’ve been outstanding at softball and cricket but baseball has never quite caught on, with only a handful of professional players in our history.
A century of frustration and a history of futility are on the line as the Chicago Cubs try for their first World Series title since 1908 this MLB postseason.
Nick Willis is a bonafide athletic hero in New Zealand, what with two Olympic medals and a trio of Commonwealth Games ones. Can he throw a baseball though?
It’s always good banter to assess the state of things at the beginning of the new season, getting the ball rolling either rolling sharply down the bleachers after a crushing homer or softly towards third for a simple put out.
Bryce Harper is brash and bold and he pulls no punches. We’re talking about a genuine five-tool player, and boy does he know it.
Hey so not only did Jarryd Hayne make the active playing squad for the San Francisco 49ers’ but the bloody lad started too!
Sometimes it only takes that one injury for an entire season’s work to disappear into smoke at the whim of some cruel fate. Ask Dallas Cowboys fans this year. Or Oklahoma City Thunder fans the last three years.
He may not shoot threes like Steph Curry (on place for 434 this season!) or have his own font like LeBron James, but Steven Adams can cross suckers over with the best of them.
There's a pretty substantial difference between the Golden State Warriors and the Philadelphia 76ers. About the biggest difference imaginable.
It may be the beginning of the end for Peyton Manning, poor Peyton. All of a sudden Steven Adams' free throws are better than Manning's QB throws.
It sure was a busy week for the Hayne Plane considering he didn't even play. Steven Adams played though. So did the Kansas City Royals.
Basketball suffered an immeasurable loss when Flip Saunders passed away this week. So don't panic when Jarryd Hayne misses one game in his rookie season.
And so we come to the final two. The best of the 2015 Major League Baseball season, winners of their respective conferences and challengers for the vacant title.
Sometimes the sporting world offers up one of those moments where you just have to laugh. Other times you have to cry. And sometimes all you can do is flip ya bat like an utter badass.
Incredibly after five weeks of the NFL, we still have six unbeaten teams left.
The old phrase: “You had one job!” never feels more accurate than when an NFL kicker misses a field goal. Still, that's more contact than A-Rod managed these playoffs.
Meanwhile Steve Adams rocked his way through OKC’s media day with his usual chill and aplomb.
The NFL is one of those leagues that feels predictable. A team’s pretty limited to how good their quarterback is, right?
‘BUT WILL HE PLAY!?’ – Educated Australia after Hayne-Bags made the 53 man roster. Yeah, turns out he will. And he did.
One thing Jarryd Hayne hasn’t managed yet is an NFL touchdown. Tell ya who has one of those? Paul Lasike.