Awkward sporting questions edition
Can we put Sam Cane's injury comeback down to the sweet Guns n Roses singlet?
Is the Blues turning down points like Israel Folau turning down social media advice?
Did Mark Rudan Alt-Tab to an Excel Spreadsheet every time his bosses walked in, so they wouldn't see him on Seek?
Actually, should Seek get hold of him for an endorsement deal?
And should Wellington coffee houses export beans to west Melbourne to help with the players' homesickness?
The Crusaders' South African comedy facial hair efforts never get old hey?
How much are the NBA Playoffs costing NZ in lost productivity?
Hoping David Warner is really, really tired after scoring all those runs in the IPL?
Re-framed your own dicking around on video games as 'E-sport' yet?
Thanks for reading - Richard
The week's best NZ sport writing
Proper bumper lot this week!
The definitive story of the BLACKCAPS' world cup semi final win in 2015. Exhaustive work from Dylan Cleaver and Andrew Alderson, this is a proper ripper [NZ Herald]
Ben Stanley tracks down Lorraine Moller, our greatest female endurance runner who won the Boston marathon, then an Olympic bronze at 37 [NZ Herald]
Fascinating interview with 80's All Black Craig Green, who walked away from NZ at 26 and headed to Italy, where club rugby involved private jets and skiing holidays rather than struggling to make ends meet [Stuff]
Legendary NZ football journo Bruce Holloway on Declan Edge, who's running his own maverick academy to develop elite talent outside the NZ Football system [NZ Herald]
Steve Deane talks to Amelia Kerr, who starred in the women's IPL matches - 'You could practice all day if you wanted to!' [LockerRoom]
Wellington's Adam Levy beat 6.3 million football fans around the world to win the Fantasy Premier League title [RNZ]
Video nasty
EXTREMELY committed hurdling.
Long read
The NYT on Generation X, getting past music videos, grunge and that Douglas Coupland novel to take down slacking, selling out, irony and all that [New York Times]
Selected weekend fixtures
Super rugby - Blues v Chiefs tomorrow night at half seven is pretty much it, it's on SKY
NBA playoffs - it's Warriors v Trailblazers in the western finals today at 1pm and on Sunday at the same time, while the Bucks play the Raptors tomorrow at 12.30pm, they're all on NBA League Pass and SKY
The FA Cup Final is on Sunday at 4am between Manchester City and Watford
Bring back the gif
Preparing to explain why Ep 05 was mostly great.
