Kids sport sideline red flags

Sport Review #194

Kids sports sidelines are one of the great melting pots. You’ll make friends, but you’ll also want to watch for the warning signs. Sport Review presents a list of topics that are signs you’re better off standing with the opposition for this one.

• Do you like Imogen’s boots? They’re from Farro

• We could occupy these fields you know

• Guess which orange has vodka in it lol

• What are you up to after this? We’re spending the afternoon in the metaverse

• Actually, I got the Wordle in two today, how about you?

• Hi! You did massive numbers on my Instagram story last week

• I’ll level with you. I’m off my tits. I need a pottle of hot chips and sauce immediately, I will give you this $50 note

• Hey ref! I brought a whistle! Just saying, like

• What’s your number? I think some of my LinkedIn content could really help your wellness and also your career

• Did you get Stuart to watch the tactics Youtube playlist like I instructed last week?

Thanks for reading - Richard

This week's best NZ sport content

The bleakest reporting on the latest high performance sport enquiry was from Dana Johannsen, who’s seen it all before and fully expects to see it again because the actions aren’t keeping up with the words. Dylan Cleaver wrote the report is a warning for all Olympic sports, and followed up by breaking the news of an independent sporting integrity agency in the works. Suzanne McFadden spoke with Kereyn Smith, who’s swapped from Olympic chief to a one year contract to tidy up cycling.

In the week the first English footballer in 30 years came out as gay, NZR CEO Mark Robinson spoke with Gay Express.

Fascinating conversation with Mark Richardson, going into the thinking and graft behind his cricket career, and becoming a household name in NZ broadcasting, which certainly wasn’t as smooth as it might have seemed [Between Two Beers]

Video nasty

I’ve been alerted not everyone has seen the internet’s greatest ever video. And so:

Long read

Caitlin Flanagan visits Joan Didion’s haunts in Sacramento, Hawaii, Malibu and more to try understand the GOAT better [The Atlantic]

Recommendation 

The Glitch is just an incredible yarn about a very average pint and punt fan-Aussie bloke who discovered an ATM that wouldn’t stop spitting out money. A lavish lifestyle ensued [Apple podcasts]

Bring back the gif 

When you need your deadly rivals to lose and they do.