Top ten sport and recreation policies, free to politicians who want to win
Riot water cannons on America’s Cup boats
Make it compulsory for people say thank you when middle aged runners awkwardly and asthmatically kill themselves moving out of the way on the footpath
Three Test All Black series and rugby matches to be played during the day
Just make Rebel Sport be done with it and have a sale every weekend, it’s too hard to keep up
Make Mike Hosking understand science
Every professional rugby, cricket and netball player to play a game for their clubs each year
Michael Cheika and Warren Gatland to hold exhibition press conference with NZ journalists for the laugh
Massive funding boost for whoever came up with Fritz’s Weiners, they are Kiwi heroes
Free amazing newsletter ideas every week, ah har
SKY to keep the retro games when this crap is all over
Thanks for reading - Richard
The week's best NZ sport content
Kathryn Ryan with a discussion on televising school sport and the pressure it puts on young athletes [Nine to Noon]
Joseph Romanos is Marie-Kondo-ing his cricket book collection - he tells Jesse Mulligan all about it [RNZ]
Tony Hawk Skateboarding is one of the all-time great video games - they’ve brought it back and it’s amazing by all accounts. Sam Brooks picks up where he left off [The Spinoff]
Callum McCowatt’s NZ exit interview, as he heads to Denmark for the next step in his football career [NZ Herald]
Jamie Wall wrote all his books in public libraries and reckons they’re awesome - he’s right you know [Ensemble]
Video nasty
Mountain Bike legend Danny Macaskill takes his bike up and down the mountains in the Isle of Skye.
Long read
Four Americans rob the Bank of England in 1872 - and get caught by the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes [longreads.com]
Recommendation
Cobra Kai rips up your memories of The Karate Kid and makes something even better - it’s on Netflix.
Selected weekend fixtures
Mitre 10 Cup is back, with North Harbour v Canterbury tonight at 7pm, Waikato v Wellington tomorrow at 2pm and loads more, they’re on SKY
The Warriors play Cronulla at 8.30 Sunday Night, it’s on SKY
Elsewhere, there’s NBA playoffs, the Premier League kickoff, the Tour De France and England v Autralia at ODI cricket early Sunday morning
Bring back the gif
When someone suggests exercise.
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