Upcoming America's Cup controversies

Sport Review #131

Challengers enact clause specifying only green bottle beer in sailors’ bar, banning Hazys, double IPA’s and Porters.

Luna Rossa annexes the North Shore for its exclusive use.

American Magic threatens to pull out unless Jackie Brown-era Campbell Live is re-instated weeknights at seven.

Challengers want Marmite banned in targeted attack on local diet and culture*.

Team New Zealand add rule stipulating each boat must carry one drunken sailor on board, and instantly lose race should they go over the side.

Team UK remains in dock until their application to NZ On Air for a youth-orientated web series is approved.

American Magic start sharing markup on deed of gift clauses they’re planning legal action on in their Instagram stories.

Team UK wants racing on Point Erin pools.

*Sport Review supports the challengers on this.

Thanks for reading - Richard

The week's best NZ sport content

"No bowler was beyond his dominion. He made mincemeat of the off-spinners, luncheon sausage of the medium-pacers - a butcher without mercy." John Reid obituary by David Leggat [NZC]

…and Jarrod Kimber looks at Reid’s record in a modern context [wickets.substack]

Jamie Wall on Caleb Clarke’s rise through the system, full debut and where to from here [RNZ]

Aiden McLaughlin on the Springboks’ withdrawal from the Rugby Championship and what it means for the tournament [Sportsfreak]

Liz Alonzi is taking on the Coastal Classic solo - she talks to Suzanne McFadden [LockerRoom]

Attention is only growing on Rob Waddell’s community and school sport streaming platform [Stuff]

Video nasty

“Well done, he’s 13” - you might treat a kids coaching video like a cup final, but you will look like a dickweed.

Long read

From the archives - the late, great David Foster Wallace on Roger Federer from 2006 [New York Times]

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