Category Archives: Boxing
DeadCast: Balls! 011
Aaron and Duncan talk about the Tua fight and the generally surreal atmosphere in West Auckland, survey the international cricket season, try and not get too excited about the Warriors and generally get amongst the issues of the day in … Continue reading
Filed under Boxing, DeadCast, NRL, Rugby league
BALLS 10: Another Deadcast
Aaron and Duncan talk the Warriors resurgence, the Wellington wind being a manifestly better cricketer than Peter Ingram, the wide open West in the NBA, Mike Tyson’s reality TV career and some other nonsense. http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdeadball%2Fballs-010 BALLS 010 by Deadball
Filed under Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, DeadCast
On a Saturday Night in the Waikato
In the end, it lived up to its billing. Two men met in the ring, and conspired to let the talk become action. That it was over in scarcely more then a round, and rendered much of the pre-bout prognostication … Continue reading
The DeadBall Interview: John Dower, director of Thrilla in Manila
Thrilla in Manila is a new documentary covering the legendary 1975 bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. John Dower has directed documentaries on everything from Britpop and Kurt Cobain to NYC soccer team the Cosmos, who signed Pelé late … Continue reading
Filed under Boxing, Reminiscing
Inglourious Basterds II: The Warriors 2009 Season Review Panel
See those men? They’re coming to inspect you! Hope you’re very afraid. Because they’re who the Warriors will be facing over the next few days. In case you don’t recognise my artful depictions, that’s Monty Betham, Dean Rice(?!), Awen Guttenbeil … Continue reading
Filed under Boxing, Caring for the Community, Dick-List, Fandom, NRL, Rugby league
A Giant Among Men
Those words, scrawled in a childlike hand between the oaklike legs of Jean Ferré, are actually at the low end of his fighting weights. Ferré was discovered and re-named by Vincent J McMahon (father to the current WWE head), who … Continue reading
What I've Been Watching
MySky has certainly changed the TV lives of everyone who has turned on, tuned in and dropped out. Here’s what I’ve been watching recently: A.K.A. Cassius Clay This is one of the hidden classics of the sports documentary. Part TV … Continue reading
Filed under Basketball, Boxing, NBA, News
What Came First, the Power Forward or the Power Chord?
The 80′s were a decade with little-to-no standards. Basically, if you had an idea, it was a good one, and it would probably make you a lot of money. Somewhere, at some point during the 80′s, somebody came up with … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, Boxing, MLB, NFL, Reminiscing
He Didn’t Respect My Power: Not a Weekend Sports Round-Up
Is it just me, or has this been a slow weekend for sports news? I’m happy to admit that I’ve been far too busy partying with fashionable people and dining with intellectuals to take in much sporting action over the … Continue reading
Filed under Boxing, Cricket, Kirk Penney's Hair, NBL, News
