Sport
NFL Continues to Make Life Difficult for Those Who Do Not Get the Vaccine
John Simmons newsbusters.org Imagine a world in which a professional athlete – in peak physical shape — could be ridiculed and punished for not taking an experimental vaccine for a disease with a minimal death rate. Sounds too ridiculous to actually happen, right? Well, not exactly. Bills wide receivers Isaiah McKenzie
40 Years Ago the Springbok Rugby Tour Divided New Zealand
Eliora Here are two book reviews that are very different from each other, but equally good reminders that 40 years ago a Springbok rugby tour divided New Zealand. The violence that occurred has been at times labelled as eight weeks of “Batons, Brawls, Barbed wire and Boks.” Hold The Line
Winning on the Water, DNA, and Cancel Culture
Hobson’s Pledge Trust A scrap between a couple of entrepreneurs, Sir Ian Taylor and Troy Bowker, would probably have died a quiet death if Bowker was not part-owner of the Hurricanes rugby team, according to talk show host Peter Williams. See Troy Bowker In response to a post
Press Statement from Troy Bowker
Troy Bowker My discussion on Linkedin In with Sir Ian Taylor was never intended to involve rugby or my involvement with the Hurricanes as a shareholder and board director. However, it is clear that this has become the central focus for the media rather than the important issues around New
Get Woke, Go Broke: Footlong Version
You’d think corporations would have got the memo by now. Gilette, Nike, Coca-Cola. From the biggest (Disney) to small companies (Black Rifle Coffee, Handsome Her Cafe), and Hollywood (Ghostbusters 2016, Ocean’s 8). The lesson should be clear: Get Woke, Go Broke. But there’s always another company
Bench Rest Shooting: The Grendel
OAP The Grendel I bought this to be a useful target rifle, but I miscalculated. It has several weaknesses and overcoming these for a club competition rifle is an ongoing problem. It is the light sporter model with a contoured barrel, it has an impossibly heavy trigger and the stock
Bench Rest Shooting: Handloading for Accuracy
OAP In rimfire shooting, there is little you can do to work on the compatibility of rifle and ammunition except to try a box of every brand and variation you can find. Clean the barrel between each box and fire ten fouling shots before you start to measure group sizes.
Face of the Day
Lisa Carrington became New Zealand’s most prolific Olympic medallist on Thursday when she won gold in the canoe sprint women’s K1 500 final in Tokyo – her third gold of the Games. The victory gave Carrington her sixth Olympic medal and fifth gold, pushing her to the top of
The Gender Identity ‘Loophole’
Ro Edge NZ Spokesperson Save Women’s Sport Australasia Laurel Hubbard wasn’t the first transgender individual to compete in the female category of the Tokyo Olympics, nor is Laurel the only one who will do so. And if the trans lobby has their way, we will see many, many
The Trans Gender Sports Debate
On July 26th, I skyped my brother in the UK. It was his birthday. Inevitably, the subject of the Olympics came up, and knowing that I am a sports fanatic, he asked if I was watching. I said no. “What? Not the sailing, the rugby, the equestrian? Not those divers