A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
Published: 1995. Sport: Cricket. Sample: ''Cricketing agnostics habitually accuse us of using the game to blot out the more painful and difficult aspects of life. But what can be more painful and...
Time to play the ABC game. Sports editor Hayden Meikle looks back on the year, with an A to Z of sport in 2012.
They do it for love, not money, and readers of the Otago Daily Times sports pages over the past few decades should be thankful for that. They are the long-serving ''stringers'', or contributing writers. In the first of three profiles, sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to golf guru Bill Trewern.
Sample: ''For reasons I've always found difficult to explain, the Springbok rugby tour of 1956 has stayed in the dark at the back of my mind and haunted my memories.
A SEASON ON THE BRINK John Feinstein Published: 1986. Sport: Basketball.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
Otago coach Vaughn Johnson knows twenty/20 can be a funny game.
Talk of season-defining games may be premature but these could certainly be a big few days for the Otago women's team.
The grinch stole Green Island's Christmas.
First, a disclaimer.
Saints will have the happiest Christmas after extending their lead in the premier competition on Saturday.
ODT sports editor Hayden Meikle looks at some of the latest sports book offerings.
So much has been lost in the crush of the most improbably drawn-out saga in New Zealand cricket since the angst over the use of the label ''Young Guns''.
My wrestling fan days are all but over but there was still a frisson of excitement in my bones when WWE 13 loaded up for the first time.
A double whammy here: first look at this fun little game, and first experience of the PlayStation Vita.
Ellis Park saved its best for last with a rare win under tiebreaker rules over Dodgers on Saturday.
Craig Cumming has urged the Otago public to ignore the hubbub surrounding Brendon McCullum's appointment and celebrate the elevation of one of its favourite sons as Black Caps captain.
New Zealand coach Mike Hesson regrets a communication breakdown between him and dumped captain Ross Taylor, but stands by his decision to make a drastic change.
Talk about a bitter pill to swallow.
