Rebekah Brook will learn all about pressure when she makes her American college debut in August.
Genetic engineering, deadly viruses and lashings of the old ultra-violence...
• Our hearts bleed, Christchurch
Don't even think about it. Don't contemplate, for a minute, feeling sorry for the one-eyed rugby folk of Canterbury.
Don't think NZRU chief Steve Tew has been harsh in suggesting The Stadium of 1000 Names might miss out on All Black tests in the future because of poor ticket sales for tonight's game.
9.30pm: So it's au revoir to the French. It's been a good series, certainly a welcome change from the normal June test that features the All Blacks spanking some hapless second-string...
UFC?: Ugly Fiat Car? Umbrellas For Cats? No, that would be Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Relying on a formula can be a fatal mistake for a game series, but Virtua Tennis is one title that bucks the trend.
• The kiss of death The Last Word can think of few people it would less like to receive a kiss on the head from than Graham Henry.
A few years ago, Andy Boyens was a Kavanagh College pupil and passionate Liverpool fan with a football dream. Yesterday, he played in a game to remember - and made a mistake he would love to forget.
I last saw my wife about eight days ago.
Forget the House of Pain. Carisbrook should from now be called the Cabin of Collapse.
Wyatt Crockett did not make the cut for tonight's test at Carisbrook but his inclusion in the initial squad indicates it will not be long before he becomes Otago Boys High School's 22nd All Black.
A south African prop, an Australian halfback, two ex-Warriors and a former Otago Nugget will feature in the Otago trial in Alexandra next Tuesday.
Three of Otago's most talented basketball prospects in recent years will form the heart of the Junior Tall Blacks at the world under-19 championships in July.
Wanaka triathlete Nicky Samuels is not expecting miracles when she competes in the second round of the International Triathlon Union series in Madrid this weekend.
She was the princess of Dunedin's royal table tennis family - and now Yvonne Fogarty is back in action.
It was the sequel they couldn't refuse. Sorry, but I had to do it.
• Heart of Origin . . .
That was great news about the New Zealand Rugby Union's decision to allow Heartland Championship unions to field a "player of origin" this season.
Caitlin O'Brien (14), of St Hildas Collegiate School, wins the junior girls event ahead of Sian English (13), of Columba College, at the secondary schools road race at Logan Park yesterday.
Otago University has won the glamour eight title at an international regatta in China.
Games reviewer Hayden Meikle prepares his army of tiny, one-eyed creatures for battle.