Basketball: Nuggets heading in right direction
Basketball: Nuggets heading in right direction
Otago nuggets stalwart Jamie Blake has seen his share of change in the past eight years but believes his side is heading in the right direction.
Adrian Seconi
Cricket: Talented Otago side underachieved
Cricket: Talented Otago side underachieved
Otago showed plenty of character to remain undefeated in the State Championship, but its fourth-place finish was a disappointing return. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reports.
Cricket: Family business beckons for Redmond
Cricket: Family business beckons for Redmond
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond has been selected to tour England with the Black Caps, following in the footsteps of his father, Rodney.
Rodney Redmond, who toured England with the 1973 New Zealand side. Photo by New Zealand Herald.
Anything Dad can do I can do.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond hopes to add to the family legacy after being named in the Black Caps test squad on Saturday morning.
Cricket: McMillan makes game safe for Otago
Cricket: McMillan makes game safe for Otago
The Canterbury bowlers could be forgiven for thinking Otago was playing an April Fool's joke when No 11 batsman James McMillan took the game out of their grasp with aggressive batting.
Nuggets slump to sixth straight loss
Nuggets slump to sixth straight loss
Otago Nuggets 67 Wellington Saints 90 The Otago Nuggets crashed to their sixth consecutive loss when they were thrashed 90-67 by the Wellington Saints in the capital yesterday. The...
Cricket: Otago and Canty share opening honours
Cricket: Otago and Canty share opening honours
Otago medium pacer Warren McSkimming increased his haul of first-class scalps by five to help his side dismiss Canterbury for 247 runs at Carisbrook yesterday.
Cricket: Last chance for Otago players to impress
Cricket: Last chance for Otago players to impress
Otago is out of contention in the State Championship but there is still plenty to play for in its last round-robin match against Canterbury beginning at Carisbrook on Sunday.
Killings leave scars for new Nugget
Killings leave scars for new Nugget
Otago Nuggets basketball import Lemar Gayle has a bullet lodged in his right femur. He survived the high school shooting, but some of his friends have not been so lucky.
Gayle's brilliance can't save Nuggets
Gayle's brilliance can't save Nuggets
Lemar Gayle's star burned brightly in his first match for the Otago Nuggets but it was the Auckland Stars who claimed the competition points with a 92-82 win at ASB Stadium on Thursday evening.
Skiing: Success on the slopes
Skiing: Success on the slopes
Disabled skier Adam Hall returned to Dunedin this week, hoping the gorgeous weather holds for one more month.
Tough start for Charleton
Tough start for Charleton
Brent Charleton was rushed into the Tall Blacks camp when it was discovered he had a New Zealand passport.
Import puts heat on Anderson, Smith
Import puts heat on Anderson, Smith
The Otago Nuggets' two American imports, Rahsaan Smith and Jay Anderson, have been put on notice with the arrival of Lemar Gayle.
Netball: Good signs from Steel in build-up games
Netball: Good signs from Steel in build-up games
The Steel continued its promising build-up for the inaugural ANZ Championship with wins against the Otago premier side and the Otago men's team in Dunedin on Saturday.
Netball: Court time priority for player of many parts
Netball: Court time priority for player of many parts
Wendy Telfer gives a new meaning to the term all-rounder.
McSkimming missing as Otago battles for points
McSkimming missing as Otago battles for points
Otago will be without the services of opening bowler Warren McSkimming for its crucial first-class game against Wellington at the University Oval today.
New test venue not threat to University Oval
New test venue not threat to University Oval
A bid to turn Eden Park Outer Oval into a test venue will not count against the University Oval hosting further tests, Otago Cricket (OCA) chief executive Ross Dykes says.
Netball: Dunedin scores netball test
Netball: Dunedin scores netball test
Test netball will return to Dunedin for the first time in 10 years when the Silver Ferns play England at the Lion Foundation Arena in October.
Shooting costs Nuggets
Shooting costs Nuggets
Nuggets 81 Rams 86 Poor shooting and foul trouble deprived the Otago Nuggets of a much-needed win over the Canterbury Rams at the Lion Foundation Arena on Saturday night.
Steel pick of NZ sides but Australian franchises take honours
Steel pick of NZ sides but Australian franchises take honours
The Southern Steel emerged as the most successful New Zealand side but the Australian franchises took the overall honours in the ANZ Championship pre-season tournament in Sydney over the weekend.
Limp draw hurts Otago
Limp draw hurts Otago
Otago might be the one-day champion but its chances of winning the four-day competition took a blow following its draw with Northern Districts at Queens Park in Invercargill yesterday.