Southern Steel assistant coach Donna Wilkins is finding life on the sidelines "a little frustrating", but has not been tempted to put the bib back on.
Southern Steel coach Robyn Broughton has joined the chorus calling for a double round to be introduced to the ANZ Championship in the interest of fairness.
Yvonne Willering might have been doing her best to downplay the pressure the Northern Mystics were under after four straight losses in the ANZ Championship, but it was a relieved coach which fronted the press conference.
Nelson Giants 96 Otago Nuggets 80 The Otago Nuggets have only an outside mathematical chance of making the play-offs after notching up their 11th loss this season
Olympic sprinter Chris Donaldson might be in the twilight of his running career, but the pin-up boy of New Zealand athletics hopes a switch to bobsledding will yield a Winter Olympics medal.
Tall Ferns guard Suzie Bates is one step closer to securing her Olympic dream after helping the national side secure a historic victory over Australia at the Beijing Good Luck tournament last week.
Fresh from a long season in the UK Superleague, Steel defender Megan Hutton reckons she has plenty left in the gas tank
Northern Mystics coach Yvonne Willering wants her players to forget the team's horrid start in the ANZ Championship and just relax and enjoy the tournament one game at a time.
Otago secured two bonus days off and closed the gap on the top of the field when it blitzed Wellington by an innings and 116 runs in its State Championship match at the University Oval at the weekend.
Steel defender Katrina Grant has jokingly considered taping her gangly, spider-like arms to her body.
He might be polite and well mannered but Antoine Tisby loves the rough stuff.
Rising star Greir Campbell has her sights set on playing in the ANZ Championship.
Otago Nuggets Nat Connell and Steve Robinson have until Friday to request that Drug Free Sport New Zealand test their B sample.
Heat 92 Nuggets 76 The chances of resurrecting the Otago Nuggets' slim play-off hopes look bleak after a disastrous second quarter enabled the Harbour Heat to build an unassailable lead at the Lion Foundation Arena on Saturday night.
The Otago Nuggets "scratched and clawed'' but did not have the talent to beat the Harbour Heat on Saturday night, coach Don Sims says.
Three Otago teams qualified for the age group nationals during zone play earlier this month.
The Otago Nuggets have got seven games left and every one of them is vital for their play-off prospects.
The Steel has looked anything but a match-hardened side in the past couple of weeks but regained its edge with a convincing demolition of the Canterbury Tactix in Christchurch last night.
The Nuggets have their first win this season but coach Don Sims is not happy.
Southern Steel co-captain Jenny-May Coffin is still hurting from her side's opening-round 11-goal loss to the NSW Swifts in Sydney last week.
