Highlanders bookend Jamie Mackintosh will be propping up the entertainment during the half-time break of the Southern Steel's ANZ Championship match against the Melbourne Vixens at Stadium Southland on Saturday.
If there is a positive side to Brent Charleton's season-ending knee injury, it is that the Otago Nuggets have just one game left.
The Auckland Stars will play the Otago Nuggets' leftovers in the biggest mismatch since a three-legged blind corgi barked at a rottweiler.
The last time the Southern Steel and the Central Pulse met overtime was needed to separate the sides.
The Otago under-17 girls basketball team won the South Island zone and is eyeing up a spot in the final of the national tournament which begins at the Edgar Centre today.
A flexible whistle blower? Surely not. But that is how Dunedin-based umpire Jono Bredin describes himself.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond hopes history repeats itself - but not all of it.
His selection on Saturday for the Black Caps' tour of England gives him an opportunity to add to an intriguing family story.
Questions which have been brewing for the past few months will be answered when the Southern Steel plays its opening game in the ANZ championship against the NSW Swifts in Sydney tonight.
The spoils were shared evenly but off-spinner Nathan McCullum claimed the coveted cricketer of the year title at the Otago Cricket Association's awards at the University Oval last night.
Get out of the paint. That is the message from the Otago Nuggets latest American import Antoine Tisby.
American centre Antoine Tisby is the latest import to pass through the Otago Nuggets' revolving door as the franchise searches for its opening win this season.
Steel shooter Julianna Naoupu has not made the move south from Christchurch to Invercargill to spend the next three months on the bench.
Ask Southerners why the Steel can win the ANZ Championship and most will answer ‘‘the Robyn Broughton factor''. The extraordinary coach led the Sting to unparalleled success but starts with a blank slate with the Steel. Netball writer Adrian Seconi reports.
Hawkes Bay Hawks coach Shawn Dennis believes the Otago Nuggets play with heart but said the organisation needed to show some backbone to help turn the franchise around.
Former Australian shooter Megan Dehn can't roll her Rs, but when it comes to slotting goals, she is a past master.
Otago Nuggets import Lemar Gayle yesterday quit after he was fined $500 for "inappropriate behaviour" and making negative comments in the newspaper.
Multi-talented athlete Renee Johnson divides her time between basketball, netball, touch and probably a bit of homework.
A team that stays together plays well together. At least that is how it has been for the Otago Volts during the past three seasons.
Wellington Saints 93 Otago Nuggets 73 If the Otago Nuggets have not started thinking about next year yet, then they should. This season is beyond salvaging after the beleaguered...
Otago Nuggests star player Lemar Gayle is frustrated.
