Sports

NBA Playoffs just around the Corner

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Daniel Lormans

While the NZ Breakers recently won their fourth ANBL championship in five years, the NBA post-season is just about to kick off next weekend after the monotony of the regular season concluded this week. For the casual viewer, the NBA can appear rather confusing so I will do my best to explain it Read more...

It’s the Final Countdown…

Posted 3:11pm Sunday 29th March 2015 by Daniel Lormans

No, we are not talking about the catchy Swedish pop-metal anthem that peaked at number 12 on the New Zealand Charts in 1987 (and may still get pumped into the Zoo on the odd occasion). This week we are talking about Europe’s top domestic football leagues, which are into their final countdown towards Read more...

No Shortage of Sports

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015 by Daniel Lormans

Highlanders Continue to Impress … After a good night out last week, I was woken up outrageously early the next morning thinking there was an albatross or one of Daenerys’ dragons attempting to nest on our roof. Upon investigation I found that it was just the Sky TV man installing a new satellite Read more...

RUGB215

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015 by Daniel Lormans

T he first four rounds of assignments for the semester have been completed, so Critic turns the sometimes subjective and arbitrary University of Otago grading scale to New Zealand’s Super Rugby teams. Is your team going to be accepted for Honours or have an embarrassing grade on their Read more...

Athletes Around the Country

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015 by Daniel Lormans

T he most popular sports from around the world are dominated by large, synthetic and inflatable balls that are delicately manipulated by the hands, feet and sometimes heads of the players. However, there is another group of more sharply dressed individuals who prefer to derive their pleasure Read more...

Critic’s Night at the Rugby!

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015 by Daniel Lormans

7:00pm: I decide I can’t afford stadium-priced beer so I knock back a few leftover Cindys as I wait for my friends to show up. Their lack of punctuality is noted for the future. KICKOFF: A huge roar from the crowd as the Highlanders’ season gets underway. Unfortunately, we are still five Read more...

Seriously accurate predictions to continue

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 22nd February 2015 by Daniel Lormans

Last year’s FIFA World Cup coverage proved our credentials in providing serious analysis, accurate predictions and the ability to type a sentence like that with a straight face. Here is an update and preview of some of the sports action that we will be reporting on and ranting about in 2015. Read more...

Critic Sport takes a stroll down memory lane

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014 by Daniel Lormans

For this sad occasion, the last issue of Critic for this year, we go the tear-soaked nostalgia desk and revisit some of the most memorable sporting moments of 2014, pointing out when we got things right with our predictions and conveniently not mentioning when we got things wrong. Thanks for reading Read more...

We are the champions, again. *Yawns*

Posted 1:49pm Sunday 5th October 2014 by Daniel Lormans

Back to the shiny, black and trophy-laden rugby desk this week where we are wrapping up our code coverage for this year with a little review of the recent Rugby Championship and some very early and unnecessary World Cup hype. As is old news by now, the mighty All Blacks have won yet another Read more...

Aaron Cruden and the irony of alcohol sponsorship of sport

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 28th September 2014 by Daniel Lormans

To the rugby desk, where a few weeks ago I touched on the subject of the media’s relation to sport and how it can be used as a positive or negative distraction from real issues. A timely example came immediately following a long and eventful election campaign when it can be difficult to fill a Read more...