Gordon Campbell on dairy farming, the battle for Mosul and drugs in sport
Arguably, the last thing New Zealand needs is for the current levels of dairy production to return to profitability anytime soon.
Sport
Gordon Campbell on welfare blackmail, and the therapeutic use of drugs in sport
Reportedly, beneficiary parents who refuse to disclose the intimate details of their child’s conception stand to have their benefits substantially docked.
Living with Rio’s Olympic Ruins
Even as they were being built, Rio’s Olympic projects were already starting to collapse…
Gordon Campbell on the funding changes in special needs education, and Uber
The plan to strip out support for older “special needs” children to meet the existing shortfall in funding for special needs in ECE defies belief…
Gordon Campbell on the waning fever for the Olympics
NZ spent more money to send our biggest team… you could say our haul in Rio cost more per medal and fewer were earned per athlete than ever before
Gordon Campbell on the politicising of the war on drugs in sport
“War on drugs in sport” has become a proxy version of the Cold War, fixated on Russia.
Gordon Campbell on the Rio Olympics
An Olympic medal is starting to feel less like a reward for ruthless competitive excellence, and more like a school competitions where everyone goes home with a prize.
Gordon Campbell on rugby’s sense of entitlement
That least some of the Chiefs thought they had a licence for inappropriate sexual touching says a lot about entitlement and rugby in New Zealand.
Gordon Campbell on the IOC’s treatment of Russian sport, and lone wolf terrorism
An IOC blanket ban on Russian athletes would have been marked contrast to its treatment of the track and field team from Kenya
Gordon Campbell on Muhammad Ali
As with Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali changed the times so thoroughly that anyone coming along afterwards will probably struggle to understand.
Cricket and Depression
Is there something about cricket that puts its top players at greater risk of mental illness?
Talking Sport : Stanley Cup Fever
On and off the field
Away Games
The challenges (and consolations) of trying to play cricket in America
Talking Sport : The Tour de France, 2010
Sportsmanship survives in the most unlikely of places
Tie Me Salary Cap Down, Sport
Should there be any restraint of trade rules when it comes to sport?
Talking Sport: Rafa in the Twilight Zone
Why is tennis treating its top players as utterly disposable?
Climbing the next mountain
New Zealand soccer’s uphill challenge at the World Cup next year
Talking Sport : King Roger, against the odds
Surprisingly, 2009 was Roger Federer’s year
Sporting Life : David Tua’s limited future…
Déjà vu with David Tua, and what’s golf doing at a green Olympics ?
Is Test Cricket On the Ropes?
The long version of the great game faces an uncertain future
Talking Sport: Close, But No Cigar
Spare a thought for the guy who comes in second
Talking Sport : Tour de France
Can the Tour de France teach us how to run the Rugby World Cup?
Sporting Life : Big Big Fighters
Talking Sport. Are heavyweight boxers these days are getting way TOO big
Sporting Life : Can Andy Murray break the British hex at Wimbledon?
Lamont Russell on Andy Murray’s chances at Wimbledon