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Dana Johannsen 2018's version of 1978's Brendan Telfer

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Meet 2018's version of Brendan Telfer, her name is Dana Johannsen, she used to be nzherald's main sports reporter she is now with Fairfax's  stuff's  website. If you would like to compare her to any other Journo, Brendan Telfer would be the one, like Brendan Telfer she has a history of lying about certain sports, and totally ignoring others. Bredan Telfer was the Journo who loved to tell the NZ public that Netball was this global sport. He loved to mock League calling the league world cup worthless, while cheering on any world cup victory in Netball, he would state Rugby is huge, league is nothing, yet wouldn't make the true comparison  with Netball and Basketball. Today stuff's, Dana Johannsen did this piece on how Netball which has long been the number one sport for girls is under threat from other sports, Rugby in particular, but she mentioned other sports as well are challenging Netball in New Zealand for girls. Yet, she didnt mention the main threat and tha...

Steven Adams Will Bounce Back

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0.1 of a second. That is what stopped Kiwi Basketball player Steven Adams from getting the game winning shot against, the Dallas Mavericks. How heart breaking is that, it would've been his first buzzer beater of his NBA career, the ref's counted at first, then after checking the video reply he was denied in the most cruelest  of fashion. Steven Adams will bounce back though, he is one hell of a player, there is a reason he was drafted in the number ten spot after playing a season for Pitt. All kiwis should get behind him, he is playing the second most competitive team sport on the planet, all other sports are light years behind, despite what the New Zealand media may think. So what does the Thunder have to do to win game three on the road. Well Durant has to shoot well, he wont repeat the horrible performance of game two. Adams himself will be so fired up, I'm expecting a lot of boards from  him in game three, I think it's a safe bet to say a double double may be on the...