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NRL: Warriors brace for emotional home farewell to club legend Shaun Johnson With a third straight loss leaving their playoff dreams in tatters, NZ Warriors return home this week to prepare for Shaun Johnson’s final appearance at Go Media Stadium Mt Smart against Canterbury Bulldogs. The Auckland side were still in the contest, level 10-10 at halftime against Manly Sea Eagles, but let another one slip away 24-10 in a campaign that promises so much and has delivered little on the field. Five points outside the top eight, coach Andrew Webster had hoped to sweep their last three games (plus…
Why Tennessee’s deal with QB Nico Iamaleava no longer so great for the Vols There’s only one reason that Tennessee football players are flocking to the transfer portal like moths to a flame. And there’s only one player that has led to all of this. Freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava. Now, before you start blaming Iamaleava, don’t. It’s not his fault he asked for, was offered and will receive a reported $8-million for four years at Tennessee, although that number may be slightly inflated. Nevertheless, that’s quite a contract for a player that had never taken a college snap when he…
New Zealand delights in Warriors’ NRL success after years of rugby league neglect This article is more than 10 months old The flipside to the love fest around the team’s run to the finals is why it took so long for the game to realise its enormous potential in Aotearoa It’s the feel-good story of 2023. After years of finals droughts and a Covid-induced exile, the New Zealand Warriors are back. The team that finished 15th on the ladder last year is now just 80 minutes from playing in their third grand final. For their long-suffering fans, it must feel like the…
Roger Daltrey Is Pissed That Concertgoers Can Look Up His Recent Setlists: “The Internet’s Ruined The Live Shows For Me” Roger Daltrey is about to go on a solo tour, and if you’re going, he would like you to not look up the setlist beforehand. “There’s no surprises left with concerts these days, ’cause everybody wants to see the setlist,” the Who frontman said in a new interview with Billboard. “I’m not gonna talk about songs,” Daltrey said. “Too many people reveal songs… I’m fucking sick of it. The internet’s ruined the live shows for me. Who wants to know what’s…
Team Update: Harris ruled out Captain Tohu Harris will be sidelined indefinitely after being ruled out of the One New Zealand Warriors’ 18th-round NRL clash against Canterbury-Bankstown at Accor Stadium in Sydney on Saturday (3.00pm kick-off local time; 5.00pm NZT). The 32-year-old 234-game veteran has a wrist injury with no timeline yet set on how long he will be unavailable. He played just 25 minutes in last Saturday’s 32-16 win over Brisbane, his fourth match back since being out with the injury following the round 10 loss to the Sydney Roosters. Dylan Walker will now start at loose forward for…
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul veteran actor Mark Margolis has died at the age of 83, according to his family. Best known in the role of Hector Salamanca on both series, he played a drug cartel member who uses a wheelchair after a stroke. He passed away in a New York City hospital on Thursday after a short illness, his son said in a statement. Margolis also had acting credits in films such Scarface, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and HBO series Oz. In the Emmy-nominated role of Salamanca, Margolis portrayed a hyper-violent gangster who is unable to speak…
The Who’s Roger Daltrey announces nine-date North American tour The Who’s Roger Daltrey has announced some more North American solo dates. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer initially announced a couple of one-off shows, but that’s now been expanded to a nine-date tour hitting the U.S. and Canada this June. The tour promises fans “a mostly acoustic set of Who gems, rarities, solo nuggets and other surprises,” with Daltrey also answering questions from the audience. KT Tunstall and Dan Bern are special guests on the tour, which will have Daltrey backed by a “hand-picked ensemble of musicians,” including his bandmate Pete Townshend’s brother Simon Townshend on guitar and backing vocals. The tour kicks off…
The art of becoming part of hockey culture You may have noticed: Skellefteå is a place where the love for hockey, and in particular Skellefteå AIK, is great. But what’s the deal? We let columnist and culture writer Per Strömbro, potentially northern Sweden’s least sports-minded individual, infiltrate a match in search of answers. It feels a bit of a drag, I’ll admit it. It’s a Friday night in late August and almost 20 degrees Celsius outside. The instinct to go into a cool ice rink does not really want to appear. Others outside Skellefteå Kraft Arena seem all the more…
NZ Warriors’ Tohu Harris done for season Significant changes have been forced on the New Zealand Warriors for the Round 20 NRL clash against the Raiders in Canberra on Friday night. Captain Tohu Harris, 32, is now out for the season after having surgery on a chronic wrist injury. The veteran forward has been carrying the issue for most of the year, missing four games in the middle of the team’s campaign before returning to the field. Harris was a late withdrawal in the round 18 loss to the Bulldogs and the decision was made to fully recover. …
Turner & Kebble to be among Glasgow departures Scotland internationals George Turner and Oli Kebble will leave Glasgow Warriors at the end of the season. Thomas Gordon, Sintu Manjezi, Enrique Pieretto and Lucio Sordoni are also being released by the United Rugby Championship club. Fraser Brown’s impending retirement had already been announced while backs Ali Price and Ross Thompson will move east to Edinburgh. Turner, 31, has played for both Scottish pro teams and London Scottish. He started at Edinburgh, was loaned to the exiles in 2017, Glasgow the following year and formally joined Warriors in 2018. He has been…