Category Archives: DeadCast

DeadCast: Balls! 25 feat the winning Warriors, Bill Harrigan and Brendon McCullum

New Dunedin mayoral candidate (seriously/excitingly) Aaron Hawkins and Duncan talk live on radio 1 about Warriors rosey playoff hopes, Bill Harrigan’s monumental blunder (and general weirdness) , the ICC cricketer of the year awards (and why Brendan McCullum’s presence makes … Continue reading

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DeadCast: Balls! 24 feat The Black Caps, Southland & Counties-Manukau and NZNTM

Duncan has been in Tonga all week ‘honeymooning’, so Aaron had to tell him what happened sports-wise. we discussed NZ’s rise to number two in the ICC ODI rankings, and Martin Crowe’s poo-pooing of that form’s future. Then we talked … Continue reading

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DeadCast: Balls 024 / The Bledisloe’s back (Alright), Warriors Revert to Type and the return of the DeadBall liveblog

Aaron and Duncan spoke on Radio One in Dunedin, live-to-air with no preparation about the week in sport. This included talk about the revival of the Bledisloe Cup after a period of dormancy, whether the Warriors’ weekend hiccup might actually … Continue reading

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DeadCast: Balls! 23 feat. ‘The Decision, The All Blacks, The Warriors and The Tour de France

Duncan Aaron talk about The All Blacks humiliation of The ‘Boks over the weekend, The revival of the Warriors, ‘The Decision’, The way this Tour de France is shaping up as a classic with many more to come… And that’s … Continue reading

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DeadCast: Balls! 16

In which your ‘heroes’ Aaron and Duncan have a shallow and meaningless about the Storm, talk down NZ’s Twenty20 chances and up Stephen Fleming as a future coach before extolling the virtues of history in a sports club, and promotion/relegation … Continue reading

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DeadCast: Balls! 12

Aaron and Duncan chat about the return of Tiger Woods, with particular reference to the creeping racism of the Augusta establishment. We also discuss Steve Price’s slide from sainthood, the Warriors slip up at Manly and NZ Swimming’s embarrassing disconnect … Continue reading

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DeadCast: Balls! 011

Aaron and Duncan talk about the Tua fight and the generally surreal atmosphere in West Auckland, survey the international cricket season, try and not get too excited about the Warriors and generally get amongst the issues of the day in … Continue reading

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BALLS 10: Another Deadcast

Aaron and Duncan talk the Warriors resurgence, the Wellington wind being a manifestly better cricketer than Peter Ingram, the wide open West in the NBA, Mike Tyson’s reality TV career and some other nonsense. BALLS 010 by Deadball

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DeadCast: Balls 2 / Winter Olympics, Black Caps Coaches and the Fairytale of New Orleans

A few days late and dollars short as will no doubt become usual, but here’s Aaron Hawkins from Radio 1 in Dunedin and Duncan from DeadBall’s chat from Friday 12 Feb 2010 (c. 730am every Friday). We discussed the impending … Continue reading

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DeadCast 1: A Sports Podcast named BALLS!

Every Friday at around 7.30 in the morning I chat to Aaron from Radio 1 in Dunedin about the week in sport, and what’s to come over the weekend. It’s called, with no small amount of schoolboy-ish humour BALLS! From … Continue reading

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