Category Archives: Announcements

Live Blog: Q+A Super City Mayoralty Debate

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Duncan

DeadBall is going to Live Blog the Super City Mayoralty debate.Williams vs Banks vs Brown. And we’re off. Holmes-y is in the big chair, and he’s pretty fired up. Hasn’t really mentioned the debate, he’s much more excited about the … Continue reading →

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Giving Doug Golightly the Red Card

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Duncan

Doug Golightly, long the best excuse for sleeping til the afternoon on a Saturday morning, has now extended his monumental dull-wittedness into some new media, being appointed editor of Sky Sport: The Magazine. Full disclosure: Until very recently I was … Continue reading →

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New Zealand’s Next Top Model Finale Recap Thing

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Duncan

The finale (read our scrappy liveblog here) was more of an elaborate coronation ceremony for Christobelle than any form of competition. It seemed pretty clear from very early on in the series that when it came to temperament, talent and … Continue reading →

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COMING TONIGHT! Liveblogging the NZNTM Finale

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Duncan

By actual popular demand we’ll be liveblogging every minute of the finale of NZNTM tonight, with some contributors from Real Groove magazine, plus me and any deadballers who can make it. Will be using coveritlive, the same set up as … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Henry

Ladies and Gentlemen, Gilbert Arenas is back! OK, it may not be the best idea in the world. The Wizards season is pretty much over. Seems kinda dumb to bring back your star for nine games and risk further injury … Continue reading →

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The Phony War Is Over

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Duncan

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (video irrelevant, I was just desperately trying to find something to distract from NZ’s recent on-field performance, and this worked best) Hmmff. It seems that Short Of A … Continue reading →

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Indian Summers

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Duncan

Having been shivering my way through England and Scotland these past couple of weeks, with the only cricket news being that monumentally cool (if on another level ineffably sad) Stanford scandal all across the front pages – one I’m gonna … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon

Posted on November 12, 2008 by admin

Welcome to Dead Ball. This will be a sports blog based out of Auckland, New Zealand, which aims to cover the  various codes we follow with something like the idiosyncratic appeal we witness on the field, court and track, but … Continue reading →

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