Copy of – Scratched: Angela Walker’s forgotten Commonwealth gymnastics goldVIDEO | Two New Zealand gymnasts won gold medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – but only one of them made the headlines.By Scratched | 12th February, 2025Guest writer
Scratched: Angela Walker’s forgotten Commonwealth gymnastics goldVIDEO | Two New Zealand gymnasts won gold medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – but only one of them made the headlines.By Scratched | 23rd February, 2021Guest writer
Weekend binge watch: Meet Aotearoa’s lost sporting legends in ScratchedCatch up on Scratched, the Spinoff's video series celebrating New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due.By Scratched | 20th February, 2021Guest writer
Meet six more of Aotearoa’s lost sporting legends in the new season of ScratchedSeason two of the NZ TV Award-winning series features Meda McKenzie, Tuariki Delamere, Lee Ralph and more.By Scratched | 19th February, 2021Guest writer
How Tuariki Delamere’s somersault turned the sport of long jump on its headThe Delamere Flip could have revolutionised the long jump – but unlike the high jump's Fosbury Flop, it never got off the ground.By Calum Henderson | 18th February, 2021Contributing writer
Scratched: How Tuariki Delamere got banned from the long jumpVIDEO | Long jump is one of the oldest events in track and field, virtually the same since the first modern Olympics. Tuariki Delamere wanted to change that. By Scratched | 16th February, 2021Guest writer
OpinionGymnastics NZ has apologised for past abuses. Now it must empower athletesSaying sorry isn't enough, writes a former international gymnast.By Georgia Cervin | 16th February, 2021Guest writer
Slack Caps no more: the numbers that tell the story of a meteoric riseJust a jaw-dropping collection of stats.By Michael Appleton | 13th February, 2021Guest writer
‘You either swim or you sink’: 23 hours in the Cook Strait with Meda McKenzieWhat compels someone to swim in open water for 12 hours, and what motivates them to turn around and swim the whole way back? By Madeleine Chapman | 11th February, 2021Contributor
Scratched: Meda McKenzie versus the Cook StraitVIDEO | Not many people have swum across the Cook Strait – fewer still have turned around and swum all the way back again too.By Scratched | 9th February, 2021Guest writer
The Black Caps are in the World Test Championship final. How’d they get there – and can they win?After a byzantine process, some beautiful performances and a fair splash of luck, the Black Caps will be playing for the biggest prize in cricket.By Alex Braae | 3rd February, 2021Staff Writer
The two-minute guide to being an expert on the America’s CupNew to sailing? With the Prada Cup resuming this weekend, here's how to bluff your way into sounding like a pro. By Alice Webb-Liddall | 22nd January, 2021Staff writer
OpinionI got kiss cam’d at Eden Park and it was truly horribleCan we please stick to T-shirt cannons and on-field tug-of-war instead of watching strangers smooch?By Alice Webb-Liddall | 10th January, 2021Staff writer
OpinionIn defence of the drop kickAfter last weekend's Bledisloe Cup match, Justin Latif asks why we've fallen out of love with drop kicking.By Justin Latif | 7th January, 2021Local Democracy Reporter, South Auckland
Best of 2020: Scratched meets Joeli Vidiri, the greatest All Black that never wasAll this week we're looking back on some of the best videos published on The Spinoff in 2020. Today, when Scratched caught up with Joeli Vidiri.By Scratched | 14th December, 2020Guest writer
Is watching cricket at the pub a thing of the past?Popping down to the pub to watch Kane Williamson score a double century is harder if the pub doesn't have the game on.By Alex Braae | 5th December, 2020Staff Writer
Eugene Bareman: the beating heart of New Zealand kickboxingFrom high school rugby star to law school dropout to UFC deity.By Michelle Langstone | 28th November, 2020Contributing writer
Everything you need to know about the very different 2020/21 summer of cricketNew broadcasters, a new Boxing Day test venue, and new selection problems for the Black Caps.By Alex Braae | 26th November, 2020Staff Writer
The Fold: The boss of all rugby, with Mark RobinsonNZ Rugby is in a fascinating situation at the moment, with some big calls to be made over the coming years. This episode, the man in charge of making them talks to Duncan Greive.By Duncan Greive | 22nd November, 2020Managing Editor
OpinionSorry Quinny, I’m with JK when it comes to what masculinity meansRugby commentator Keith Quinn's call for rugby players to 'harden up' shows how much New Zealand's macho culture has changed since the days he ruled the airwaves.By Trevor McKewen | 18th November, 2020Contributing writer
