Y!X Sport editor http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/index/-/cameronmacmillan Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:48:03 -0800 Yahoo! http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1463/links-of-the-week/ <p><strong>From water skiing off a digger to creating a machine just to take free kicks, it's the weird and wonderful stories that make up the latest edition of Links of the Week.</strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5AcQahwKs0" title="Caterpillar ski" target="_blank"><br /><br />Caterpillar water skiing</a><br />This is what happens when you get bored and have a spare digger, a pond and some water skis.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn. ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:26:00 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1461/how-to-cheat-in-a-marathon/ <span style="font-weight:bold;">If you're looking for a distinct edge ahead of this year's Auckland marathon than look no further than the Chinese province of Fujian.</span><br /><br />Sporting authorities in China discovered that <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=29&amp;art_id=nw20100122131159113C364942" title="Cheaters caught" target="_blank">at least 30 runners</a> of the top 100 in this month's Xiamen International Marathon cheated. ... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:08:30 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1443/goal-of-the-year/ <span style="font-weight:bold;">It's only January 25th but a non-league player by the name of Jamie Milligan may have already scored the goal of the year.</span><br /><br />Playing for Fleetwood Town against Farsley Celtic in England's Blue Square North competition last week, Milligan sent a strike from halfway that floated straight over the keeper's head and into the goal. ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:05:59 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1441/links-of-the-week/ <p><strong>Forget about the pending Super 14 season and the quest for a Black Caps coach - it was stolen teeth, a split bobsleigh suit and a ball boy wetting his pants that stole the headlines this week.</strong><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=golf_tights/100121&amp;sportCat=golf" title="Spandex golf" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a><a href="http://www.youtube. ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:34:17 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1405/wardrobe-malfunction-for-bobsleigher/ <strong>A female British bobsleigh star has bared her bottom on live television after her bodysuit gave way at the start of a race.</strong><br /><br />Gillian Cooke may want to wear an extra layer next time she races after the embarrassing moment occurred at a world championship race in St Moritz, Switzerland.<br /><br />As Cooke and teammate Nicola Minichielle got ready to start their race, Cooke's bodysuit split - exposing herself and a black g-string to the cold conditions. ... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:03:22 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1403/links-of-the-week/ <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Links of the Week return after a nice month long break away from the office. I hope all readers out there got a chance to soak up the sun. </span><br /><br />Hopefully 2010 will bring much the same as last year with plenty of hilarious and insane antics happening on and off the sporting field. <br /><br />We kick off the year with an impressive ice hockey fight, a coach sleeping on the job and some skillful basketball shots.<br /><br /><a href="http://www. ... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:39:23 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1388/the-listevents-to-watch-in-2010/ <strong>A new sporting year is upon us with loads of events to mark down in your calendar as 'must see'.<br /><br /></strong>This year's theme seems to be 'the comeback' as several greats return to the sporting field for one of two reasons; a yearning for top class competition or because their scorned wife chucked them out of the house.<br /><br />Whether the comebacks come off or not is what makes the next 12 months so intriguing. ... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:00:38 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1349/the-list-best-sportswomen-of-the-decade/ <p><strong>While the current decade&nbsp; included four dominant sportsmen in Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps, the same can't really be said for sportswomen where success has been more spread out.</strong> <br /><br />Take tennis for example where 12 different women have held the number one ranking since January 1, 2000. Nine men have held the top spot in the same time-frame but since February 2004, only Federer and Rafael Nadal have reached number one. ... Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:49:49 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1347/the-list-best-sportsmen-of-the-decade/ <p><strong>With the decade coming to an end in a matter of days it's time to look back on the last 10 years and see how lucky we've been as sports fans.</strong><br /><br />There are a number of sports including tennis, golf, cycling and cricket where you can argue that this decade, greats who stood at the pinnacle of their sport have been pushed aside by ever greater athletes. That would have seemed inconceivable at the start of 2000. ... Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:59:56 -0800 Cameron McMillan http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1285/all-blacks-team-of-the-decadethe-forwards/ <p><strong>After rating the best All Black backs of the decade in <a href="http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/-/cameronmacmillan/1139/1" title="Best backs">yesterday's column</a> it's time to focus on the guys that do all the hard yards and get very little credit. No not the coaches, the forwards.</strong><br /> </p>The All Black pack has been a bit up and down in the 2000s with a lineout that struggled at times. ... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:13:40 -0800 Cameron McMillan