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Another round, another defeat. There's no escaping from that for basketball coach Tab Baldwin and his weary men, sitting on just three wins from nine games.

Sport

Basketball: Hawks guard coming of age

Physicality is something Darko Cohadarevic had made handsome allowances for when he packed his bags in Macedonia to ply his trade in New Zealand this year.

Sport

Basketball: No place for dirty Dillons' Import

Hawks coach Tab Baldwin reckons he is at his wit's end after his basketball team lost in Wellington last night.

Sport

Basketball: Baldwin blasts refs

At first glance he comes across as an American import, albeit a subdued one, but Dion Prewster's appearance tells a lie.

Sport

Basketball: Prewster's background no hurdle

One wag on the sideline at last weekend's premier clash between Taradale and Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports suggested Pirate lock Roger McPherson should slow down.

Sport

Rugby: Former Hawk still rising to occasion

Nerves,abuse addto field ofdreamsRugbyTALL ORDER: Referee Tari Sinclair controls an F grade junior rugby match between Napier Boys' High and Hastings Boys' High schools in Hastings.

Sport

Rugby: Tall order for rookie ref

You won't find any swagger in their stride - no, not even a hint of a strut, one can safely say, for the rest of the season.

Sport

Basketball: Hawks preen feathers

When Liam Flynn first assumed the mantle of Nelson Giants coach he put his feelers out.

Sport

Basketball: Ace of Pace a joker in Giants' pack

Third-time bingo in hosting the playoffs in a "provincial setting" except someone forgot to tell the National Basketball League the Hawke's Bay franchise team doesn't feel so lucky about their chances this season.

Sport

Basketball: Hawks need more than local playoffs

Friday night in Napier I watched touring basketball spectacle the Harlem Globetrotters put on a show of slam dunks and acrobatics.

Opinion

Jacoby Poulain: You've just got to believe in goal

It's up there with the aliens invading professional golfer Michael Campbell's body.

Sport

Basketball: At least try Greene

Deciphering the Hawks' season, it seems, is becoming as exasperating as watching the uninitiated attempting to plant contact lenses on their pupils.

Sport

Basketball: Has the tribe spoken?

Before they jetted off to Dunedin coach Tab Baldwin had made it abundantly clear to his troops every game there on was to to be treated akin to a playoff and with a healthy peppering of desperation.

Sport

Rebound stats damning

They are poles apart - the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, that is - but Tab Baldwin is adamant that isn't why his team are flirting with not making the playoffs this season.

Sport

Basketball: Hole will become deeper if Hawks stumble

As anyone who has seen them on court when they are in seriously "let's have fun" mode will tell you, the Harlem Globetrotters cannot fail to make you smile.

News

Scooting in with slam dunk for Kenzie

They talked about getting the business done without certain elements in the squad for the most part of this season.

Sport

Basketball: Hawks slump to whipping boys

Body lingo is a given in sport for anyone who's worth anything if they have intentions of making it to the upper echelons of their chosen code.

Sport

Kenny to to sit out battle with Rangers

Pettigrew-Green Arena is the No 1 venue for the final four games of the Bartercard National Basketball League this season.

Sport

PG Arena No 1 pick for NBL playoffs

No doubt, a big man or two in the mould of Alex Pledger or Thomas Abercrombie would make a big difference to the collective.

Sport

Basketball: Dearth of big men

Aik Ho has got to be the first coach who doesn't jump off his bench even though the writing is crudely scribbled on the wall.

Sport

Basketball: Hawks not counting

In the world of systems and transitional play, it seems words of a more prosaic nature should resonate with any basketball fans contemplating the path of apathy.

Sport

Basketball: Wildcat's back among Hawks

After last round's boilover in New Plymouth, Hawks coach Tab Baldwin says they need to address match officials with a little more decorum.

Sport

Basketball: Restraint to also apply to coach

He will be the first to admit he should never have crossed that line on to the court of contention before the referees imposed two technical fouls to banish him from the game.

Sport

Basketball: Ref rage proves costly

Having had a look at some footage on the Hawks, Dave Bublitz isn't fazed.

Sport

Airs coach says team prepared

It's simple, really. Adapt smartly or drag the balls and chains of dumb basketball from home court to those on the road of mediocrity.

Sport

Speed and pressure the way to salvation

Financial health is important to a sports club's future sustainability, says Kevin Atkinson of IMS Payroll, which is supporting the UnisonFibre Hawke's Bay Sports Awards.

Business

Clubs' financial health vital

No doubt, a bullish BJ Anthony has a logical explanation for why he kept changing his oversized shorts a dozen times during the game.

Sport

Basketball: Otago bully Hawks

Thirteen wannabe All Whites and Football Ferns from Central Football, Hawke's Bay have been selected to attend a five-day national training camp starting in Feilding from today.

Sport

Soccer: Young guns aim for the stars

Deep down Patrick Pilz knows he has what it takes to play at the elite level of soccer in New Zealand.

Sport

German transplant finds comfort zone

At first glance, it's the reddish blotch on the high cheekbone that catches one's eye but once you move past Sam Walker's birthmark the mind wanders.

Sport

Basketball: Swingman beats shot clock in game of life

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