Must be something in the air.A few hours before Graham Henry announced his exit from the All Blacks head coach role, St Louis Cardinals manager, Tony La Russa, a legend in his own right stepped down after leading the Cards to their 11th World Championship - La Russa's 3rd as manager of the Cards for 16 years.
End of an era for two legends of sport.
Meanwhile we finally had a good game at primetime in the NFL. Traditional AFC West rivals, the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs battled it out in the loudest stadium this side of Seattle - there are a few stadia in the NFL which claim the loudest stadium title. The Chargers clawed their way right back to send the game into overtime, only to lose 23-20.
It means the Chiefs who started with 3 straight losses are now level with the Chargers at the top of the AFC West title. Not a great result if you're an Oakland Raiders fan.
Melbourne Cup Day also saw a horse named after the city of Dunedin when pronounced wrongly win on photo finish. I guess if you have a sweepstake that rewards 1st to 3rd, you still got something if you backed Red Cedeaux.
Anyway, New Zealand's first test match in a long while is about to kick off - in fact it is Zimbabwe's first test against anyone besides Bangladesh in a long while. It looks like a flat wicket in Bulawayo so could be plenty of runs.
Tomorrow, the Super rugby squads for 2012 are announced. My affiliate site: http://www.superrugbytips.com will have all the latest on this.
But will leave you with some highlights from the Henry days.
Graham Henry All Blacks XV (the best All Blacks picked during the Henry era):
Tony Woodcock, Keven Mealamu, Carl Hayman, Ali Williams, Brad Thorn, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (captain), Kieran Read, Byron Kelleher, Dan Carter, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Ma'a Nonu, Tana Umaga, Cory Jane, Mils Muliaina
SUBS:
Andrew Hore, Owen Franks, Chris Jack, Jerry Collins, Piri Weepu, Nick Evans, Israel Dagg
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