#179: Scott Dixon Wins Fourth IndyCar Championship

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Motorsports | USA Today
31 August 2015
Scott Dixon Wins Fourth IndyCar Championship
Scott Dixon has won Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway to clinch the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. He was awarded the title because he had three victories this season as opposed to Montoya’s two, whom he was tied with in the final standings with 556…
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Fashion | NY Magazine
31 August 2015
Laura Myers Is Reimaginging ’90s Minimalism
While Laura Meyers’ influences are all-American – she cites Carolyn Bessette and Lauren Hutton as totems – the collection has Oceanic roots. Myers, now based…
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Film
31 August 2015
Everest – First Look Featurette
Director Baltasar Kormákur is set to take audiences to the heights of fear with his new true life disaster movie Everest, which chronicles the failed 1996 Mt Everest expedition and which stars Jason…
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Golf | ESPN
31 August 2015
Lydia Ko Wins Canadian Pacific
Lydia Ko has won the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open for the third time and first as a professional, beating American Stacy Lewis with a par on the first hole of a playoff.The 18-year-old Ko finished with…
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New Zealand | Telegraph (The)
31 August 2015
Is this New Zealand’s Best Ever Ski Season?
After a phenomenal start to the season and continuing snowfalls, both Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt ski resorts in New Zealand may stay open longer than the usual….
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Rugby | Guardian (The)
30 August 2015
New Zealand’s Jonah Lomu Still Talks a Good Game
Jonah Lomu changed the sport of rugby forever – his “emergence at the 1995 World Cup was seismic”. He was a pioneer for rugby union, who…
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New Zealand | Forbes
30 August 2015
12 Things To Do in Queenstown
Queenstown offers “an incredible mix of gorgeous views, great food, fun outdoor activities, and more” writes Geoffrey Morrison for Forbes Magazine. The article collates the Top 12 things to do in the New…
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Film & TV | IndieWIRE
29 August 2015
TIFF Exclusive: Bust a Move With This Clip From ‘Born To Dance’
“While Hollywood has got the dance formula down cold, New Zealand actor/filmmaker Tammy Davisis bring(s)…
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Sport General | Cyclingtips
29 August 2015
Patrick Bevin Signs Contract with Cannondale-Garmin
Continuing its tactic of working with some of the most promising young riders in the sport, the Cannondale-Garmin team has announced that New…
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Film & TV | Adweek
28 August 2015
5 Reasons You Will Love ‘Fear The Walking Dead’
The Walking Dead spinoff Fear The Walking Dead featuring Kiwi actor Cliff Curtis is “a worthy successor” – “the atypical spinoff that…
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Obituaries | Speedcafe
28 August 2015
McLaren Stalwart, Kiwi Phil Kerr Dies
New Zealander Phil Kerr, an instrumental figure in the formative years of McLaren, has died in Auckland aged 80.Born in Auckland in 1934, the Kiwi became friends with Bruce McLaren…
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Motorsports | News.com.au
28 August 2015
Shane van Gisbergen Says Rival Drivers are no Wet-Weather Specialists
Shane van Gisbergen says he looks good in wet-weather V8 Supercar races because his…
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Film & TV | Outside Magazine
27 August 2015
Rob Hall’s Final Climb Roars to Life in Everest
It’s been almost two decades since the infamous 1996 tragedy on Mount Everest in which New Zealand guide Rob Hall and seven others perished. The…
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