Forget issues, our nation has been Sky-ifiedSIDELINE CUT: WHETHER EAMON Ryan is absolutely right or dangerously deluded in his ambition to return Munster and Leinster to…Sat May 22 2010 - 01:00
'Intelligent fools' leave their mark with hand-pass ruleTHE ABRUPT changes to the hand-pass rule left both managers baffledMon May 17 2010 - 01:00
Cavalier performance has James in hot waterSIDELINE CUT: The reaction in Cleveland against their favourite son LeBron James after being knocked out of the title race has…Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
No destiny for Liverpool's journeymen“Took an overnight sleeper from Berne to Vienna, Joe. Cadged a lift on an Easy Singles lorry from there to BordeauxSat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Cork make eight changes for finalGAELIC GAMES NEWS: CORK’S REPUTATION for having strength in depth was underlined last night as Conor Counihan and his selectors…Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Moran, Morrison pay respects to McGuinnessLEITRIM FOOTBALL coaches Mickey Moran and John Morrison last night expressed their admiration and profound sadness over the death…Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Retracing the decade-long journey to the national fervour of Italia '90BOOK OF THE DAY: Days of Heaven: Italia ’90 and the Charlton Years By Declan Lynch Gill and Macmillan, 218pp, €18.50Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Congress stalwarts dream of what can beSIDELINE CUT: The delegate is a maker of dreamsSat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Irish basketball mourns death of RobbinsBASKETBALL: THERE WAS general shock and disbelief in Irish basketball yesterday after it was learned that Stuart Robbins, one…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Congress stalwarts dream of what can beSIDELINE CUT: The delegate is a maker of dreamsTue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
No mystique in getting back Down to basicsGAA: TONIGHT IN Newry, Paddy O’Rourke and James McCartan will shake hands and then resume separate football livesSat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Congress stalwarts dream of what can beSIDELINE CUT: The delegate is a maker of dreamsTue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
O'Driscoll should milk the moment todaySIDELINE CUT: ONE OF the best things about Brian O’Driscoll is that the man who is blessed with uncanny vision on the sporting…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Elwood has acute visionTHERE IS something symbolic about the appointment of Eric Elwood as Connacht coachThu Mar 04 2010 - 00:00
So Tiger's a sinner but he'll still be a winnerSIDELINE CUT : Yesterday's carefully choreographed press conference only served to confirm that even now we still don't know…Sat Feb 20 2010 - 00:00
The chameleon of MontroseOnce a daily presence in Irish kitchens, Gay Byrne now graces the airwaves only on Sunday afternoons, but he still has views – …Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Cultural learnings of American flying discSIDELINE CUT : We probably weren't genetically programmed to be frisbee throwers anyhowSat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Obama right at home in sporting arenaSIDELINE CUT: Basketball formed a low-key but subtle backdrop to his historic presidential campaign and Obama's ease in sporting…Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Salinger's cranky youth still speaks to manySIDELINE CUT : The lionisation of the school sports stars - the jocks - is a particularly American conceit and it has become…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Salinger's cranky youth still speaks to manySIDELINE CUT : The lionisation of the school sports stars - the jocks - is a particularly American conceit and it has become…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Voice of rugby heard loud and clear 'out there'SIDELINE CUT: The late Bill McLaren helped through his commentary to shape the idea of what the game of rugby was in the minds…Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Voice of rugby heard loud and clear 'out there'SIDELINE CUT: The late Bill McLaren helped through his commentary to shape the idea of what the game of rugby was in the minds…Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Kernan makes mark in GalwayCONNACHT LEAGUE SF GROUP B: Galway 0-11 Sligo 0-5 “IT’S GOOD to get out anyhow,” remarked a Galway man leaving the stadium and…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Kernan makes mark in GalwayCONNACHT LEAGUE SF GROUP B: Galway 0-11 Sligo 0-5 “IT’S GOOD to get out anyhow,” remarked a Galway man leaving the stadium and…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Stevie G has serious soul searching to doSIDELINE CUT : If Liverpool lose Steven Gerrard, then the Anfield club loses more than its most electrifying ball player, it…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Stevie G has serious soul searching to doSIDELINE CUT : If Liverpool lose Steven Gerrard, then the Anfield club loses more than its most electrifying ball player, it…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
We've had our bellies full of this Irish TundraTHIS has gone beyond a joke. Not sure about where you are right now, but it is pretty cold in this neck of the woodsSat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
We've had our bellies full of this Irish TundraTHIS has gone beyond a joke. Not sure about where you are right now, but it is pretty cold in this neck of the woodsSat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Connacht's date with Dragons in real doubtMAGNERS LEAGUE: CONNACHT’S OPENING game of the year could yet be postponed if a solution is not found for the frozen Sportsground…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Connacht's date with Dragons in real doubtMAGNERS LEAGUE: CONNACHT’S OPENING game of the year could yet be postponed if a solution is not found for the frozen Sportsground…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Dipping in to a decade of noughty momentsSIDELINE CUT: THE NOUGHTIES. Ten years: that is a lot of ball gamesSat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Dipping in to a decade of noughty momentsSIDELINE CUT: THE NOUGHTIES. Ten years: that is a lot of ball gamesSat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Bring on the 10k slog and the tight SpeedosSIDELINE CUT : Christmas is coming along with the amateur road runners and the beach belly-floppersSat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
Cusack's story the pick of a bumper cropSPORTS BOOKS : NOT SO long ago, the publication of a GAA book was a rare occurrenceSat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
Fogarty happy to take chanceTHE TOGETHERNESS of the Munster dressingroom may be the envy of professional rugby clubs around the worldFri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Munster know they must step up a levelHEINEKEN CUP POOL ONE: THESE ARE strange days for MunsterThu Dec 17 2009 - 00:00
Reform effort not quite up to the markSIDELINE CUT : Gaelic football is flawed but at its best it is excitingSat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Classy Corofin retain their title in convincing styleCONNACHT SFC FINAL: Corofin 2-14 Charlestown 0-7 MAD DOGS and Englishmen may go out in the midday sun but only the Irish can…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Time for Trap to endure white-knuckle rideSIDELINE CUT : Football logic needs to be turned on its head tonight and again on Wednesday evening in Paris if our World Cup…Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Charlestown's composure proves keyCONNACHT SFC SEMI-FINALS/Charlestown 1-9 Castlerea 0-11: EIGHTY MINUTES of madness in Kiltoom and at the end, the Roscommon …Mon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Weekend PreviewsSunday- Leinster SHC First Round: Oulart-the-Ballagh (Wexford) v Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) Wexford Park, 2Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
The world needs its share of eccentricsSIDELINE CUT : Ballooning surely has as much right to be categorised as a sport as, for instance, darts or curling or Ireland…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Ninth for Shefflin but McCrabbe nabs firstALL STARS: THIS YEAR’S Vodafone All-Star hurling team reaffirmed the dominance of Kilkenny and illustrated how steep the slant…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Irish medal hopes in Rio just got brighterSIDELINE CUT : We have a better chance of a medal now than we would have done had the skateboarders of the world been welcomed…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
September pilgrimage a fact of life for KerrySIDELINE CUT : Their team’s consistent excellence, that is now bordering on indecent, compels poor Kerry folk to undertake an…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Pitch invasions mad . . . but our kind of madSIDELINE CUT : The GAA are probably right to end the wonderful bedlam of fans stampeding across the Croke Park swardSat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
Middle-aged yobs happy to roll back the yearsSIDELINE CUT : Last Wednesday night's events at Upton Park looked more like a last hurrah for the veteran hooligans, even though…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
