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National Hurling League Previews

The weekend's matches previewed

Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00

Favre takes final bow from Field of dreams

SIDELINE CUT: American Football legend Brett Favre has finally retired after an amazingly long and fruitful career as quarterback…

Sat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00

O'Sullivan only as good as his next match

Sideline Cut: The Ireland coach will have learned much from the traumatic events of recent months - perhaps the big lesson being…

Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00

Nemo give Ballina a Masters class

Nemo Rangers 0-14 Ballina 1-4: WELL, SO much for having to wait for years before we saw a Cork team in an All-Ireland final

Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00

One more step to full entitlement

BOXING/Middleweight bout: Keith Duggan savours the build-up as John Duddy and the New York Irish prepare for tomorrow's big …

Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00

Tragedy of Gazza won't hit silver screen

Sideline Cut: There will be no sports films on parade at this year's Oscar extravaganza over in Lotus Land

Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00

Class permanent in game for gentlemen

Sideline Cut "It's sad to see Roy Keane bullshitting." - Eamon Dunphy, RTÉ Radio

Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00

Serious stalemate in Cork chess game

Sideline Cut : "Chess is war over the board," said Bobby Fischer, the egomaniacal, paranoid and fascinating chess savant who…

Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00

So long, Steve, shame we hardly knew you

Sideline Cut: Like many people, I greeted the news of Steve Finnan's retirement with what felt like a brief and almost unnoticeable…

Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00

Nation in thrall to theatre on Tyneside

Sideline Cut: History can be confusing

Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00

De Paor - forever the Lá unto himself

Interview/ Séan Óg de Paor: Having unearthed the Irish dictionary, Keith Duggan meets the Galway stylist and first-time autobiographer…

Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00

Living the dream in the belly of a wave

Sideline Cut: Even as Edmund Hillary, the first man to ascend Everest, bowed out this week, contemporary adventurers continue…

Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00

The sledging is ninety in the Emerald Isle

Sideline Cut: Is there a more forlorn sight on this great earth than the Irish Snowman in early melt? Encase the sculptures …

Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00

Sportswriters defer to men in box seat

Sideline Cut: The last column of the year brings the sound of trumpets and an unmistakable sense of triumph

Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:00

Hype justified as two worlds collide

Sideline Cut: Where will the journey end for Floyd "Pretty Boy" Mayweather? Tonight, the self-styled brashest boxer on earth…

Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00

Cautionary tale of Knicks and their kicks

Sideline Cut: So, the revolution will not be televised - even on TV3

Sat Dec 01 2007 - 00:00

All's well as Beefy finally declares

CRICKET/Interview with Ian Botham: Keith Duggan discusses a new biography with feted cricketer, reveller, charity walker, and…

Sat Dec 01 2007 - 00:00

Funny old game as Motty's left speechless

Sideline Cut : Ah, it's a funny old game, Saint

Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00

Two-fisted Mailer finally counted out

Sideline Cut : One by one, the chroniclers of the Ali era are being counted out

Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00

Silent summer doesn't bear thinking of

Sideline Cut: Move over, Leon Trotsky. Revolution is in the air

Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00

Get Jol a pair of green speedos pronto

Sideline Cut: Having bravely defended his doomed international manager Stephen Staunton on the Late Late Show last Friday night…

Sat Oct 27 2007 - 01:00

What a Webb Ellis these last four weave

Sideline Cut: The appearance of England in this weekend's rugby World Cup semi-final has surely rubbed salt into the wounds…

Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00

Marion in haste to repent at legerdemain

Sideline Cut: As the Beijing Olympics loom on the horizon, much of the fireworks and goodwill and wonder that characterised …

Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00

Croke Park spring yields to bitter autumn

Sideline Cut: Where have you all gone? There were 80,000 of you gathered on a damp, frozen afternoon last February to proclaim…

Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00

Irish left down if not out in Paris

TV View: For the past fortnight, the World Cup seemed like more of a promise than a reality

Sat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00

Bold approach needed against Kingdom

Sideline Cut: How many modern day football men have what Daniel Day Lewis, sharpening knives as the glass-eyed patriot William…

Sat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00

Medals cannot reflect McGeeney lustre

Sideline Cut : Around lunchtime yesterday, word broke that Kieran McGeeney had announced his retirement from the Armagh football…

Sat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00

Eamo leads Made Men in Steve hunt

TV View: It was clear by 10 o'clock last night that RTÉ's Made Men had already arranged for a horse's head to be dispatched …

Thu Sept 13 2007 - 01:00

Time to pass the baton as Ireland suffer another Hamilton jinx

TV View: How many goals has George Hamilton cost the Republic of Ireland football team down the years?

Mon Sept 10 2007 - 01:00

Dark undercurrents mar brightest days

Sideline Cut: In a taxi on the way from the All-Ireland hurling final in Croke Park on Sunday evening, the driver remarked that…

Sat Sept 08 2007 - 01:00

Marble folk won't go losing marbles

Sideline Cut: The news emanating from the Marble County over the past few days has been deeply alarming

Sat Sept 01 2007 - 01:00

Kerry: you feel so sorry for their trebles

Sideline Cut: The ingenious thing about Kerry football teams is not that they have won 34 All-Ireland titles but that they have…

Sat Aug 25 2007 - 01:00

Coyle's Meath dance to an old rhythm

Sideline Cut : The strangest radio conversation of the week took place on Monday evening between Dave Fanning and Seán Boylan…

Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00

Sit back and watch mega-bucks go at it

Sideline Cut : Niall Quinn, on a radio interview during Sunderland's whirlwind tour of Ireland last week, gave a deft response…

Sat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00

Kingdom still hold most of the aces

Kerry v Monaghan: Kerry, the perennial favourites, are into the All-Ireland quarter-final as provincial champions after one …

Sat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00

Lord, how Cork suffers for its brilliance

Sideline Cut: Like many people, I was deeply moved by the hardships of the Cork GAA fans as expressed on the radio channels …

Sat Aug 04 2007 - 01:00

'They want to win something this year'

Richie Bennis leaned against a wall, his face reddened and offering a grandfatherly smile as he explained his movements in Croke…

Mon Jul 30 2007 - 01:00

Beijing over a barrel with oil to play for

Sideline Cut: With just over a year to go until the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese are being asked some tough questions

Sat Jul 28 2007 - 01:00

No one told Sligo they'd have dais like this

Sideline Cut: The GAA broke into a whole new realm of weird injuries this week when an RTÉ news bulletin announced, deadpan, …

Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00

Players deliver on a cold winter's promise

They started the year as nobody's favourites and that suited them fine

Mon Jul 09 2007 - 01:00

Connacht SFC Final - Match Preview

This is a match that all of Sligo is positively desperate to win

Sat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00

Swiss made cuckoo clock - and Federer

Sideline Cut : Not even the weather can dampen the ardour of the English crowd for Roger Federer, the Swiss genius who is playing…

Sat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00

Chastened Cork prepare for the long haul

In the championship, timing is everything

Mon Jul 02 2007 - 01:00

Draft can prove chill wind for the fragile

Sideline Cut: The NBA first-round draft took place during the week, whereby the 30 most sought-after young basketball players…

Sat Jun 30 2007 - 01:00

Hoping to avoid the bogeymen

All-Ireland qualifier draw comment: It was like Sunday night at the movies in Carrick-on-Shannon for the live qualifying draw…

Mon Jun 25 2007 - 01:00

Connacht preview

Nothing has changed in this time-honoured meeting of Connacht's most gloried football county and the province's hardiest.

Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00

Thurles Three saga should end now

Sideline Cut: You cannot beat the hurling world when it comes to civil unrest

Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00

Harte's quiet sideline manner a joy to watch

It is always worth watching Mickey Harte on the sideline

Mon Jun 18 2007 - 01:00

Blithe Royals always worry uptight Dubs

Sideline Cut: A tremor of fear must be rippling through many of the vast fraternity of Dublin summer football fans

Sat Jun 02 2007 - 01:00

O'Sullivan gets the heart pounding

Sideline Cut: Obscure sports coaches all over the country will be gratified by several scenes in RTÉ's high-octane and sophisticated…

Sat May 26 2007 - 01:00
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