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May 27, 2009 in Baseball, MMA | View Comments
Jose Conseco may be best known on this side of the Atlantic for being the Simpsons character who missed the Power Plant’s big softball game becuase he was distracted by saving a woman and her white goods from a burning house.
In America though he was a superb outfielder with the Oakland A’s and then the Texas Rangers before blowing the lid on the steroids culture in the game with a tell-all book. He made his MMA debut in Japan this week and his Cuban ass kicked. Within 77seconds.
September 10, 2010 in American Football, Columns
At the turn of the last century, as the hem of American society was dampened by wave after wave of European immigrants, the Irish stretched out their legs beneath the table, threw a cap onto the coat hook behind the closing door and made themselves at home. Conductors swinging off the San Francisco tram as [...]
September 9, 2010 in GAA, Music, Sport
This piece of indigenous hip-hop is more intercounty than Intergalactic. And as fan-produced All-Ireland final songs go recently… it’s pretty good. But I’m biased. Somewhere south of the Mason-Dixie, however, Caleb Followill is spinning in his skinny jeans.
September 8, 2010 in Football, Sport
Ok, last week you might have seen Sky Sports’ Jessica Kastrop getting pinged in the back of the head while reporting with Scholl at a Bundesliga game. This week during Germany’s Euro 2012 qualifier it became apparent that Scholl has developed some post traumatic stress issues as he sees footballs whizzing towards him as soon [...]
September 3, 2010 in Columns, Cycling, Sport
Remember the bit in the old baseball movie ‘The Natural’ when the eponymous Robert Redford is lamenting his sorry past (he was shot by Barbara Hershey), beating himself up to Glenn Close? Redford: “But I didn’t see it coming.” Close: “How could you know she’d hurt you? How could anyone?” Redford: “I didn’t see it [...]
September 2, 2010 in American Football, Sport
New video for Cee Lo’s latest tune. Dunno how they’re gonna make it look like ‘Forget You’ for TV, which is the plan apparently. Dude looks like he could play for Baltimore Ravens. H/T John Riordan
August 30, 2010 in Basketball, Sport
Via: Medical Insurance Waiting for flight home, but saw this cool infographic at the Hoop Doctors.
August 27, 2010 in Football, Sport
When the thin red line of Shelbourne players file out of the Dalymount Park tunnel before they face neighbours Bohemians in an FAI Cup tie this evening, it will evoke a time when cash slushed around domestic football. Bohs’ future was tied up, like a lot of things here during the boom, in property. The [...]
August 23, 2010 in American Football, Sport
While I’m away, check out the first few episodes of HBO’s Hard Knocks – the documentary series which this year joins the New York Jets’ training camp. There’s such gems as Rex Ryan’s ready-a-classic motivational talk and Antonio Cromartie tries to remember how many kids he has. Amazing stuff.
August 23, 2010 in Football, Sport, comedy
August 20, 2010 in Boxing, Columns, Sport
The long, sticky days hang on two tent-pole training sessions at the moment. One in the morning. One in the evening. Between gulps of warm tea, those sitting recently outside ther Esplanade Hotel or on the strand in Bray, feet stretched in front of them towards the sunshine in the past few weeks, may have [...]
