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A lament for Giants Stadium

A lament for Giants Stadium

From Adrian Russell:

Old soldiers often visit now-green fields which long ago heard their last gunshot in order to retrace hard-made steps and remember battles fought.
If any gnarled and scarred Irish veterans of the memorable USA ‘94 campaign ever make the pilgrimage stateside, the site of their most famous victory will be utterly unrecognisable.
Earlier [...]

The wisdom of Shaq

The wisdom of Shaq

From Adrian Russell:

Anyone who follows NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal on Twitter is lucky enough to have their mundane, work-a-day lives punctuated by lightening strikes of comic genius – intentional or not – from the Cleveland Cavaliers star.
Now – at last! – someone has made motivational posters for you, reader, to print out and paste [...]

Another dimension

Another dimension

From Adrian Russell:

From the front page of today’s Irish Examiner: Bertie Ahern watches the Arsenal-Man U game in 3D in Fagan’s. Insert your own joke.
Emmet Ryan of Action81 was there for us – you can check out his report there, including the former Toiseach’s opinion.

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On the road to Croker

On the road to Croker

From Adrian Russell:
Ask a New York cabbie, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” and they’ll invariably tell you “practice, practice, practice”.
With my collar pulled above the nape of my neck to shield myself from a sheet of the wettest Kerry rain, as I shuffled along the road between Killarney and Tralee [...]

The American way

The American way

From Adrian Russell:

Many of my readers – perhaps even both of you – will spend this rainy Sunday night in front of the fire, watching the NFL action on Sky.
American Football has now more than a cult following, I would suggest, on this side of the water. The Cork Admirals compete in the Irish [...]

Busy days, Busey nights

Busy days, Busey nights

From Adrian Russell:

God knows it’s lonely out there in computer land.
So, in the first of a new series, which will almost certainly petter out immediately, Hollywood odd-ball Gary Busey takes time out from his busy schedule of not reading scripts and painting with his feet (seriously) to round up the best of the [...]

Baseball and 30 Rock

Baseball and 30 Rock

From Adrian Russell:

I saw this in the latest episode last night and thought of you guys.
And here’s some good dancing from my favourite character in the show.

This post first appeared on www.adrianrussell.net

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The Handball by Cormac McCarthy

The Handball by Cormac McCarthy

From Adrian Russell:

FIFA decided earlier not to punish Thierry Henry for his cheating in Paris in November.
Fortunately, as I sunk into a deeper spiral of frustation and self-pity, America’s greatest living writer Cormac McCarthy texted on a few bits and pieces, in an effort to make sense of this dystopian, achromatic football world.
Nice [...]

Old-Timey reporter invades modern press conferences

Old-Timey reporter invades modern press conferences

From Adrian Russell:
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

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Ice, ice baby

Ice, ice baby

From Adrian Russell:

The news broadcasts are creaking under the weight of cliches like ‘blankets of snow’, ‘big freezes’ while footpaths are engaging in treachery.
As the country has slowed ground to a halt, the sporting world has been the same.
Meanwhile, in today’s Irish Examiner, despite the present icy inertia, about two dozen of our [...]

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