From Adrian Russell:
The great American novelist John Updike, though not a sports writer, did at times indulge his nation’s favourite pasttime. And when he did, he hit a home run.
Updike, who passed away this year, was once in Boston to visit a friend. He knocked on the door, received no answer, so with a [...]
From Adrian Russell:
I thought we had actually smashed through the looking glass when Tiger Woods and his over-active micky became valid topics of discussion around watercoolers, on bar stools and, weirdly, in golf clubhouses.
But just when you thought the world of sport couldn’t get any weirder, two NBA stars pull guns on each other. [...]
From Adrian Russell:
After Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe died, her one-time lover and baseball giant, Joe DiMaggio had flowers delivered to her graveside daily, such was his devotion.
Since I met 15-time darts world champion in November, I’ve felt the same. Every day I’ve thought about that overweight, middle-aged man from England’s midlands, and kept a [...]
From Adrian Russell:
After Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe died, her one-time lover and baseball giant, Joe DiMaggio had flowers delivered to her graveside daily, such was his devotion.
Since I met 15-time darts world champion in November, I’ve felt the same. Every day I’ve thought about that overweight, middle-aged man from England’s midlands, and kept a [...]
From Adrian Russell:
Ok, normal service resumes after a lot of end-of-year stuff that kept us ticking over during the Christmas period. Normal service, around here, means video footage of Kobe Bryant’s weekend, obviously.
Is the great man losing his touch. He got swatted by mere mortals in the last two Lakers games. Via (Hoodoctors)
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From Adrian Russell:
Irish Football
“I remember hearing about Brian Clough trying to get Archie Gemmill to sign, he slept on his sofa. That’s what I’d do with Stephen (Ireland) … well, I wouldn’t sleep on his sofa, I would sleep outside his house to try and get him back.” — Roy Keane — who [...]
From Adrian Russell:
Harrington makes Major breakthrough
Anywhere else, Pádraig Harrington might have walked off the 18th green knowing his two shots that found the bottom of Barry Burn for double bogey had cost him the British Open.
The label of choker would rattle louder and he would not go on to win the USPGA and [...]
From Adrian Russell:
“Horan… Wallace… Ireland in position … this must be it… this MUST be it for Ronan O’Gara… drop… at… goal… Grand Slam . . . at . . . stake… HE’S GOOOOOOT IIIIIT!!!!!!!! YES!,” Ryle Nugent. Love him or loath him; he cares more than when he was doing League of Ireland [...]
From Adrian Russell:
Zidane loses his head
This was like a pitch for an old Clint Eastwood movie: a maverick cop is about to retire after a working life married to the badge. Here’s the rub: his last day at the office isn’t going to be uneventful.
Zidane — the brightest talent of his generation — [...]
From Adrian Russell:
“You say to me that there is more to life than hurling. Well if you want to carry on like a fella who is not an inter-county hurler well then there will be more to life than hurling. Lots more. But there won’t be hurling. That’s the reality of it.” — Manager [...]
