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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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From Football quotes, humour and opinions – dangerhere.com » Quotes 2009-2010:
The Merse
HE HAS HAD A TORRID
Slowly but surely, Paul Merson’s innovative, adjective-heavy, noun-free lingo gains new devotees. The latest convert was Steve Bruce following the mauling by Chelsea:
“We haven’t had a settled at all.”
CAPTAIN CAPABLE
Chuffed Phil Neville always does his best to give his utmost:
“Today [...]
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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
