Play the game or our heads will explodeSideline Cut: This Munster-against-Leinster business is starting to make those of us from the many other provinces a little …Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
Ferguson rally must be rattling MourinhoSideline Cut: The speed with which another Premiership year has all but disappeared is frightening.Sat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Grass is always greener on Munster sideSideline Cut: On weekends like this, it is always tempting to dream of what it must be like to be a Munster manSat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Dumping of Duke marks the MadnessSideline Cut: In the small hours of Friday morning, a sporting miracle occurredSat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Rowing over rules is a GAA recreationSideline Cut: The Gael is only truly happy when he is fighting with his fellow GaelSat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Return to the good old days bodes wellSideline Cut: Republic of Ireland soccer is much like a family theatre troupe; the chief actors do not really move on, they …Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Colleges GAA stars gleam mostly unseenSideline Cut: Back in 1992, UCG, as they were then known, won the Sigerson Cup for the first time since 1984Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
What's the best thing on ice? Go figureSideline Cut: Of all the weird sports in the Winter Olympics, the last one I expected to fall for was the figure skating - and…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
All in the ethos when push comes to shoveSideline Cut: GAA brawls just ain't what they used to beSat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Steeltown dreamers evoke different timeSideline Cut: It is funny how things overlapSat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Connacht must rediscover formConnacht v Montpellier: Today marks a welcome return to the comparative glory of European competition for Connacht, who are …Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Touring Gael outstanding in his fieldSideline Cut: January is the touring season for the GaelSat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Big-time sport the unsubtle thief of timeSideline Cut: It is all the fault of sport, this business of the years getting faster and faster. I am convinced of itSat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Irish memoirs add to boxing's lore GeneralSports Books 2005 : The best books frequently have nothing to do with the ball sports which tend to dominate the airwaves and…Sat Dec 10 2005 - 00:00
Beware the managerial merry-go-roundSideline Cut: In the fickle environment of big-time soccer, a manager's worth is a volatile commoditySat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
What a pity nobody shouted stopSideline Cut : Snow swept from Manchester across to Belfast as people held vigil for George Best on Thursday night.Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
Remembering a dark and murderous day in the capitalBloody Sunday 85th Anniversary: Keith Duggan on how the events in Croke Park ultimately brought a farewell to arms.Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Rugby needs the All Blacks just nowSideline Cut: Around teatime on Saturday, as they were turning the lights out in Lansdowne Road, Irish rugby coach Eddie O'Sullivan…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Frankie, my dears, he does give a damnRoscommon Football: Keith Duggan asks one of the country's most gifted forwards about his intercounty career with RoscommonSat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
A rapturous homecoming in RameltonRUGBY/All Blacks visit Donegal: A black, cold November evening had set in by the time the famous guests finally reached the …Thu Nov 10 2005 - 00:00
The Follower: likes will not be seen againSideline Cut: It is a pity The Follower was not around to post his views on yesterday's farce in Australia.Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Munster by grace of fortuneEuropean Cup: 'That's why no one drives decent cars hereSat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Eager for a fresh challengeGAELIC GAMES/Interview/Mickey Moran: "That's the first question I was asked in the interview," Mickey Moran laughs when considering…Thu Oct 27 2005 - 01:00
Kerr's dream job was a poison chaliceSideline Cut : And so the deed has been doneSat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
Connacht set to overcome SiciliansHeineken Cup / Pool Five Preview / Connacht v Amatori Catania : The visit of the Sicilians could not have come at a more perfect…Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
All passion spent for Boys in GreenSideline Cut: Like the old chant goes, you'll never beat the IrishSat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Cork make their case for the defenceHurling All Stars: Nominations: Cork's watertight defence proved all but unbreakable at the Vodafone GAA All Star hurling nominations…Fri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Thurles waiting for a breakTipperary SHC final: It is one of the oldest themes in sport, the death of a dynastyFri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Few enough laughs in this funny old gameSoccer drama isn't what it used to be. The grand old soap opera of Irish soccer is flagging as badly as EastendersSat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
GAA must learn from Northern exposureSideline Cut : Outside a Dublin pub on Sunday evening last, a tipsy Aughnacloy man took great delight in announcing to a Kerry…Sat Oct 01 2005 - 01:00
Even Gooch could not wither himKey man: In the life of Ryan McMenamin, nothing is ever simpleMon Sept 26 2005 - 01:00
Tomorrow's final has an epic feel about itSideline Cut: Those of us privileged enough to hear John McGahern reading in the Town Hall theatre in Galway on Thursday evening…Sat Sept 24 2005 - 01:00
Scoring prodigy has youth on his sideGalway Player Ger Farragher: In Galway this week, there is a shortage of replica hurling shirts, let alone ticketsThu Sept 08 2005 - 01:00
Sparkling reflections in the wake of The MasterSideline Cut: He arrived in the colds of December, 1928, and by the time he passed away on August 27th last, the life and times…Sat Sept 03 2005 - 01:00
Beefy still in wicket form at 50Cricket interview: Keith Duggan talks to the great all-rounder about family, friends, career and how England needs the drama…Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
Diffident Hanahoe looks back in languorSideline Cut: Watching the regal and vaguely frightening Tony Hanahoe reminisce on the glory days with Dessie Cahill on RTÉ …Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
France joust may restore Kerr twinkleSideline Cut: The appearance of France at Lansdowne Road looms and without any warning the defining hour of the Brian Kerr administration…Sat Aug 20 2005 - 01:00
Combative Clare to bring best out of championsCork v Clare Preview The forecast of a Cork-Kilkenny All-Ireland final started long before the present season and nothing the…Sat Aug 13 2005 - 01:00
Morgan looking forward to reunionAll-Ireland quarter final follow-up: Even as Kerry took the field on Sunday afternoon, Billy Morgan found himself surrounded…Tue Aug 09 2005 - 01:00
Armagh don't seek love, they seek respectSideline Cut: Almost a fortnight after the Ulster final replay, Armagh and Tyrone are coming to terms with the consequences …Sat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
Morgan's latest flames starting to spark againAll-Ireland SFC Quarter-final: Cork and Billy Morgan are back in Croke Park and the only thing that feels wrong is the timeSat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
United front conceals stormy weatherSideline Cut: Whatever the truth about the public disagreement between Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane, that the Manchester United…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
Listless Wexford fall to ClareGAELIC GAMES All-Ireland SHC Quarter-final: Clare 1-20, Wexford 0-12 A good day for Clare hurling but a terribly disappointing…Mon Jul 25 2005 - 01:00
Ulster serves up a real scorcherSummer burned through all the provinces yesterday, and, after the broiling GAA grounds finally cooled, the list of championship…Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
Continuing story of stubborn resistanceAll-Ireland SFC Qualifiers/Leitrim v Meath : No football people gripe less about hardships than the faithful in Leitrim, the…Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
All Blacks dance on an honourable pastSideline Cut: Will Welshman Gareth Thomas be crazy enough to re-enact the controversial blade-of-grass gesture in front of the…Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
