What a Webb Ellis these last four weaveSideline Cut: The appearance of England in this weekend's rugby World Cup semi-final has surely rubbed salt into the wounds…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
Marion in haste to repent at legerdemainSideline Cut: As the Beijing Olympics loom on the horizon, much of the fireworks and goodwill and wonder that characterised …Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00
Croke Park spring yields to bitter autumnSideline Cut: Where have you all gone? There were 80,000 of you gathered on a damp, frozen afternoon last February to proclaim…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Irish left down if not out in ParisTV View: For the past fortnight, the World Cup seemed like more of a promise than a realitySat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00
Bold approach needed against KingdomSideline Cut: How many modern day football men have what Daniel Day Lewis, sharpening knives as the glass-eyed patriot William…Sat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00
Medals cannot reflect McGeeney lustreSideline Cut : Around lunchtime yesterday, word broke that Kieran McGeeney had announced his retirement from the Armagh football…Sat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00
Eamo leads Made Men in Steve huntTV View: It was clear by 10 o'clock last night that RTÉ's Made Men had already arranged for a horse's head to be dispatched …Thu Sept 13 2007 - 01:00
Time to pass the baton as Ireland suffer another Hamilton jinxTV View: How many goals has George Hamilton cost the Republic of Ireland football team down the years?Mon Sept 10 2007 - 01:00
Dark undercurrents mar brightest daysSideline Cut: In a taxi on the way from the All-Ireland hurling final in Croke Park on Sunday evening, the driver remarked that…Sat Sept 08 2007 - 01:00
Marble folk won't go losing marblesSideline Cut: The news emanating from the Marble County over the past few days has been deeply alarmingSat Sept 01 2007 - 01:00
Kerry: you feel so sorry for their treblesSideline Cut: The ingenious thing about Kerry football teams is not that they have won 34 All-Ireland titles but that they have…Sat Aug 25 2007 - 01:00
Coyle's Meath dance to an old rhythmSideline Cut : The strangest radio conversation of the week took place on Monday evening between Dave Fanning and Seán Boylan…Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00
Sit back and watch mega-bucks go at itSideline Cut : Niall Quinn, on a radio interview during Sunderland's whirlwind tour of Ireland last week, gave a deft response…Sat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00
Kingdom still hold most of the acesKerry v Monaghan: Kerry, the perennial favourites, are into the All-Ireland quarter-final as provincial champions after one …Sat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00
Lord, how Cork suffers for its brillianceSideline Cut: Like many people, I was deeply moved by the hardships of the Cork GAA fans as expressed on the radio channels …Sat Aug 04 2007 - 01:00
'They want to win something this year'Richie Bennis leaned against a wall, his face reddened and offering a grandfatherly smile as he explained his movements in Croke…Mon Jul 30 2007 - 01:00
Beijing over a barrel with oil to play forSideline Cut: With just over a year to go until the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese are being asked some tough questionsSat Jul 28 2007 - 01:00
No one told Sligo they'd have dais like thisSideline Cut: The GAA broke into a whole new realm of weird injuries this week when an RTÉ news bulletin announced, deadpan, …Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00
Players deliver on a cold winter's promiseThey started the year as nobody's favourites and that suited them fineMon Jul 09 2007 - 01:00
Swiss made cuckoo clock - and FedererSideline Cut : Not even the weather can dampen the ardour of the English crowd for Roger Federer, the Swiss genius who is playing…Sat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00
Connacht SFC Final - Match PreviewThis is a match that all of Sligo is positively desperate to winSat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00
Chastened Cork prepare for the long haulIn the championship, timing is everythingMon Jul 02 2007 - 01:00
Draft can prove chill wind for the fragileSideline Cut: The NBA first-round draft took place during the week, whereby the 30 most sought-after young basketball players…Sat Jun 30 2007 - 01:00
Hoping to avoid the bogeymenAll-Ireland qualifier draw comment: It was like Sunday night at the movies in Carrick-on-Shannon for the live qualifying draw…Mon Jun 25 2007 - 01:00
Connacht previewNothing has changed in this time-honoured meeting of Connacht's most gloried football county and the province's hardiest.Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
Thurles Three saga should end nowSideline Cut: You cannot beat the hurling world when it comes to civil unrestSat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
Harte's quiet sideline manner a joy to watchIt is always worth watching Mickey Harte on the sidelineMon Jun 18 2007 - 01:00
Blithe Royals always worry uptight DubsSideline Cut: A tremor of fear must be rippling through many of the vast fraternity of Dublin summer football fansSat Jun 02 2007 - 01:00
O'Sullivan gets the heart poundingSideline Cut: Obscure sports coaches all over the country will be gratified by several scenes in RTÉ's high-octane and sophisticated…Sat May 26 2007 - 01:00
Pocketing one's pride an All-Ireland perkSideline Cut: If we are to believe what we hear, then most GAA All-Ireland winners like to carry their medals about their persons…Sat May 19 2007 - 01:00
Carr rues letting chances slipDown's Ross Carr was renowned for coolness under pressure back when he played on one of the most sumptuous forward units of the…Mon May 14 2007 - 01:00
Longford v Westmeath previewWith his now trademark powers of recovery, Dessie Dolan has been passed fit to start for Westmeath, despite spending the last…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
All-Ireland glory grand delusion for mostSideline Cut: As the drum rolls in honour of the beginning of another football championship, so all managers must clear their…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Oscar's night the only show in townSideline Cut: Las Vegas and boxing make up the most lurid and intoxicating of all the concoctions in sport, and late tonight…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Oscar's night the only show in townSideline Cut: Las Vegas and boxing make up the most lurid and intoxicating of all the concoctions in sport, and late tonight…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
League is no joke when you're winningSideline Cut: The general attitude to the league says a lot about the contrary nature of the IrishSat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
Boy Ronaldo overstepping his positionSideline Cut : An awful lot of people seem to have a fierce set against the lad Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Manchester …Sat Apr 14 2007 - 01:00
Walrus swimming against the new tideSideline Cut: Watching Craig Stadler rumbling around the fairways during the first round at Augusta brought to mind the old …Sat Apr 07 2007 - 01:00
Maradona's story might still inspireSideline Cut: One of the more troubling sporting headlines of the week reported that Diego Maradona had been rushed to hospital…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Tired old team in need of a shake-upGroup D/TV View: Great teams get old in a jiffy. It is the same in any sportThu Mar 29 2007 - 01:00
Howzat for a relic from the distant pastSideline Cut : Ireland has to conquer twice this afternoon. Beating Wales is an absolute necessitySat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Cheltenham pilots our mortal superiorsSideline Cut : Cheltenham must be as good as they say because regular jockeys are tougher than the restSat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
Coach with no pedigree breeding successSideline Cut: No matter how passionately the air of Flower of Scotland is delivered around Edinburgh this weekend, it will hardly…Sat Mar 10 2007 - 00:00
Keane aptitude should not surprise usSideline Cut: There may well be a little bunker in Roy Keane's garage reserved as a burial ground for the various trophies and…Sat Mar 03 2007 - 00:00
All the lonely people of John Lennon's childhoodMemoir: The Fab Four are a dwindling band of brothers nowadays but their music still effortlessly transcends wave after wave…Sat Feb 17 2007 - 00:00
Queen's song still strikes a delicate chordSideline Cut : The Artane Boy's Band may be busy practising the subtle brass notes of God Save the Queen this weekend but when…Sat Feb 17 2007 - 00:00
Maybe San Marino showed our true levelSideline Cut: Immediately after watching Ireland commit floodlit robbery against poor San Marino on Wednesday night, I turned…Sat Feb 10 2007 - 00:00
Maybe San Marino showed our true levelSideline Cut: Immediately after watching Ireland commit floodlit robbery against poor San Marino on Wednesday night, I turned…Sat Feb 10 2007 - 00:00
How many hits can rugby boys safely take?Sideline Cut: Only when you stand next to Ireland's elite rugby players do you get a true inkling of the sort of brain-shaking…Sat Feb 03 2007 - 00:00
Fan: a flailing device that blows hot and coldSideline Cut: Anyone who feared a gulf had developed between big-time sports stars and their fans probably thought differently…Sat Jan 27 2007 - 00:00
