Fans should be jumping through hoopsSideline Cut: With the early darkness and the autumn comes another basketball season, another Irish winter in which one of the…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Retiring but never retiredIn Focus/Brian Corcoran: It was nothing as clear-cut as a calling for Brian CorcoranMon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
Irresistible romance of the all-too familiarSideline Cut: For this year anyway, there should be no complaints about yet another All-Ireland hurling final between Cork and…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Irishman and his belly not easily partedSideline Cut: Depressing word, obesity. Cuddly did the trick just fine up to nowSat Sept 04 2004 - 01:00
Funny old Games got new leaseOlympics Overview: The wine all drunk and the fun all over, the world fled Athens last nightMon Aug 30 2004 - 01:00
Greek chorus a baffled paean to KenterisSideline Cut: Thursday night in the stadium might be construed as the moment the Greeks let their guard downSat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
Not a perfect goodbye, but Sonia bows out with graceIt was far from the perfect goodbye but Sonia O'Sullivan's last night at the Olympics will be remembered as an oddly beautiful…Tue Aug 24 2004 - 01:00
Spitz project a millstone as compatriots turn on PhelpsAthens letter: When Michael Phelps returned to his room late on Monday evening, he must have been wishing he had never heard…Wed Aug 18 2004 - 01:00
Smoke disguises truth about PhelpsAthens Letter: Late at night is the best time to travel around the Olympic planetTue Aug 17 2004 - 01:00
Still the boy most likely to excelAll-Ireland SFC Quarter-finals: It might be said that Jason Sherlock has rolled back the years and is having a season redolent…Sat Aug 14 2004 - 01:00
The one Ring that binds themAll-Ireland SHC Semi-final: Fifty years ago, Cork and Wexford met in the All-Ireland hurling finalSat Aug 14 2004 - 01:00
US hoops stars set to court popularitySideline Cut: More by accident than design, the USA men's Olympic basketball team is set to do the impossible: win gold for …Sat Aug 14 2004 - 01:00
Sport the last bastion of faith and claritySideline Cut: The decision taken by the Vatican to consciously promote and foster a relationship with its flock of one billion…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Home is the exiled Dub, home to the HillSideline Cut: Not to jump the gun or anything but this could be the Year of the Dub. You have to hand it to the DubSat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Has Daly one more ruse to crack Cody?All-Ireland SHC Quarter-final replay/Clare v Kilkenny: Last Sunday in Croke Park left everyone tinglingSat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Strain of victory gets Mulgrew's dander upAll Ireland SFC Qualifier Fermanagh v Donegal Underneath the stand in Clones, the players exit through a blue door made of iron…Mon Jul 26 2004 - 01:00
Clare shout may just not be formidable enoughClare v Kilkenny: No matter what happens, Anthony Daly and Clare have salvaged something from the summer: a marquee date with…Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Cork will have to handle Antrim with careAntrim v Cork: Could this be a banana skin for Cork? Antrim's excellent performance against Waterford in a challenge in Loughgiel…Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Donegal will be eager to atone for freak fallAll-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round Four/Donegal v Fermanagh: The game nobody wantedSat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Hills alive with sound of Armagh musingsAround Donegal, people are still a bit shook by what happened in Croke Park last SundaySat Jul 17 2004 - 01:00
Siblings driving attacking lineConnacht SF Final/Mayo v Roscommon: In the family quarry in Galway, the Mortimer brothers wait and work and try not to talk …Sat Jul 17 2004 - 01:00
Back for a whole new ball gameUlster SFC Final Armagh v Donegal: The disaster that befell Donegal's Ray Sweeney in last year's loss to Armagh is in no way…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Maturing Donegal look ready to reap harvestUlster SFC Final Armagh v Donegal, Croke Park, Sunday 2Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
People's prodigy takes first wrong turnSideline Cut: In English soccer, it can all turn sour very quicklySat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Martina's integrity shines throughSideline Cut: Maria Sharapova may be the new darling of Wimbledon but Martina Navratilova remains its irreplaceable iconSat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Echoes of a golden summerAll-Ireland SF Qualifier/Leitrim v Dublin: There was symmetry to the qualifying draw last Sunday night when Dublin were fated…Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Reluctant hero guarding his postLeinster SH Final/Offaly v Wexford: A late June Monday in Birr and a heavy lunch-time shower spatters the square in the town…Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Champions get their timing just rightUlster SFC Semi-final/Tyrone v Donegal: Although Tyrone's form was lacklustre a fortnight ago against Fermanagh, they still …Sat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
Clones genetically immune to replicationSideline Cut: Not so long ago, the Ulster football championship was regarded as the dark angel of Gaelic gamesSat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
Donegal plans hampered as Hegarty looks doubtfulDonegal have suffered further misfortune in their preparations for Sunday's Ulster football semi-final against the All-Ireland…Wed Jun 16 2004 - 01:00
Geraghty 'not sharp enough' to earn recallGaelic Games: Although the successful appeal of the 48-week ban on Meath forward Graham Geraghty casts a more appealing light…Wed Jun 16 2004 - 01:00
Geraghty 'not sharp enough' to earn recallAlthough the successful appeal of the 48-week ban on Meath forward Graham Geraghty casts a more appealing light on his county…Wed Jun 16 2004 - 01:00
Boys are back in town but all is changedSideline Cut: These are confusing times for dear old Dublin town. Already, I am pining for the DubsSat Jun 12 2004 - 01:00
Donegal out to prove a pointThe last time Donegal drew a bumper crowd to Ballybofey was in January for what turned out to be a McKenna Cup final hiding from…Sat May 29 2004 - 01:00
Corbett injury a blow to Tipperary's preparationsGaelic Games: Tipperary hurling manager Ken Hogan will have to plan without forward Lar Corbett for their Munster semi-final …Tue May 25 2004 - 01:00
Outside the capital and at the centre of thingsConnacht SFC/Roscommon v Sligo: Finding Tom Carr would have been an impossible job without directionsSat May 22 2004 - 01:00
Marsden running out of timeGAELIC GAMES: Diarmuid Marsden remains highly unlikely to feature in the opening game of Armagh's championship against Monaghan…Tue May 18 2004 - 01:00
Jenkins leaves the stage in quiet dignitySideline Cut: There may have been a splash of morbidity to the general curiosity that brought a handful of us to the Sportsground…Sat May 15 2004 - 01:00
Athens makes haste slowly2004 OLYMPIC GAMES: Keith Duggan uses his imagination to visualise an Athens Olympics of unparalleled splendour - if they can…Sat May 08 2004 - 01:00
Success out of Harte failuresFOOTBALL/Championship 2004: Keith Duggan talks to the man who has guided Tyrone through the highs and lows of a sporting life…Sat May 08 2004 - 01:00
Home is where the heart isAt some point during the tempests and glories of last Sunday's grand theatre between Galway and Tyrone, a thought struck Paul…Sat May 01 2004 - 01:00
Ringing endorsements for phoney warSideline Cut: In principle, we heartily support the mutual friendship between the Gaelic world and the telecommunications industry…Sat May 01 2004 - 01:00
Outsiders finally getting a look inIn Connacht, great rugby days have not always been measured by the end resultSat Apr 24 2004 - 01:00
Ron's words a chilling blast from the pastDuring a period when this country is wrestling with its own conscience in terms of attitudes to race, the cold, hard and frankly…Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:00
Keane twist does nation a good turnIt was an old New York Yankees player called Yogi Berra who famously captured some sporting incident of the day with the immortal…Sat Apr 17 2004 - 01:00
Making a fist of the hand he's dealtRugby Challenge Cup semi-final: There is never a dull moment for Connacht or Michael BradleyFri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
Rookie enjoying life in the fast laneRugby European Challenge Cup: To understand the substance behind the Connacht revival this season, you need look no further …Wed Apr 07 2004 - 01:00
