It is rare in sport that fans get to see their fantasy teams become a reality. Football legends team up for charity matches when they are all way past their sell-by-date, whereas the annual All-Star…
It’s time we talked about Ireland’s leading world champions… Yes, Ireland’s men and women’s teams secured a double gold at the 33rd World Shore Angling Championships in Wexford last November, proving that Irish anglers are among the…
Science and time make favourites of no man, not even Tiger Woods. Consider the very sobering fact below, as seen in the February 12th 2015 edition of The Irish Times, about Tiger Woods, 14 time…
When experienced adventurers David Burns and Maghnus Smyth set out on the Swim 360 on 3rd June this year, they can’t have imagined the periods of frustration that lay ahead. The pair, founders of Sand2Snow…
With both the Aintree and Irish Grand Nationals in the books for 2017, we have a chance to consider the toughest sportspeople in the world. National Hunt jockeys. There is something undeniably unique about the jockey.…
While Aaron Hernandez was acquitted of additional murder charges last week he has likely seen his last days as a free man. Even in a league as wild and sometimes surreal as the National Football…