His achievements emasculate the media’s rush – myself included – to ridicule the former Middlesboro boss even before he got...
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Body and mind
Body and mind
Speaking of big kids, Stephen Ireland is looking to leave Man City after a season in which he’s fallen out of favour and form....
Rubbernecking
Rubbernecking
Who believes Tiger Woods withdrew from the Players Championship at Sawgrass because of a stiff neck? Or as he diagnosed it,...
His Heroes
His Heroes
In 1981 Kimmage made the step up to senior class and that summer competed in the Irish championships in Waterford – and won. At...
Snookered by association
Snookered by association
Snooker has a lot to thank Steve Davis for. Imagine if the OBE hadn’t knocked out MBE John Higgins and the News of the World...
The bicycle messenger
The bicycle messenger
Cyclist-cum-scribe Paul Kimmage was profiled in the opening instalment in RTÉ’s new Friday night series The Big Story, which...
Where next for Hunt?
Where next for Hunt?
While the Premier League title race could well depend on whether Liverpool value their joint-record 18 championships more than...
Opportunity knocks
Opportunity knocks
With Shay Given dislocating his shoulder against Arsenal on Saturday, maybe it was fate that Ireland didn’t make it to the World...
TV blackout
TV blackout
When I was a kid, Kerry, Liverpool and “Interesting” Steve Davis had a lot in common. I hated them. Always winning. I lived for...
Luck wasn’t ‘width’ Waterford
Luck wasn’t ‘width’ Waterford
As buccaneering centre-back Shane Briggs said in receiving the TG4 man-of-the-match award, Waterford left Croke Park with...
No pushing immovable Treaty stone it seems
No pushing immovable Treaty stone it seems
When JP McManus was a major shareholder in Manchester United he and Coolmore chief John Magnier made life hell for Alex Ferguson...
Kiss of life
Kiss of life
What SAF calls “squeaky bum time” is starting to cause a smell of fear, as well as loathing, around Stamford Bridge. Man Utd’s...
