Irish International basketball star Susan Moran from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, has become the first Irish player to be signed by an American WNBA team. Moran who won a scholarship to St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia in 1998 has been drafted to the New York Liberty team. At five feet eleven inches Moran has a slight height disadvantage, but with her unconventional rebounding … [Read more...] about Irish Basketball Star for U.S.
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Galileo: King of Kings
Can an Irish horse win the prestigious Breeders Cup? In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to victory at 100/6 in the most prestigious classic race for three-year-olds in the world, the Epsom Derby. The reaction of the top hat and tails aristocracy was to leave the parade ring for the … [Read more...] about Galileo: King of Kings
Why Grandpa Should Be in the Hall of Fame
On July 1st, 1920, my grandfather saved the only no-hitter ever thrown by the Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. Grandpa played first base for the Washington Senators, and he and Johnson were in Boston to play the Red Sox. When the ninth inning came around, only one Red Sox had made it to first base – on an error – and the Senators were ahead 1-0 with two outs. One more out … [Read more...] about Why Grandpa Should Be in the Hall of Fame
The Giants’ Cause
Rioting fans, hooliganism and remote and sometimes ugly multi-millionaires have given sports a bad name in recent times. But every now and then, the world of fun and games provides an uplifting story, like the one unfolding in Belfast, where a team of American and Canadian hockey players is being heralded for improving relations between Protestants and Catholics. At … [Read more...] about The Giants’ Cause
Irish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship
A County Louth native battled frigid temperatures in Iowa to win the men's 10,000 meter National College Athletic Association cross-country championship. Keith Kelly, a student at Providence College, finished the race in 30 minutes 14.5 seconds in temperatures of 17 degrees with biting winds. "If the race had been 20 meters more," he told The New York Times, "I wouldn't have … [Read more...] about Irish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship