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Irish Punters in American Football Daniel Whelan It’s shaping up to…

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One Hundred Years of Irish Olympians: Days of Glory
1996FeatureHistory ArchivesIn This Issue 1996July August 1996 IssueSports Archives

One Hundred Years of Irish Olympians: Days of Glory

By Colin Lacey and Kevin O’Neill Shanley

July/August 1996
Jul 29, 1999 10 min read
As the 1996 Olympic Games begin in Atlanta, Georgia, we look at some of the Irish Olympians since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, one hundred years ago.  […]
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Super Bowl Shanahan
1999April May 1999 IssueFeatureIn This Issue 1999Sports Archives

Super Bowl Shanahan

By Kieran McConnellogue

April / May 1999
Apr 1, 1999 12 min read
One of the most recognizable football coaches in America became an anonymous tourist last summer when he took a golf vacation in the land of his ancestors. But things might […]
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The Irish on Ice
1998FeatureIn This Issue 1998May June 1998 IssueSports Archives

The Irish on Ice

By John Kernaghan

May / June 1998
May 1, 1998 10 min read
Ice hockey is not traditionally regarded as a sport in which the Irish have had much input, but history records a large number of Malones, Clancys and Sullivans as having […]
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Cool Hand Kerry: Will Penn State’s Q.B. be the next Montana?
1995FeatureIn This Issue 1995January February 1995 IssueSports Archives

Cool Hand Kerry: Will Penn State’s Q.B. be the next Montana?

By L.S. Tennyson

January/February 1995
Jan 4, 1995 8 min read
Offensive Player of the Year; winner of the prestigious Maxwell and Davy O’Brien Awards; and Heisman Trophy Finalist, Kerry Michael Collins, Penn State’s quarterback, seems destined for the NFL.  Kerry […]
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