If the only thing your fantasy roster is missing is a young Irish kicker, we’ve got you covered. Patrick Murray, whose father Aidan played at senior level for Monaghan and uncle Ciarán won an All-Star for the Farney in 1985, is now the starting kicker for the Tampa Bay Buckaneers. Even more remarkable is the fact that he got the job (over the most accurate kicker in Tampa’s … [Read more...] about The Son of a Monaghan
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True Grit – Sandy Fails to Derail the Xavier Knights’ Run for Glory
All they wanted was a chance for ten more days of football. Just before the end of the season, a quarter of the players and one of the coaches on the Xavier High School Knights had been forced from their homes when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast. But when the displaced kids voted to play on, their courage inspired the team to go on to an improbable playoff rumble … [Read more...] about True Grit – Sandy Fails to Derail the Xavier Knights’ Run for Glory
World Cup Fever
In our dreams we take out Spain, beat England on penalties and Jason McAteer scores the winning goal against Brazil in the World Cup Final. The Carlsberg beer ad which is running in Ireland at the moment may only be wishful thinking, but as the nation gears up for the greatest sporting occasion of the year, there is growing optimism that Mick McCarthy and the lads will do us … [Read more...] about World Cup Fever
Life’s Lessons
In the summer of 1998 Katie McMahon was in Belfast following the peace process and completing her study on the political murals. It was there, on a littered soccer field, that she received her calling. "Hey Missus! Give us a go on yer bike!" A group of young boys had caught sight of her on her silver mountain bike. After talking with them a while, Katie asked if they … [Read more...] about Life’s Lessons
Cool Hand Kerry: Will Penn State’s Q.B. be the next Montana?
By L.S. Tennyson
January/February 1995
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 Michael Collins is the best quarterback in college football. And on January 2, unless there is a major upset, the whole country will see the Penn State superstar lead the … [Read more...] about Cool Hand Kerry: Will Penn State’s Q.B. be the next Montana?