Tag: Cycling
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I still won’t eat the cheese
Irish sports fans have grown so accustomed to our nearest neighbours trying to claim our stars as their own, it wouldn’t be a massive shock to see them claim to have ‘invented’ Hurling or Gaelic Football! That said, it has been pleasantly surprising that there hasn’t been much sneery lampooning of the celebrating of Ben…
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If the mighty hadn’t fallen ten Hag would be unemployed by now
Throughout my lifetime to date, I have been fortunate to see some of the greatest managers to ever practice their trade across several sporting codes. From Sean Boylan, Mick O’Dwyer and Jim Gavin, to Brian Cody, Liam Sheedy and John Kiely in hurling, or Six Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho in soccer. Then…
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Taylor takes top gong again but there were unlucky ones
Katie Taylor was crowned RTE Sportsperson Of The Year for the third time on Saturday night as another terrific twelve months of sporting success at local, national and international level was rightly commended. The history-making Bray lady remains undefeated 22 bouts into her professional pugilism career, adjacent to spectacular success in the amateur ranks which…
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We are the only dopes if we swallow this one
Lance Armstrong – even mention of the guy’s name makes my skin crawl. For me, it’s the deception. Yes over what he ‘achieved’ on the bike under a cloud of shame. But the deceit goes even further than that. There’s trying to decipher what was real from what wasn’t. I mean, he was obviously a…
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Roche to guide green peloton forward
It has always been the contention of the occupant of this seat that tennis and cycling are the two most gruelling individual sports there are. Mostly due to the length of time it takes to complete events in either. Granted, affairs of the saddle have been dragged through the mud tenfold by the nefarious doings…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 13
Though it might be hard to believe, we’ve arrived at the 13th incarnation of our weekly Fitness Testing, hopefully it will be a lucky one for those of you who give it a go.
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Sideline Cuts – 13
Back To Basics Approach Works Mention has often been made in this space on numerous occasions of how reading habits are sporadic at best. As if to underscore that fact, a sizable chunk of Davy Fitzgerald’s autobiography was ingested in a fairly quick time, only for the excellent collaboration with Vincent Hogan to be parked…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 3
Plenty of variety in this week’s sporting fitness test. Watch out for next week’s installment which will be a horse racing special to coincide with one of the sporting highlights of the year – The Cheltenham Festival.