Tag: #NBAOnTnT
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Falling for the bait of commercialisation in sport
A study of Wexford hurling from perhaps an obscure angle reveals that folk in the Model County have never been afraid to go their own way about things. For better or worse. For example, to the best of my recollection, they were the first county this writer can recall appointing an outside manager when they…
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The curiosities of NBA discipline
Did you ever notice yourself changing and not be able to quite figure out why? For example, when I was younger, the mere smell of things like coleslaw, potato salad or beetroot would have me dry reaching in seconds. Whereas now, any of the above would happily be tore into. With the only slight proviso…
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American Contradictions
Temetrius Jamel ‘Ja’ Morant. If you’re not an aficionado of NBA Basketball, you may not have heard of him, and, if you have, it might not have been in the best of contexts. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard, for those no au fait with the fast-paced, five-a-side action, think midfielder in GAA or soccer or…
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When two sporting worlds collide
A piece like this generally appears in this space around this time every year. Just as the seasons change in farming from the harvest to the plough and sower as the cycle begins again. Flat racing blessedly gives way to the proper stuff (jumps), soccer and rugby make their grand entrances and, of most relevance…