When the days get longer and it starts to get warmer you know that baseball season is coming. The season opened in Sydney, Australia with the LA Dodgers sweeping the Arizona Diamondback over two games. The Dodges were also involved in the American opening day, losing to the San Diego Padres. Today sees the first…
When the Canucks failed to make it past the first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs it was deemed that a coaching change was needed in Vancouver. A few weeks later the New York Rangers were eliminated at the second round of the playoffs and a coaching change was deemed necessary in the Big…
Dublin v Mayo Dublin versus Mayo is turning into one of the glamour match ups in the GAA Both sides have ended each others years in the last two seasons and all games between the two are high scoring and absorbing encounters. Both sides sit on six points heading into this game, the winner will…
Mayo welcome Castlebar Mitchels star Tom Cunniffe back to the county fold for the visit to Croke Park to take on Dublin on Saturday night. Mayo make two changes to the side that beat Cork with Cunniffe replacing Shane Mc Hale and Andy Moran replacing Mikey Sweeney. Robert Hennelly Tom Cunniffe, Ger Cafferkey, Brendan Harrison…
Barcelona beat Real Madrid 4-3 today in the latest edition of El Clasico at the Bernabeu today. This was a game that Barcelona could not afford to lose in order to remain in the title race. Leo Messi was the star of the show with a hat-trick, two from the penalty spot. Andres Iniesta was…
Kieran Gibbs was the victim of mistaken identity as he was sent off for a foul he did not commit. With Arsenal struggling, down 2-0 in just the 15th minute, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain dived a full stretch to stop a goal bound Eden Hazard shot. Confusion surrounded afterwards as referee Andre Marriner identified Kieran Gibbs…
Wayne Rooney lit up Upton Park with a wonder goal to give Manchester United a lead they never gave up against West Ham United today in a 2-0 win for the visitors. With the ball bouncing Rooney hit it on the half volley from just inside the West Ham half over the helpless Adrian in…
Lebron James returned to Cleveland tonight to take on the Cavs. Lebron went for 43 points in a 100-96 Heat win. But one of the most special things about tonight’s game is the Cavs 3D floor. See the pre game floor show in the video below.
Since last winning the All Ireland in 2001, Galway have been strangely absent on the national GAA scene. In more recent years they are becoming very absent on the provincial scene too. Conor Neville writes an interesting look at the decline of Galway football on balls.ie. Click on the link below. http://balls.ie/gaa/strange-decline-galway-football/
Cavanagh Apologies Tyrone star Sean Cavanagh apologised to the Tyrone supporters for their awful display in Killarney last Sunday. The Kingdom ran riot in the second half, holding Tyrone to just a point while scoring 3-7. The game was level at half time at 0-8 each. The defeat was the heaviest in Mickey Harte’s long…
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