Cork have consistently struggled in their first game of a Division 2 campaign and it has proved costly

Michael O’Leary has given a lifetime to Blue Demons and it plenty back in return. And when a Senegalese-Spanish kid was stranded, he and his family gave him a home.

It’ll hardly be the biggest game of their respective seasons but the McKenna Cup final will be one to watch if only for the two men on the sidelines approach.

The NBA experience is pure entertainment according to columnist Kieran Shannon.

Not only will the men’s Cup final be an all-Cork affair but so will the women’s decider after a thrilling semi-finals weekend on Leeside.

Broadcaster Gary Newbon has interviewed or worked with nearly them all. Clough. Ali. Big Jack. But as the title of his autobiography suggests, many know him best for his sparring with Alex Ferguson. 

Silver felt the time was right to try the model out in the pro game after identifying that the early months of the NBA season tended to be overshadowed hugely by the NFL.

Martial is now in his ninth season at United. As long as Devin Booker has been a Phoenix Sun, longer than Jaylen Brown has been a Boston Celtic or, by months, longer than Klopp has been a Koppite.

Neptune's coaching change was made with a view to this Cup quarter-final

Not only would a win in Sunday's Munster hurling final seal the Waterford club's magnificence; it would underline just how exceptional this team is.