MY favourite memory of 2002, Armagh’s season in the sun, is the semi-final victory over Dublin and in particular the singing of Amhrán na bhFiann.

For one reason or another - even by their absence, or off the bench, this sextet will have a decisive bearing on the destination of Sam Maguire

What has Phil Mickelson at Winged Foot, the Boston Red Sox in 1978 and Jean van de Velde at the 1999 British Open got in common with this Dublin team?

We all love to see great rivalry in sport, a battle between the victor and the vanquished, the goodies and the baddies.

"Why did 58,000 people turn up today, Bishop?" we wondered out loud after yesterday’s quarter-finals at Croke Park.

Leaders are neither born nor made; they are found. This is what Ben Horowitz postulated in a recent Fortune.com article.

This Munster final was always going to be different, well certainly since one former Kerry player predicted a lack of leadership in the Cork team. Little did he realise that the leadership deficits would be with his native county.

The hard work was completed in the week prior to this match. Irrespective of how the game went, Armagh were looking for a win-win.

Thank God for the Ulster Championship! High intensity warfare packed with so many off-the-ball incidents that no amount of cameramen, never mind referees and officials, could possibly identify the culprits.

In the wake of yesterday’s Tyrone-Kerry match in Omagh, a friend explained the rationale of the need for change in sport and sporting management. "I like ham sandwiches but I don’t want them every day", he said.