Person: @adrianrussell

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

Sky’s the limit with lack of tact simply unbelievable, Geoff

As Bart Simpson — and latterly thousands of football fans — have said, you can actually pinpoint the second his heart rips in half.

McIlroy not just a rival to Woods, he’s the antidote

‘We don’t talk about disabilities. We talk about football’

Sporting public playing their part as workers fight on

Football and fashion a match made in heaven

It’s ok, you’re allowed to like other sports

How to talk Irish sport in 70 clichés

The cliché is a vital component of any sporting occasion. You could even argue that it’s not actually an occasion at all until at least a few of these have been trotted out.

Fri, 03 Feb, 2012

Getting a kick from a flicknot kids’ stuff

ON Sunday morning, many of us will be woken by electronic bleeps and whirrs as new computer-powered gadgets and toys are plugged in, charged up and used for the first time.

Fri, 23 Dec, 2011

On the right track: Finding the perfect sound to summer

MIND your toes while I drop a name there, reader. I once had a good chat with Damien Duff — clang! — about music.

Fri, 02 Dec, 2011

Unglamorous tale gets a low-key airing

THEY say everyone has a book in them. Paddy Coyne dragged it out kicking and screaming.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2011

London underground given Vegas makeover

IT’S a familiar, hackneyed old show. And one which is rerun a lot these days.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2011

The man with a plan bringing hurls in a van

THE IMF and EU own the deeds to the shop, our balance sheet isn’t looking too hot and the staff have long since clocked out but Ireland is open for business, our Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, is fond of saying.

Fri, 17 Jun, 2011

Keep friends close, your rivals closer

GER WOLFE jumps out of bed at 7am every morning and it isn’t long before he’s pedalling out of the driveway.

Fri, 13 May, 2011

So much for journalistic glamour

I LANDED my job in the Irish Examiner by pitching a half-baked idea — cold — to the sports editor.

Fri, 29 Apr, 2011

A day to remember tyro Toyosi

MAJIEK TARNOGRODZKI still finds himself standing on the sidelines at Tolka Park or sitting on an unfamiliar bench and it will cross his mind again.

Fri, 01 Apr, 2011

A man buoyed by his naked ambition

EVER have that nightmare where you’re rowing the Indian Ocean in a 23ft-long boat, surrounded by sharks, the sun is melting the skin on your back, you’re eating out of tins, going to the toilet in a bucket... and you’re naked? No, me neither. But meet the Irishman who plans on living that dream for 150 nights.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2011