With all the attention the various awards and big-name autobiographies command at this time of year, that little gem of a read for that special GAA person in your life can remain hidden, lost in the heap, writes Kieran Shannon.

So what will you be discussing with your circle of intimates tonight in your local, assuming you have a Saturday-night local and a discussion group? Screenshots and the latest rumours coming out of Tipp, perhaps?

Babs Keating has described the All-Ireland winning Cork team of 1966 as “moderate enough”, claiming it was one of the easiest All-Irelands ever won.

Miraculously, it has arrived, the watershed to transform our media landscape. Every gaffer in Irish sport is turning into Rafa Benitez, writes Larry Ryan.

The Tipperary match-day cavalcade lost a vehicle this year. For years, Conor O’Mahony’s Skoda Superb pulled up the rear. A bad traveller, he was given special dispensation to drive, with Shane McGrath riding along for company.

PETER ANDRE has revealed he is to be a father again. The singer, 43, announced on Twitter that he is expecting his second child with wife EMILY MacDONAGH.

Eoin Kelly insists comments he made during his 2010 All-Ireland winning captain’s acceptance speech were not aimed at former Tipperary manager Babs Keating.

The marriage referendum is a deeply personal issue for many men and women who, up to now, have been denied full rights as citizens of Ireland, writes Michael ‘Babs’ Keating.

Fifty years ago Tipperary and Kilkenny clashed in the All-Ireland final with the Cats warmly fancied to retain their title.

Cork, it can be said, have better rapport with other Munster counties. The same for Tipperary as much as geography means every game is a rivalry. This particular relationship on Sunday thrives on lashings of respect but a smattering of contempt too.

Tipperary legend Brendan Cummins brought the curtain down on a glittering inter-county career last evening – with a record 73 SHC appearances under his belt.

Tipperary chairman Sean Nugent has hit out at Lar Corbett’s online detractors.

Even though John Delaney is being extremely well paid to excel in the area of leadership, we’ve often wondered has he ever dedicated a tiny chunk of his time and salary to study a course or even read a book on the subject?

When Waterford manager Michael Ryan appointed Pat Flanagan as physical trainer to the county hurlers, he mentioned Flanagan’s pilgrimage back to Dungarvan the night of the 2002 Munster final.

THE sports autobiography follows a generally predictable arc — promise, achievement, graceful decline — so it’s good to come across a book that breaks out of that strait-jacket.

WATERFORD manager Davy Fitzgerald last night hit back at his sharpest critics, claiming they all have agendas against him.

IF there’s one thing sports journalists like writing about more than an athlete’s performance’s on the big stage, it is their departure from it.

IN death, as in life, Gerry Ryan has continued to with his unique talent for capture media headlines.

Former Tipperary manager Michael 'Babs' Keating is not unfamiliar with launching post-match broadsides, and he unsurprisingly decided to shoot from the hip when reviewing Sunday's Munster SHC quarter-final defeat to Cork.

Sophie Dahl has married Jamie Cullum.

BABS KEATING has called for the National Hurling League to be pushed back until after St Patrick’s Day with the competition to conclude in early summer.

Test your hurley and wind up for a good one. The explosion in scores from sideline cuts intrigued MICHAEL MOYNIHAN so he placed the sliotar carefully and invited a few experts to have a go

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese is donating a number of ball gowns to a charity auction. This alerted me to the prospect of life after her presidency when it ends in 2011.

ON MY way to Croke Park yesterday I met Michael Bond; we all know what Michael did with Offaly in 1998.

Michael 'Babs' Keating has rubbished reports that he is set to move to Dubai after vacating the role of Tipperary senior hurling manager last night.

Babs Keating has resigned as Tipperary hurling manager a week after his side failed to progress to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Tipperary manager Babs Keating has only been able to call upon roughly 80% of his squad in the lead-up to Tipp's Munster senior hurling championship clash with Limerick on June 10.

ULSTER Council chairman Micheal Greenan admits Tyrone may face sanction over manager Mickey Harte’s decision to use four “ineligible” college players in Sunday’s Dr McKenna Cup tie against Derry.

ALL the pointers tomorrow are that Kilkenny will be far too strong for Tipperary in the All-Ireland U-21 hurling final at Croke Park (1.30pm).

CORK-TIPPERARY in a Munster final means tradition, and one man who contributed to that tradition is Cork selector Ger Cunningham.

WHERE does the time go? Seems like yesterday Jim Purcell was giving a pal a dig out, walking divots back into the Semple Stadium turf.