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The ancient art of sportswriting

Dan Barry of the New York Times picked up an award recently for a stunning in-depth study of a boxer’s struggles, but if I’d been on that jury, a different venture would have won him that particular gong, writes Michael Moynihan.

Mon, 22 May, 2017

Robbie Kiely is shown a black card by referee David Coldrick 21/8/2016

Mayo shake, then move, towards the final September hurdle

Michael Moynihan reflects on the first of the football semi-finals which saw Mayo limp over the line against Tipperary. 

Mon, 22 Aug, 2016

Words reveal true depth of rivalry

Cork and Tipperary face each other in the All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday. Calm down, there are a few sleeps to go yet. To get you in the mood, we examine, in quotations, the relationship between the counties.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2014

Wexford didn’t believe they could beat Banner

Two really entertaining games in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday and, thanks to the timing, I was able to get to both, though the extra-time in Ennis put real pressure on heading to Thurles.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014