Larry Ryan: The sports fan has forgotten perspective, thankfully

Whether it’s Cork betraying the legend of Ring  or Wexford putting up the effing white flag, we must relish now every wild overreaction to a setback

SHOW OF FURY: Davy Fitzgerald couldn’t — and didn’t attempt to — hide his frustration after Wexford were thrashed by Galway in the Leinster SHC semi-final. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

In a ‘year like no other’, isn’t it a great comfort that this is turning out to be a sporting year like every other?

During the original shutdown, there were all those profound awakenings to the absurdity of a sporting life.