A helping hand to understanding sports stars

It’s funny to consider how much talk there is about hands in Irish sport once you concentrate on it, writes Michael Moynihan

Picked up one of my favourite books the other evening, though I couldn’t say I had full control of it in the early part of our encounter.

I tried to flick it open while holding it by the spine at the same time, but the weakness of my grip and the shortness of my fingers left me down, and meant it slipped to the ground.