THE KIERAN SHANNON INTERVIEW: Living the GAA dream

Perhaps Christy Cooney represents the living embodiment of the GAA ethos — going from the top seat in the national organisation back to coaching at his club with minimum of fuss his day next week, a man called David Stern will step down from one of the biggest jobs in US sports administration.

THE KIERAN SHANNON INTERVIEW: Living the GAA dream
Sat, 25 Jan, 2014 - 00:00
Kieran Shannon

What the commissioner of the NBA will do in retirement, we do not know.

He might serve on a few boards. Be some kind of consultant. Or maybe he’ll just kick the feet up in some hammock that views the Pacific.

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