UPDATE: The Belfast boys video has been removed from YouTube but you can still see it here on our Facebook page. We’re gonna retire now because we know nothing can ever top this. Olympic medalists call out Big Joe Joyce and his family. Coming to a Longford boreen some day soon we hope. Response from the Joyce’s when we get it. UPDATE: There has been a response, though it doesn’t ... »
British propert developers BTW Shiells have the 2012 London Olympics Basketball arena for sale. According to Rob Harris of the AP, it’s on sale for £2.5 million and they’ll reconstruct it anywhere. Want a London 2012 memento? Basketball arena can be bought for £2.5M & reconstructed where you want http://t.co/ZbTj7Lst — Rob Harris? (@RobHarris) February 15, 2013 New ... »
The best part of this story is that he appears to carry his two gold medals with him at all times, as we all would. dailytelegraph »
Bummer. After a disappointing Olympics ruined by illness, Melanie Nocher, who’s only 24 years old, has retired from international swimming. Best of luck with what comes next. »
You might remember 16-year-old US gymnast MacKayala Moroney, who was less than happy when receiving her silver medal in the Individual Vault at this year’s Olympics. Her ‘not impressed’ face gained her more fame than perhaps even a gold medal would have. She’s appeared on The David Letterman Show, and now she got the most powerful man in the world in on the act too: h/t: US... »
The official film of London 2012 called ‘First’ is being released on November 23rd. It follows 12 first time Olympians one of whom is Katie Taylor. It also follows Kenyan runner David Rudisha and American swimmer Missy Franklin. »
They take Halloween very very seriously in the USofA, as the multi million dollar industry casts its shadow to every corner of society it can be difficult to stand out. But that’s exactly what two member of the United States Women’s soccer team did over the weekend with this effort, taking the piss out of the memetastic McKayla Maroney [flagallery gid=2 name=Gallery] via KCKRS »
Paul McGinley is many peoples favourite to become the 2014 European Ryder Cup Captain. We can expect many golfers to publicly support McGinley in the coming months (Rory McIlroy already has), but the Dubliner got an endorsement today from one person he wouldnt have expected it off, Oscar Pistorius. ‘The Blade Runner’ was playing with McGinley today at the Alfred Dunhill Links Champions... »
We were lucky enough this year to have terrific Olympics coverage on RTE. Every day we saw the opening titles for RTE’s coverage and most probably paid very little attention to the detail that was put into the magnificent opening sequence. Dublin based illustrator Alan Dunne has released a video of all the work RTE put into graphically designing the opening sequence. Its amazing how much wor... »
Michelle Jenneke up to her old tricks, probably not the best relay teammate. Previously h/t Jake Hennon »
Yohan Blake, the joint second quickest man in the history of the 100 metres is also a handy cricketer. The Jamaican was invloved in a Twenty20 match earlier this month, playing for the Bartley’s XI against a Correctional Services side. The silver medalist in both the 100 metres and 200 metres at this years Olympics showed he has a talent on the cricket field scoring 20 off 21 balls. One of h... »
The holiday in Bundoran must have been pretty poor. C’mon Donegal!!!! twitter.com/paddyb_ireland… — Paddy Barnes (@paddyb_ireland) September 20, 2012 »
RTE’S Damien Tiernan posted this photo to his twitter account last night. Wexford shows its Katie love. »
He even did Usain’s signature pose. »
