The Latest Second Captains Podcast Is Out
The Second Captains team are back again following their triumphant return to Irish sports fans ears last week. It should be another good one with BOD making an appearance this week. »
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Someone (Possibly Skip Bayless) Farted Very Loudly On ESPN
Both Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith are both regular analysts on ESPN’s First Take and appropriately both are have reputations as being windbags. That’s appropriate because yesterday, someone farted very loudly on the show. »
The Rod Squad Is Making A Triumphant Return To Irish Televsion
Setanta are making a sequel to the smash hit RTÉ mini series The Rod Squad featuring Roddy Collins, lots of Roddy Collins. The previous incarnation of The Rod Squad was a ‘warts and all’ portrayal of Collins’ time as manager of Carlisle United during the 2002/3 season. After seeing the trailer, there now looks to be some serious competition for the title of ‘Greatest Sequel... »
In Review: The New Second Captains Podcast
The wait was over today as the Off The Ball five made their return with the Second Captains podcast, lasting for a for a whole hour and 16 minutes. The structure of the podcast was effectively a combination of Off The Ball’s rugby and football show podcasts without Ken Early’s much loved news round. Ken quickly reminded us what we’ve been missing, coming out with this gem. ‘... »
The Inaugural ‘Second Captains’ Podcast Has Arrived
The long awaited return of the OTB5 to your ears is here with the arrival of their podcast in association with the Irish Times. »
OTB5 To Record Irish Times Podcast
The torturous wait to find out who will be Second Captains crew will be working for is over. After two months of intrigue, many deserved tributes and countless fawning articles, the lads have revealed today that they are to join the Irish Times with a weekly hour-long show that will be uploaded every Tuesday and available to be streamed or podcasted from Irishtimes.com. The first of these shows wi... »
OTB5 To Announce New Home Today. Where Will It Be?
Eoin McDevitt, Ken Early, Ciaran Murphy, Simon Hick and Mark Horgan, who have become collectively known at the OTB5 are set to announce their new home today. It’s an announcement eagerly awaited by many Irish sports fans ever since their sojourn from the airwaves began two months ago when they resigned from Newstalk. But where will that destination be? Herald.ie reported over the weekend tha... »
Something Coming Soon From The Off The Ball Five
The first tweet in 33 days from the former Off The Ball team arrived today and it’s promising. Sounds like we’re going to get something from them soon. Hey everyone, its been a while but it looks like we’re close to quittin’ time #gardenleave #SecondCaptainsComingSoon twitter.com/The2ndCaptains… — Second Captains (@The2ndCaptains) May 2, 2013 It does look like they... »
Eamon Dunphy Raging Against Dying Of The Barcelona Light
After Bayern’s destruction of Barcelona over the two legs of their Champions League semi-final, there was much talk of this being the end of an era for Barca. On RTÉ last night, Eamon Dunphy, agreed that there were signs of this being a possibility but also said that this Bayern Munich team should not be talked about in the same breath as the Barca side of the last few years. »
The Indo Sport Twitter Account Is A Big Fan Of Bilbo Baggins
Despite some stiff competition from the likes of your Batmans, your Catwomans, your Ironmans and your Snow Whites the Indo Sport Twitter account chose to vote for the hero of ‘The Hobbit’, Bilbo Baggins, in the ‘Best Hero’ category at the MTV Movie Awards. Obviously they managed to stay awake during that neverending meeting of the Dwarves at Bilbo’s gaff and got to wa... »
US Sports Show Around The Horn Does Game Of Thrones Style Intro
It’s a big weekend for Game of Thrones fans with the new season premiering this weekend. US sports panel show Around the Horn did a tribute to the show’s well-known intro on Thursday. Just like the original Thrones intro in which the camera flies around a map of the landscape the ATH version tracks the various locations of the panelists from LA to Denver to New York. via Next Impulse S... »
VIDEO: Liam Brady Accuses Eamon Dunphy Of Calling Paul Green A Joke, Billo Interjects “You Never Said It On Air, No”.
The RTÉ panel were in vintage form tonight, before the game and after. In this clip, Liam Brady accuses Eamon Dunphy of calling Paul Green a joke, which Dunphy denies before Billo mediates by remarking that “you never said it on air, no”. Brilliant. »
The Daily Mail Javier Hernandez Rumour Circle
The Daily Mail published a story on its website last night about Javier Hernandez leaving Manchester United for Juventus this summer. It seems plausible. He’s a good player who can score goals but isn’t always first choice for his manager. The Juventus move for Nicolas Bendtner shows that they aren’t afraid to take a punt on an English Premier League striker who spends more tim... »
98FM Presenter Adrian Barry Moving To Newstalk’s Off The Ball.
98FM’s award winning sports presenter Adrian Barry is to join Newstalk’s Off The Ball. Barry spoke about the move on Ray Foley’s 98FM breakfast show this morning. He later confirmed the move when asked about it on Twitter. @sonoglynner That’s very decent of you Dec, cheers. All true. — Adrian Barry (@AdrianBarry98FM) March 22, 2013 The news comes nearly 3 weeks after ... »
