Jackie Robinson
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Willie O’Ree: The half-blind black kid who changed ice hockey
- Other Sports
- November 14, 2018, 15:08
The scene was Dodger Stadium in Brooklyn in 1949. Two summers after breaking baseball’s colour barrier, Jackie Robinson came out after a game for a me(...)

Tiger Woods has become the young generation’s George Best
- Golf
- September 27, 2017, 18:00
It will soon be 10 years since Tiger Woods won a judgment of nearly €200,000 from The Dubliner magazine for publishing fake risqué photographs of his (...)

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: 'Her breath could put a hole in Jon Snow's wall'
- People
- September 9, 2017, 05:00
The old dear looks confused. She’s like, “Where are you taking me?” Or maybe she’s just hammered. There’s a hum off her breath that could put a hole (...)

America at Large: Boston Red Sox move to ditch Yawkey legacy
- Other Sports
- August 23, 2017, 17:00
With the arrival of Pumspie Green in 1959, the Boston Red Sox became the last team in Major League Baseball to field an African-American player. Twe(...)

Dr Harry Edwards: Fifty years on frontier of sport and race
- Gaelic Games
- July 17, 2017, 06:00
It’s common when writing about Dr Harry Edwards to use the word ‘towering,’ partly in reference to his status as scholar and activist at the frontier (...)

Despite Tiger Woods’ rise, skin colour remains a major hazard when it comes to golf
- Golf
- December 4, 2014, 09:30
In the East Room of the White House on November 24th, President Barack Obama draped the Presidential Medal of Freedom around the neck of 92-year-old C(...)

Chadwick Boseman: Standing up for James Brown
- Film
- November 21, 2014, 10:10
You wouldn’t ask any mortal to play James Brown. It’s not just the voice. It’s not just the moves and the madness. Even at rest, Mr Please Please P(...)

Creating the Formula One of the showjumping world
- Companies
- August 29, 2014, 01:30
Nestled inside the historic Horse Guards Parade is a beautiful arena which is the setting of the eleventh leg of the 2014 Longines Global Champions(...)

Corkagh Park plays host to the Peter O’Malley Invitational baseball tournament
- Other Sports
- July 12, 2013, 01:00
If you build it they might come. Not exactly the field of dreams but baseball’s contribution to The Gathering takes place at Corkagh Park in Clondalki(...)