Monday 26 October 2020
The careers of Jamie Heaslip and Andy Lee were eulogised last week, writes Tommy Martin.
Give a child everything they want and they end up not getting what they need, writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin says it’s what’s between your ears that counts.
How the opening weekend of the national leagues taught Tommy Martin how to live in the moment.
No matter who replaces Paraic Duffy as Ard Stiúrthóir, the GAA is never going back to the old way, writes Tommy Martin.
Sometimes they come at a price, says Tommy Martin.
Pay-for-play’s negative impact on the sport is obvious, writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin looks forward to what 2018 may have in store for our favourite athletes.
Tommy Martin wonders if you can separate what Pep’s side do on the pitch from how they’re funded off it.
In modern sports coverage, bias is everywhere, except in the eye of the beholder, writes Tommy Martin.
The systemic success in Donnybrook is something to be admired, writes Tommy Martin.
‘It was a reminder in these uber-analysed times that sometimes a football match is just a football match,’ writes Tommy Martin.
The Derry man is unlikely to leave without a fight, however, writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin argues that alcohol sponsorship has no place in sports.
It’s been a week to forget for the sports department, writes Tommy Martin.
It’s been a week to forget for the sports department, writes Tommy Martin.
In this week’s column Tommy Martin looks at the ‘New Hollywood’ crop of Premier League managers who seek out the spotlight.
At times like this the beautiful game becomes a receptacle for all sort of cockamamie theories, writes Tommy Martin.
Be like Spurs and just give the ball to Harry Kane, writes Tommy Martin in his weekly column.
But that isn’t all bad news, writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin writes on the beleaguered organisation that became embroiled in further controversy this week.
The Dublin senior football manager and his team are as one, writes Tommy Martin.
It’s time for football clubs to wake up and assess the madness, writes Tommy Martin.
‘When it comes to hurling, we are prisoners of geography,’ writes Tommy Martin.
However, revisionist history says it’s complicated, writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin laments the mature, semi-detached and really quite beige state of England’s top flight.
‘Free-to-air TV has become an attractive option again in this multi-platform, rights-hungry, rapidly changing landscape,’ writes Tommy Martin.
“Drink is both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to sport, with winning the transformational potion between the two,” writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin on the Tyrone star, who is aiming to end his memorable career on a high.
Tommy Martin on Brexit, the Irish Open and how sport in Ireland is best served by the softest of borders.
Tommy Martin on a week that apples and oranges were being compared by those who should know better.
Tommy Martin on what the New Zealander brings to the tourists.
Tommy Martin puts a case forward for GAA needing controversial figures to add a bit of colour to the season.
It’s time to throw off the inferiority complex and take that next step, writes Tommy Martin.
Tommy Martin believes drug testing of GAA players should be increased.
Tommy Martin on a club that should be about more than winning trophies.
Tommy Martin explains why Ulster football is the equivalent of an imaginary condom tossed across a theatre in 1950s Dublin.
Tommy Martin reflects on how a global club may struggle to keep everyone happy.
This could be a landmark summer after a gruelling journey for Irish cricket, writes Tommy Martin.
Streaming is doing for football fans what file-sharing once did for music buyers, writes Tommy Martin.
