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Limerick field hockey player Rebecca Barry makes ESPN’s top ten plays list - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:42:50 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

A Limerick native made one of ESPN’s top ten lists this week when she wowed viewers with some fancy fieldwork.

ESPN goes out of its way to skewer Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine (IrishCentral)

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:32:17 PDT

So apparently a part of sports journalism is now to get your size elevens on someone's throat and keep it there until they are done, finished, kaput, finito ESPN, the self anointed World leader, nay, the Universe leader in sports reporting has taken an apparent grim satisfaction in keeping the hammer down on embattled Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine As Bobby has fought to keep his job, and as his team have fought off journalistic attacks that would make the carpet bombing of Vietnam in the 70s look tame by comparison, ESPN has gleefully taken any shred of drama and exploded it nine fold in a British tabloid like attempt to stretch the most out of any storiesLast night Valentine made a comment about the state of his team READ MORE

ESPN announces that LeBron won the NBA title: Single handed, no less. (IrishCentral)

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:15:51 PDT

This column woke up to some very confusing sporting news headlines today ESPN appears to be reporting that LeBron James won the NBA title last night On the other hand, all of the other sporting websites that this columnist frequents are reporting that some entity known as ‘The Miami Heat’ actually won the title Now, we all know from ESPN’s diligent coverage of LeBron James’s quest for the title, that the NBA is a one man game, so there are no initial pointers as to what this ‘Miami Heat’ thing is READ MORE

The James LeBron agenda - why is ESPN so in love with The K$ng? (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:30:13 PDT

Forget Roswell Forget the Grassy Knoll Forget Bigfoot When are we going to uncover the answer to a great contemporary mystery, why are ESPN such slathering, dribbling sycophantic fools for LeBron James? At this stage their man-crush on The K$ing is getting quasi embarrassing READ MORE

ESPN's Tommy Smyth’s take on UEFA Euro 2012 preview (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:44:22 PDT

By: BRIAN DONOVAN

Originally from Co. Louth, Tommy Smyth has been with ESPN for twenty years offering coverage on almost all soccer events. He contributes extensively to ESPNSoccernet’s Press Pass, provides commentary for Italian Serie A matches, and will be featured throughout ESPN’s upcoming Euro 2012 coverage. He can be found on Twitter at @TommySmythESPN

Penn State affair: Massive failure all round, while ESPN still throws bouquets at Paterno (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:00:15 PST

I am sorry, but let's just come out and ask it, why are the biggest sporting websites still talking about Joe Paterno in terms of adoration? Weeks after the allegations have sprung that Paterno and others turned a blind eye to a Penn State coach abusing young boys, hours after calls for Peterno's head started, ESPN amongst others are publishing soft-focus, slush pieces on the Penn State head-coach Check out this rubbish from ESPN You can almost hear the PGA Tour soft-core porn music humming in the background as you read the below''The love was evident as several hundred students crowded around Paterno's house - The 84-year-old coach looked happier than any senior citizen ever to have kids trample his lawn READ MORE

Patriot's QB Tom Brady's Australian UGG advertisement revealed - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:15:19 PDT

Did you ever wonder what Tom Brady, New England's Patriot quarterback, one of the United States top paid football players and husband to the world's biggest supermodel, Gisele Bundchen, does with his free time? Why he makes more money of course UGG have been trying to get men interested in the soft slouchy cuddly boots and shoes and getting Brady and rapper Mos Def to sign up as faces of the brand is their first push-------------READ MORE:Forbes name Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen the highest-paid celebrity couple Patriot’s Tom Brady voted the best quarterback in the world by ESPN --------------Brady claims that he's always been an UGGs fan He said "It was always my favorite Christmas present to get READ MORE

Patriot’s Tom Brady voted the best quarterback in the world by ESPN (IrishCentral)

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:32:33 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Tom Brady has walked away with the top vote as the best quarterback in the world, according to ESPN.

Golfer Rory McIlroy ‘must find a new caddy to save himself’ - Harsh ESPN criticism after Rory wrist injury at PGA (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:40:10 PDT

ESPN commentator Alex Dimond has stated that Rory McIlroy needs to fire his caddy JP Fitzgerald if he is to “save himself from himself” after he hurt his hand in yesterday’s first round of the PGA championship, the year’s final majorMcIlroy hurt his hand trying an impossible shot, to move the ball away from tree roots on the third hole He needed on course treatment before continuing and may be forced to withdraw First to criticize McIlroy was commentator Jay Townsend who clashed with McIlroy after the British Open READ MORE

ESPN don't seem to know Northern Irish 'Troubles' are effectively over (IrishCentral)

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:40:06 PDT

ESPN revealed during the British Open that they may know their sport but when it comes to Irish politics they are all at seaThe blathering about The Troubles when Darren Clarke was playing was pathetic to listen toOn several occasions, commentators brought The Troubles up in the context of Clarke and Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell setting the golfing world alightIn every conversation they reported that The Troubles were ongoing and the golfers were somehow battling terrrible odds while succeeding READ MORE

LeBron drops eight points total in crucial game five: We await ESPN’s reaction. (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:30:19 PDT

Waking up this morning and checking your iPhone, HTC, iPad, laptop, tablet, smoke signals or whatever it is you use to stay plugged into the Zeitgeist, seeing LeBron James was sitting on eight points in the crunch Miami/Dallas game, you would absolutely have been forgiven for rubbing your weary eyes and melting back in to bed in the belief it was still 4 am Irish time and the game was in the second quarterHowever, no, that was his actual output for the entire game That’s right Eight points READ MORE

GAA plan to honour ESPN’s Tommy Smyth (IrishCentral)

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:41:38 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Tommy Smyth is known to one and all as the voice of soccer on ESPN, but those who know him know he is also a staunch supporter of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

Notre Dame moves up on the ESPN College Football Program Recruiting Rankings (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:41:32 PDT

By: BRYAN FITZGERALD

According to the latest ESPN College Football Program Recruiting Rankings Notre Dame is ninth in the nation. The Irish are up two spots from the last rankings in June.

Irish play part in 2010 World Cup as ESPN picks U2 for promos (IrishCentral)

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:10:12 PDT

This must be some weird kinda karma for Irish soccer fansWe're not going to South Africa for the World Cup thanks to that chump Thierry Henry (above) but we're all over the promos for the ESPN coverage courtesy of U2Yup! That's right! There will be no escaping the Irish foursome as ESPN are using five of their songs to plug the gamesTwo ads are already on the air and the ads which will run through the World Cup itself will feature footage from U2's Pasadena concert READ MORE

ESPN does right thing by grounding Kornheiser over Hannah Storm sausage remarks (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:05:08 PST

ESPN has done the right thing by putting Tony Kornheiser off the air for two weeks after his ugly remarks about colleague Hannah StormHowever, they might think about sending him off on some passive-aggression training course before letting him back on againThere's something clearly wrong when someone can say, on air, that a presenter "looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body"Is that supposed to be funny? Sorry Tony but I'm not getting the joke READ MORE

ESPN's Robert Smith is a fool (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:15:09 PST

Posted by BrianBoru at 11/28/2009 7:56 PM ESTFormer Ohio State Buckeye and oft-injured NFL washout Robert Smith proves that you don't have to know what the hell you're talking about in order to opine on college footballAppearing on ESPN 2, Smith had this to say regarding Notre Dame, "Notre Dame does not have the talent to match up with Stanford" As if that howler weren't enough to underscore his incompetence as a football analyst, Smith followed it up with, "Notre Dame can't afford to pay for a big coach after they buyout Charlie Weis" Funny, I was under the impression that Notre Dame's endowment was second only to Harvard READ MORE

ESPN 'scoop' on new Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly not news to IrishCentral readers (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:43:16 PST

By: SEAN O' SHEA

Brian Kelly will be the Notre Dame coach, ESPN declared about an hour ago. Gee thanks, ESPN, but we had that story first a long time ago – take a look.

Notre Dame on ESPN (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:15:09 PST

Posted by BrianBoru at 5/14/2009 2:10 AM EDTThe Notre Dame Football program is being featured all week on ESPN’s College Football Live After hosting the first two days of coverage, John Saunders, thankfully, found something else to do on Wednesday Saunders, whose agenda against Notre Dame has much to do with his friendship and support of former Irish Head Coach Tyrone Willingham, appeared noticeably uncomfortable as he listened to fellow analyst Ed Cunningham (correctly) cite Willingham’s poor recruiting while at Notre Dame, in particular along the offensive line, as the chief reason Notre Dame had performed so deplorably inept the past two seasons Cunningham did say, however, the Irish needed to improve upon their fundamentals in blocking up front READ MORE

Premier League: Setanta's loss is ESPN's gain (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:13:56 PDT

By: CHRIS MCTIERNAN

International sports giant ESPN has stepped in to buy the TV rights for the Barclays English Premier League for the next three years in Ireland.

ESPN buys rights to Premier League Games (IrishCentral)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:43:36 PDT

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