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Losing at dodgeball

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Guest Bitch in Anger Management, Yankee Doodle Fuck You

Last year, Adrian Russell busted himself down to the Mardyke to try his hand at dodgeball. This is an abridged version of his account of the events from his blog, The Deadline, which originally appeared in the Irish Examiner last year.
The tournament hosts, UCD Dodgeball Club, had encouraged participants to pick a ‘cool’ team name [...]

This is the last piece about JT. Promise.

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Guest Bitch in It's Satire, Stupid, Soccer Is Played With A Ball

Those playful scamps over at the wonderful, well-endowed Boob.ie have been lampooning the shit out of John Terry too; we know it’s old hat at this stage, but this Footballer’s Diary by Radge – originally posted here – is just too good for us not to bring to your attention.

The Hand of Gaul explained…by high-brow literature. Seriously.

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Guest Bitch in Blatter Blather, It's Satire, Stupid, Soccer Is Played With A Ball

FIFA decided earlier this week not to punish Thierry Henry for his cheating in Paris in November. Fortunately, as I sunk into a deeper spiral of frustation and self-pity, America’s greatest living writer Cormac McCarthy texted on a few bits and pieces, in an effort to make sense of this dystopian, achromatic football world.
Nice one, [...]

Don’t bring your guns to town

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Guest Bitch in Yankee Doodle Fuck You

I thought we had actually smashed through the looking glass when Tiger Woods and his over-active mickey became valid topics of discussion around watercoolers, on bar stools and, weirdly, in golf clubhouses.
But just when you thought the world of sport couldn’t get any weirder, two NBA stars pull guns on each other. And then one [...]

Opinions are like arseholes…

Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Guest Bitch in Soccer Is Played With A Ball

This column originally appeared on Adrian Russell’s superb sports blog, The Deadline
Inspired by his forthright thoughts on Ireland’s defeat to France in the World Cup play-offs (including extra bonus journalist ringtone RAGE), former Ireland and Manchester United captain Roy Keane takes time out from his busy work day at Portman Road to discuss the topics [...]