Archive for February, 2007

Two weeks in…

By Alastair McDermott | February 16th, 2007

Irish fans are finally getting over [tag]Ireland[/tag]‘s heart-breaking last minute loss to [tag]France[/tag] last week. I think there’s something worse about having a match stolen at the last like that than if we had been behind for longer before the final whistle. The absolute silence of the crowd on the final whistle reflected how stunned [...]

Topics: rugby | 2 Comments »

VoteCrazy at the Irish Blog awards

By Alastair McDermott | February 12th, 2007

Woohoo – SportCrazy.net is in the running for “Best Sports & Recreation Blog” at the Irish Blog Awards. Before you do anything else, please vote for me! You don’t have to be Irish to vote. It takes less than 30 seconds. Here’s how you do it: Go to www.awards.ie/vote Enter your details Scroll down for [...]

Doping scandals hit top US team where it hurts

By Alastair McDermott | February 11th, 2007

The repercussions of cycling’s recent scandals have hit the Discovery team where it hurts – the wallet. They’re losing their title sponsor! NYTimes: Discovery to End Sponsorship of Team

Topics: cycling | 1 Comment »

Gutted

By Alastair McDermott | February 11th, 2007

One word summarises the feeling here in Dublin after we let the French steal in for the winning try with seconds left on the clock. It seems they didn’t get the memo about our historic day!

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Southsiders! Experienced Northsoide guoide available

By Alastair McDermott | February 10th, 2007

Southsider? Going to THE MATCH? Never crossed the Liffey? Fearful of odd numbered postcodes? You need an Authorised NORTHSOIDE GUOIDE! Experienced in the ways and customs of the Northsoide, your guoide will smooth away the stress of your journey, from the river-crossing to the bombsite at the 5 Lamps on the so-called “North Strand” and [...]

Six Nations second round score predictions

By Alastair McDermott | February 10th, 2007

Without further ado, my weekend predictions for [tag]Six Nations[/tag] second round : Predicted score: [tag] England[/tag] 48 [tag] Italy[/tag] 10 [tag] Scotland[/tag] 12 [tag] Wales[/tag] 32 [tag] Ireland[/tag] 25 [tag] France[/tag] 21 Actual score: England 20 Italy 7 Scotland 21 Wales 9 Ireland 17 France 20

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