Cover Art Courtesy of Penguin Ireland Sport and culture are closely connected as both share a country’s values, background, and history. But nowhere in the world is that more true than in Ireland, the birthplace of Gaelic sports. Paul Rouse’s The Hurlers: The First All-Ireland Championship and the Making of Modern Hurling is the incredible story of a sporting rebirth, the rescue of hurling in the 1880s. Hurling was almost out of existence in 1882 and there was a real fear that it
When you think of football’s greatest managers, some names automatically come to mind: Sir Alex Ferguson, Matt Busby, Pep Guardiola, Rinus Michels, Jose Mourinho, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Jock Stein. When you think of Liverpool, you have to think of Bill Shankly and his famous quotables. But you can’t forget Bob Paisley, who actually surpassed his predecessor in terms of hardware. Paisley’s Liverpool squads claimed 13 titles, including six First Division championships, three League Cups, three European Cups, and one UEFA Cup. Cover
Jim Thorpe. Marion Motley. Todd Blackledge. Phil Hubbard. Alan Page. Dan Dierdorf. Thurman Munson. Chris Spielman. Those are the names of sporting legends that hail from Stark County, Ohio. Yet the greatest of all is one that is now capable of global stardom, Carlin Isles. Photo Credit: Tom E. Puskar Like Thorpe, Isles is a pure athlete that only comes around once in a lifetime. Thorpe was good at every sport he tried, whether it be track and field, baseball, basketball,
All of us loved Tony Collins’ The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby. That’s why we were so excited to hear that Collins was involved with another title, How Football Began: A Global History of How the World’s Football Codes Were Born. This Routledge offering is a great title, a deep look into the history of football. You’ll see how football started and evolved into several variations: soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian, and Gaelic.
Bangor made sure their name was in the hat for the quarter-finals of the Steel and Sons Cup with a comfortable victory over Shorts. The Seasiders’ reward for their demolition of the Amateur League side is a home tie with East Belfast. The opening eleven minutes suggested that a rout might be on the cards. Andy Long controlled a Brett Widdowson pass on his chest
Stark County has been home to some talented soccer players over the years. Keri Sarver. Michael Furlong. James Haupt. Jordan Brewster. Canton Invaders legends like Jamie Swanner and Rudy Pikuzinski. Simply put, it’s never been hard to find great players and great soccer in the birthplace of American football. Photo Credit: Richard Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com Yet Colin Biros may prove to be the best of them all. The Jackson High School grad, now a
Wolverine Studios has done a great job working in the niche market of sports simulation games. They have produced loads of great titles over the years for all of the sports we love, including basketball (college and pro), football (college and pro), and golf. Courtesy of Wolverine Studios Their latest offering, Draft Day Sports: Pro Golf, is a special one. It is for casual and hardcore golf fans alike. It offers full customization and the opportunity to do what many dream of:
Let’s flashback to your days in middle school. It’s Friday afternoon and your teacher has just assigned you 20 vocabulary words to do for homework. Homework on a Friday? Yes. So you dust off the old Merriam-Webster Dictionary and have some real fun. Wait, dictionaries aren’t supposed to be fun, right? Cover Art Courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing Let’s fast forward to the present day and you crack open a different kind of dictionary, a cool one, to learn more about the
While #SavetheCrew dominates the headlines, the opening of Barca Academy Columbus has quietly become the biggest local soccer story of the year. Frankly we are surprised that this isn’t bigger news as it really should be. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com We are talking about one of the world’s best clubs and biggest brands setting up shop right here in Ohio’s capital. It’s an important development in a time of great uncertainty. Short-term, the academy is already making a name for itself
