Paul O’ Connell is one of the most interesting characters in world rugby, a legendary Irish player that has really done it all. His accomplishments are quite numerous, including 115 international caps, two Heineken Cups, three Lions tours, and three Six Nations championships. While at Munster, he also claimed the Celtic League championship three times and the Celtic Cup once. With Ireland, he also won the Grand Slam once and the Triple Crown four times. Cover Art Courtesy of Penguin
Cover Art Courtesy of Transworld Publishers Front Up, Rise Up: The Official Story of Connacht Rugby by Gerry Thornley is an immersive journey into the world of Irish rugby. It’s a Leicester City-like story where Connacht went from the verge of extinction to the Pro12 championship in a little more than a decade. It’s a turnaround that is completely unheard of in the rugby world, until now. Thornley gives readers a behind-the-scenes look inside of a pro rugby outfit, profiling all
Into the Wind: The Life of Carwyn James by Alun Gibbard is one of the most comprehensive biographies we have ever come across. It features over 400 pages of content and photographs that capture the life and times of a true Renaissance man. James was a complex and complicated genius that was good at everything he did, whether that be coaching, politics, broadcasting, academia, writing, or playing rugby. Cover Art Courtesy of Y Lolfa He’s best known for beating the All-Blacks as
Coverage Debuts Friday, August 11 at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN Live Matches Presented in Spanish on Telemundo & Universo Digital Coverage Presented Across NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app & Direct-to-Consumer Product NBC Sports Gold With just 30 days until kickoff of the 2017-18 Premier League season, NBC Sports Group today released its television schedule for the first two months of the season. The schedule features live coverage of all 70 matches beginning Friday, August 11, at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live followed by
ESPN Films will debut the 30 for 30 documentary, “George Best: All by Himself,” Thursday, July 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN leading into the Manchester United vs Manchester City game. Directed by BAFTA award-winning director Daniel Gordon (Hillsborough), the film recounts the tale of the beloved but bedeviled superstar George Best. Watch the trailer He was one of the best soccer players of all time; a handsome, charismatic lad from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who worked wonders with the ball and thrilled Great
When an award-winning journalist like David Conn speaks, you listen. When Conn writes a book, you read it. That’s certainly the case with The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer, a June offering from Nation Books. Cover Art Courtesy of Nation Books The Fall of the House of FIFA is quite an impressive read, one that is is part history book and part exposé. It’s easily the
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has announced that Usain Bolt – track running’s most decorated athlete and the fastest man in the world – has become the latest ambassador for PES 2018. Usain Bolt is a legend in athletics and is the current World Champion in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events. Since bursting onto the athletics scene in 2002, Bolt has been an unstoppable force and has won countless medals and huge acclaim, while his famed ‘to di world’ winning
All of us here at ISN have become quiet fond of Amberley Publishing ‘s Fifty Defining Fixtures titles. It’s a great concept, one that brings about loads of discussion and commentary. Boiling down an entire career to 50 events is not easy so it’s quite evident that the right authors were chosen for the task. Cover Art Courtesy of Amberley Publishing Their latest, Billy Bremner: Fifty Defining Fixtures by Dave Tomlinson, is an incredibly enjoyable read. It is a trip down
The issue of hooliganism has plagued the English game for years and as The Hooligans Are Still Among Us notes, the problem is still there. The authors, former police officers Michael Layton and Bill Rogerson, are the perfect experts to write this book as they have lived it. This is not academia or writing from a desk; this comes from two highly decorated officers who dealt with the problem on a daily basis. Cover Art Courtesy of Amberley Publishing The content features real-life
