There cannot be a better sporting organisation that packages and shares its content the way that the National Basketball League so. Every day they upload countless videos,clips and highlight reels. My favourite is the top 5 plays of the night. So when we get up here on almost the other side of the world we can watch The most amazing feats of athletic endeavour this planet has to offer over a nice bowl of CHOCO-RICE
And it`s all free
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The Aviva Preimership(more highlights here) gets a bad rap for dull forward orientated rubbish. To tear up those outdated myths here is a bright young Quin shredding through the London Irish defense . His name is Kyle Sinckler which sounds like the name of a Californian dot com millionaire he is ,in fact, a 19 stone 22 year old Harliquin.
You can view his player profile here
Here is a picture of him looking positively terrifying in an England jersey.You might be seeing a lot more of him dressed in white
Since I first saw guys doing reviews of sneakers online I thought there is the job for me. i genuinely have no idea how you get to a point where shoe companies are sending you stock to test out but I really want to get there. Failing that a pair of this gorgeous Nike Zoom HyperRev 2016 would be an acceptable substitute
I love show reviews and my favourite of the many blogs that do them must email them in my CV but if you want to check out the latest footwear reviews here is where to do it
And if you are going to get me a pair I want them in black
I may have taken some comedic licence with my previous couple of posts about my first yoga class. Just in case your American and don’t understand irony or something I would like to state for the record that i enjoyed the class as much as one can enjoy any act of physical endeavour.
Our instructor was friendly, informative and above all very patient and I really did enjoy the experience and I would highly recommend at least trying a “Yoga for beginners” class. you can get more information and sign up here
They also have a very good Yoga Rathmines Blog where they post up interesting articles about yoga and previews of what they will be concentrating on in the upcoming classes
read part one here
The room had an artificial feeling temperature and an artificial smell of lemongrass. The instructor was a small,lithe man who I figured could bend himself into an 8 if needs be. A personable fellow we seemed to bond. The class started and all airs and graces dropped. He was stone cold serious about all this. I was surprised when he asked us to remove our shoes and delighted to discover i had worn a pair of cleanish socks. I gave them a quick squirt of the lemongrass when i went to take out my mat
“You’ll probably need to take two, you`re a big guy”
“For you”
My humorous reference to Christophers Nolans masterpiece The Dark Knight Rises seemed lost on this lad and i began to think about how many other pop references would float over his head,as we assumed the lotus position. I should have been thinking about my breathing because all of a sudden my head seemed to cop that my body had ran away with itself
I should have been thinking about my breathing because all of a sudden my head began to float and my knees began to ache. I thought my legs were separating from my body. Injuries flared up like an arthritic phoenix from the flames. I was in trouble. I needed to concentrate.. What was it again “in” …and then “out” or “out” and then “in”…what came after “out” again… basic aerobic function is actually quite difficult to manage when trying to conceal intense joint pain from fellow “beginners”
Speaking of my fellow beginner, they didn’t seem to have the same level of difficulties with “maintaining their core or putting their leg over the back of a chair. This was tough and getting tougher. In the most literal way possible I turned to the nearest wall for support but even that was a pure failure.
A slight loss in equilibrium whilst trying to place the ball of my foot on the inside of my knee had me reaching for anything in an attempt at corrective action.. unfotunately a loose hanging blind was the nearest option and it was not a good one.. i tumbled, they laughed, he tutted i tumbled some more he laughed
Despite the immense discomfort and acute embarrassment once the ordeal had ended I retroactively decided that it was all brilliant and as I limped home with my shoes in my hand, like a Tipperary girl after an ursline debs, I decided that I would do this again very soon but for now it was back to the couch and the coco-pops
The massive sport and pop culture vacum resulting from the unexpected decision by ESPN to shutdown Grantland.com and fire the BS sports guy Bill Simmon finally looks like its being filled by the same man under a different name
Simmons recently launched his new website TheRinger.com. So far its just a newsletter and brilliant podcasts. The shows are the usual mix of celebrity interviews(Louis C.K,Keye and Peele) movie expert Micheal Rabaport and insightful chats with his best friends Joe House and Cousin Sal
I think Bill simmons is one f the main reasons i started a sports blog and its great to have him back
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Its the second round of the play offs so Jim Elliot and myself were back in studio to record the second episode of Ireland only NBA podcast hosted by Two Dublin based comedians
This time round we discussed the NBA players i would really really like to be friends with. how things have evened up in both the eastern and western conferences and how much injuries have impacted the chances of some of the teams remaining
There is also plenty of chat about the amazing Golden State Warriors, The iso-heavy Spurs and the Tenacious Thunder
And of course Maurice and his horn are back
Hope you have as much fun listening as we did putting it together
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