Focus on youth starting to pay off for resurgent Cavan 

There have not been many great days for Cavan senior football teams in recent times but yesterday was certainly one of them.

Sports science obsession widening competitive gap 

Eugene McGee

Some months ago I wrote a small piece about an advertisement in national papers for a course called 'Adult Coach Membership', which the blurb stated would 'focus on theoretical and practical aspects of coaching and sports science intervention of Gaelic Games'.

Much to ponder for Gavin as Tyrone expose Dublin flaws 

Eugene McGee

This has been one of the best National Football Leagues for many a year, with a host of exciting and high-quality games that have made a mockery of those team managers who claim they never take the league seriously.

All-too familiar heartache for Cavan and Kildare fans 

After all the talk in recent weeks about anti-social behaviour on the GAA field – spitting, biting, etc – it was a joy to visit O'Connor Park in Tullamore to watch four teams made up of top U-21 players play Gaelic football as it should be performed.

A long weekend of motions and emotions 

Friends I have in the media sometimes tell me I should be a bit more emotional at times, but they got a rude awakening at The Venue in Derry City at about 1.35 on Saturday afternoon. That was the moment when the large screen giving the result of the vote on what was known for months as the black card flashed up in lights and there in green was the startling figure 71.8.