Hoops
# hoops - Sunday 3 June, 2012
That’s my boy… Durant helps Thunder roll to square the series
The winners of the best-of-seven series advance to the NBA Finals, where they will play either Miami or Boston for the championship.
# hoops - Monday 28 May, 2012
NBA play-offs preview: Boston-Miami showdown was inevitable, says Wade
The East’s big two face off in Miami tonight. Again.
# hoops - Sunday 27 May, 2012
They meet again: Heat-Celtics in East finals
Boston’s 85-75 win in Game 7 over Philadelphia last night earned the Celtics a trip to Miami tomorrow night.
# hoops - Thursday 24 May, 2012
76ers topple Celtics to force Game 7
Philadelphia’s victory means the series will now go back to Boston for the deciding seventh game on Saturday.
# hoops - Friday 18 May, 2012
VIDEO: A Pacers substitute taunted LeBron James after a missed free-throw last night
He made the internationally-recognised gesture for ‘choker’.
# hoops - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
The 16 most outrageous outfits of the NBA’s hipster fashion craze
Big glasses, pink blazers and beards. You don’t get this on the Sunday Game.
# hoops - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
VIDEO: Kobe Bryant couldn’t care less about answering the media’s stupid questions
And we thought Keano knew how to end a press conference.
# hoops - Thursday 10 May, 2012
NBA wrap: Heat knock out Knicks, Grizzlies survive Clippers surge
The Heat accounted for the Knicks 106-94 at home to wrap up their best-of-seven series in five games and set up an Eastern Conference semi-final date against the Indiana Pacers.
# hoops - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Rovers tie Finn down for two more years
Shamrock Rovers midfielder Ronan Finn has agreed a two-year contract extension with the Airtricity League champions.
# hoops - Saturday 28 April, 2012
# hoops - Monday 23 April, 2012
VIDEO: Watch Chris Paul’s over-the-head, no-look pass result in a monster dunk
CP3 was sitting on the ground for this one.
# hoops - Friday 13 April, 2012
Shamrock Rovers fans undertake 10k walk to commemorate 25 years since Milltown move
The anniversary-marking stroll will start at the club’s old home and wind its way to their new abode in Tallaght
# hoops - Thursday 12 April, 2012
VIDEO: Blake Griffin slams it home… once again
Blake Griffin had a quiet night by his standards but that didn’t stop him from filling up highlight reels with this third-quarter jam.
25 years on: Shamrock Rovers’ last match in Milltown revisited
Before being made homeless for two decades, the Hoops met Sligo Rovers in an FAI Cup semi-final at Glenmalure Park.
# hoops - Monday 9 April, 2012
WATCH: Carmelo Anthony drained a three-pointer in overtime to beat the Bulls
… And the Garden went nuts.
# hoops - Thursday 5 April, 2012
VIDEO: Blake Griffin dunked on Pau Gasol’s entire family tree…twice!
But the Lakers beat their LA rivals, the Clippers, 113-108 in the end.
# hoops - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
I’m LeBron, baby! James fires Heat into NBA play-offs
With Dwyane Wade out, Miami needed some extra offense — and LBJ delivered.
# hoops - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Blake Griffin annihilated the Suns with these back-to-back slams last night
It’s just what he does.
# hoops - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Dennis Rodman is broke and ‘extremely sick’
Rodman’s attorney said that the former Chicago Bull can barely pay for his living expenses and definitely cannot afford child support.
In video: Giant mascot dog chases stray cat from basketball court
There’s nothing as exciting as a cat on a pitch, court and/or schoolyard .
# hoops - Friday 23 March, 2012
As it happened: Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne, Airtricity League
We went minute-by-minute live from Tallaght Stadium, as the Hoops took on Shels.
# hoops - Thursday 22 March, 2012
# hoops - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
Known appletini drinker, LeBron James: I’m too tough for concussion
LBJ took a tumble during the Miami Heat’s win over the Suns last night.
# hoops - Friday 16 March, 2012
Linsanity is now dead, according to the New York press
Well, that didn’t last long in the end.
# hoops - Thursday 8 March, 2012
Derrick Rose hit this sick buzzer beater last night
The Nets beat the Clippers. The Wizards beat the Lakers. And the Heat, Thunder, and Bulls all struggled against lesser opponents before pulling away on a crazy night.
# hoops - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
Watch: This alley-oop to Blake Griffin sums up the LA Clippers’ season
Breaking news: Blake Griffin likes to dunk on people.
# hoops - Friday 2 March, 2012
# hoops - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Is this game-losing dunk the dumbest play of the NBA season?
The lad’s only gone and made a meal of it.
# hoops - Thursday 9 February, 2012
Watch: Will Ferrell introduces the Bulls and Hornets on 80s night in New Orleans
“His dream after basketball is to be a rodeo clown…”
# hoops - Sunday 5 February, 2012
The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting
Killing time before the Gaelic football/rugby/soccer/Super Bowl starts? Us too… here’s something to keep you off the streets.
# hoops - Thursday 2 February, 2012
This NBA coach was ejected for kicking a ball and hitting a fan
Dallas chief Rick Carlisle claims he was trying to kick it back to the referee, but he’s ‘not a very good kicker’.
# hoops - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
WATCH: Blake Griffin delivers an early dunk-of-the-year candidate
Ooof! You’ve got to feel sorry for the other guy, right?
# hoops - Monday 9 January, 2012
Watch: Blake Griffin smashed a defender with this huge dunk
The Clippers’ talisman flattened poor Ersan Ilyasova like a pancake on his way to soaring one-handed dunk last night.
# hoops - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Watch: the Denver Nuggets threw a no-look, over-the-head alley-oop
They’re great in the open court, they share the ball beautifully, and they’re generally a bunch of tattoooed lunatics.
# hoops - Wednesday 4 January, 2012
Here’s your early contender for sports picture of 2012…
Here’s how NOT to dunk a basketball, kids.
# hoops - Friday 30 December, 2011
WATCH: Kevin Durant nails a buzzer-beater from miles away to beat the champions
It’s just like Ronan O’Gara – but with longer shorts.
# hoops - Wednesday 21 December, 2011
Hoop dreams: Stephen Kenny confirms talks with Shamrock Rovers
The Derry City boss has emerged as the frontrunner to take over from Michael O’Neill in the Shamrock Rovers dugout.
# hoops - Monday 12 December, 2011
Michael O’Neill set to leave Rovers… but Hoops say ‘nothing’s changed’
Thursday night’s Europa League tie with Spurs could be the former Northern Ireland international’s last game in charge of the Hoops.
# hoops - Thursday 3 November, 2011
O’Neill happy with Hoops as Greeks come to town
Michael O’Neill says that he’s “not applying for jobs elsewhere” as Shamrock Rovers prepare for tonight’s Europa League clash with PAOK in Dublin.
# hoops - Saturday 29 October, 2011
Column: This is how I dealt with racism from the terraces last week
Show racism it won’t faze you, I do, writes Shamrock Rovers star Rohan Ricketts.


























































