
Joe Callaghan
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Sports Writer and Columnist at The (Toronto) Star
Roving sportswriter | Journalism lecturer @UL | Now: Ottawa/Toronto. Then: Sligo/Dublin/Melbourne/Rio/Glasgow | Lover of Sligo Rovers + dogs.
Articles
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2 days ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
RORY McIlroy has hit out at how news of his driver failing a compliancy test at last month‚Äôs PGA Championship was ‚Äúleaked‚ÄĚ, admitting he was ‚Äúpissed off‚ÄĚ over how the situation was handled. Making his first appearance in front of a microphone for three weeks, McIlroy opened up ahead of this week‚Äôs RBC Canadian Open in Toronto.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
ARSENAL'S Katie McCabe took a moment to consider what it all meant, not just for Arsenal, who remain the only English club to win the women's Champions League, but her own history-making exploits and legacy. “I'm just so proud of what we have done as a team,” said McCabe. “We stopped one of the best front lines in the world going forward and we did it together. It was incredible. “We had belief from our comebacks (in the second legs against Real Madrid and Lyon in the last two rounds).
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
When Scottie Scheffler brought his infant son into Quail Hollow’s scorer’s office to sign off on his third Major victory on Sunday evening, he needed to free his hands briefly. He plopped Bennett on the floor, pondered a second then threw down his hat and a scorecard holder to keep the one-year-old occupied. Smarts and simplicity. There was plenty of both on show from the world No.1 over four days in Charlotte.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
Meredith Scheffler turned to one of the two men in her life on the edge of Quail Hollowās 18th green and told him āyou donāt know what just happenedā¦but thatās pretty coolā. Some day in the not too distant future Bennett Scheffler will know that what his father achieved here on a sun-kissed Sunday was indeed pretty cool. What a third Major before his 29th birthday means for Scottie Scheffler remains to be seen but what was clear in the moment was this meant a lot.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
As Rory McIlroy and Harry Diamond exited stage right, the background character made his stealthy move. Well, sort of stealthy. Apart from the live global TV broadcast which was tracked him. The Quail Hollow volunteer watched player and caddy leave the 14th green and quickly scurried down the embankment on his knees towards the lake behind. He reached almost an entire armâs length into the water, so far that the peak of his cap was dipping in too, and retrieved McIlroyâs ball.
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