Donal Ridge

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About

I am a sports fanatic. Growing up in Ireland, my sporting foundation was based upon a love for soccer. Although I have retained that love, I have since broadened my interests.

I now follow a variety of sports, with my favourites being tennis, golf, boxing and rugby union. However I will watch just about anything that is on TV, from darts to cricket. Come Olympics time I will become an expert on most disciplines, even though I can't fully relate to the finer points of gymnastics. And here's me looking forward to the forthcoming Winter Olympics; the curling competition promises to be unmissable.

I think this is a fantastic era for sport in general, with some phenomenal athletes: Woods, Pacquiao, Federer, and Bolt, to name but a few.

My love for sport can only be matched by my love for music.

And Guinness. Obviously.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Usain Bolt, Brian O' Driscoll, Padraig Harrington, Fernando Torres, Ken Early, Charlie Conway

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Liverpool, Leinster Rugby, Off The Ball Radio Show Team, New Zealand Rugby

  • Favorite Coaches

    Jose Mourinho, Freddie Roach

  • All Time Sports Moment

    March 2009: Ireland beat Wales to win the Grand Slam. Epic. The Ducks beating those damn Hawks in the peewee hockey final is a close second.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Phil Taylor's 15 World Darts Championships. It can't be beaten.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana, Hannah.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Harrington

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Tom Petty?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Ralf or Michael?

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Huh?

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  • Rallo Tubbs posted 665 days ago

    Rallo Tubbs

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  • Rallo Tubbs posted 665 days ago

    Rallo Tubbs

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  • Thomas Moreland posted 685 days ago

    Thomas Moreland

    good comment to the Tiger basher

  • Donal Ridge posted 794 days ago

    Donal Ridge

    Aww free form.

  • LA blaugrana posted 801 days ago

    LA blaugrana

    That's quite a can of worms you opened with your last article! bet you didn't expect that many comments.

  • John Smith posted 824 days ago

    John Smith

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/354237-actus-reas-and-aaron-ramsey-liability-in-professional-sport

    Shameless self-promotion, I know, but I would love to know what you think about Civil Liability in Professional Football.

  • Barney Corkhill posted 842 days ago

    Barney Corkhill

    Hey Donal,

    The John Terry allegations have been well documented now, and in the latest Great Debate article I ask a lot of questions surrounding it, mainly "has it damaged England's World Cup hopes?" I think it has, but not for the reasons you might expect...

    Also, Was Capello right to strip Terry of the captaincy? Is Ferdinand the right man to replace him? and what are your overriding thoughts on the whole farce?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/343828-has-the-john-terry-affair-ended-englands-2010-world-cup-chances

    Let your opinion be known!

    Cheers,
    Barney

  • Ash Marshall posted 869 days ago

    Ash Marshall

    Hey Donal, I thought you'd be interested in checking out my in-depth piece on the women's draw at the Australian Open.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/326544-australian-open-2010-full-coverage-of-womens-draw-for-melbourne

    Cheers,

    Ash

  • Barney Corkhill posted 879 days ago

    Barney Corkhill

    Hey,

    It's a tiny bit late as it took longer than expected to write it, but my review of 2009 is finally here! Last year's one won the AOTD award and hopefully I've done enough on this one to equal that feat, but I'll leave you to be the judge of that!

    With 25 great moments from 12 different sports, and with everyone from Barcelona to France, the Yankees to the Lakers, and Usain Bolt to Tiger Woods there is something for everyone in this slideshow, plus a ranked top ten as the final slide!

    If you get a chance would you mind checking it out? Cheers!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/320282-a-year-in-review-the-greatest-sporting-moments-of-2009

    Barney

  • Ash Marshall posted 880 days ago

    Ash Marshall

    Hi Donal,

    I'd be grateful if you could give your thoughts on my roundup of Day 2 of the women's tournament in Brisbane.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/319673-justine-henins-victory-highlights-day-2-at-brisbane-international

    Thanks,

    Ash

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