Second Captains

Donovan Bailey is the last 100m world record holder and Olympic gold medalist, besides Usain Bolt, to have no association with performance enhancing drugs. He joins the lads to discuss cheats, insecure athletes, and if we can believe in Bolt.Tiger Woods is back winning tournaments, and thanks to little Charlie Woods, might be winning the PR battle too. Brian Murphy explains why America is learning to forgive the world's best golfer. We've also got Mark McHugh on concussion and Donegal's demolition, cocky sprinters, Johnny Football's latest stunt, and how Ger Loughnane could help Anthony Daly win the All Ireland. Download it here, follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that the Sean Cavanagh tackle has become an incident of national importance, we talk to Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles about the consequences for the underage players, as well as Tyrone hatin', Mayo lovin', and why James Horan might be a genius. In the week that Sonia O'Sullivan questioned the ambition shown by our young athletes at major events, we talk to 800 metre runner Mark English about what goes on in the mind of a 20 year old man who's on his way to the World Championships.We've also got fake apologies, the fight and the fighter that shocked America, hero worship and Joe Brolly's tears.Download it here, follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The All Ireland Football Championship goes from a steady jog to a full gallop this weekend - Oisin McConville and David Brady talk about Jim McGuinness, referee manipulation, Mayo's flight of discovery and how one man can dominate a 15 man game.Joe Schmidt has recruited the final member of his management team, so we talk to Ireland's new forwards coach John Plumtree about his plans for the team.We've also got PBESO, sporting revenge, frat parties and Johnny Football, the most talked about athlete in America.Follow us on twitter @secondcaptains, facebook.com/secondcaptains, secondcaptains.tumblr.com and email the show [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first of our four shows this week, we talk to Ireland’s first UFC superstar, Conor McGregor, about wealth, fame and the joys of proving your parents wrong.Brian Cody is gone for this summer, and the man to take him down was Jimmy Barry Murphy - we talk to Nicky English and Derek Lyng about his magical presence and why himself and Davy Fitzgerald are the same, but different.There’s also Michael Meehan on scoring the goal of the season, the fall and rise of Cavan football, Eamon Dunphy’s taxi driver and Pat McQuaid’s latest political move. Download it here, follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected]. Second Captains Football will be available from 6pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Second Captains went live and dangerous this week to celebrate the launch of our four shows a week schedule with The Irish Times, which starts next Tuesday 30th July. It was a stellar cast at the Grand Social club in Dublin with Eamon Dunphy and Richie Sadlier speaking from the heart about the pitfalls and joys of football punditry, while Oisin McConville, Jason Sherlock and Anthony Moyles talked penalty taking, arm linking, and Croke Park heroics, and there was even a very special edition of the fastest growing slot in Irish radio, Pierce Brosnan's Emigrant Shout Outs #PBESO.Follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Froome has won the Tour de France, but the questions about what we saw on the Alps aren't going away. David Walsh believes that Froome is clean. We'll hear Paul Kimmage's verdict on the new champion.Meanwhile, BT and Sky are trading insults ahead of the new Premier League season - Gabriele Marcotti and Jonathan Wilson explain why the stakes are so high, and how English football will be affected by the new billion-pound-a-year TV deal. All this plus hurling's shot at greatness, Dick Clerkin, the Clones Cyclone and the Farney Army, anti-doping vigilantes, Brendan Rodgers' smile, and don't forget to listen in for a special edition of the show this friday at www.irishtimes.com/secondcaptains Follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's edition of Second Captains we ask what Rory McIlroy can learn from his new life coach Nick Faldo, Anthony Moyles and Oisin McConville explain why Dublin's win wasn't all good news for Jim Gavin, while we pour love on the pure of spirit - the hurling men of limerick. All this plus Jerry Kiernan tells us if there's any point watching 100metre sprints anymore, Howard Clark's retirement plan, violence as a force for good, #PBESO and a very special announcement - our first Second Captains live show, for tickets email [email protected] the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a special heat-wave edition of Second Captains this week – Dan Martin talks friends and foes on the Tour de France after he became the first Irishman in nearly 20 years to win a stage, while we discuss how the Lions series will change Brian O’Driscoll with former Lion Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan. Former Meath captain Anthony Moyles talks confidently about this weekend’s Leinster football final, while Nicky English charts how Dublin went from being a hurling wasteland to the home of the Leinster champions. There’s also #PBESO, extreme Scottishness, Andy Murray, and the cyclist who’s afraid of speed – so kick back, relax and get yourself a whippie, it’s the Second Captains @ The Irish TimesFollow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Eddie O'Sullivan, former England international Jeff Probyn and Irish Times rugby correspondent Gerry Thornley along with the latest reaction from Warren Gatland. By popular demand it's a once off show we'll call (against our will) the 'Bodcast'. Make sure you also download the latest full edition of Second Captains @ The Irish Times below (July 2nd).Follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains, Facebook.com/secondcaptains and [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The GAA this summer has been rocked by a series of upsets and landslide victories - we talk to an inter-county Londoner, Rossie and Meathman about whats been a roller coaster championship. We also discuss the real taboo subject in Irish sport - the changing face of half-time GAA cuisine.Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan discuss Lions player power and James Horwill’s tears, Murph's garden is back, Brazil goes ape, and we look at the amazing life of a Tour de France winning war hero who used his bike as a force for good. All in this week's incredible Second Captains @ The Irish Times.Follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/secondcaptains. Email the show at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All the meats of the sporting stew included in this week’s show with Richie Sadlier and Michael Owen on retired players becoming pundits, Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan on embarrassing pre-match huddles and Nicky English on the trials of being a celebrity hurling manager. All this plus wimpy tennis players, tough as nails boxer Matthew Macklin, Pierce Brosnan emigrant shout outs (#PBESO) and the footballer who hates football. All in this weeks incredible edition of Second Captains @ The Irish Times. Follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/SecondCaptains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever wondered why the Lions cuddly toy mascot gets so much facetime during a Lions Tour? This, and other rather more weighty Lions-related issues will be discussed with Alan Quinlan, Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan. US Murph returns with his thoughts on Phil Mickelson and chokin' at the Open, while Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles assess whether Mayo are finally ready to win Sam. There's also Joe Kinnear's unrivalled CV and a look at the connection between public transport, the Confederations Cup and riots on the streets of Brazil. All this (and the usual from Pierce Brosnan and Exhalation Laughs with Eoin McDevitt) in this weeks Second Captains. Follow the lads on twitter @SecondCaptains and on facebook.com/SecondCaptains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.