Episodes 12 and 13 of the Truly The GOATs podcast included excerpts from an interview with Emmet Ryan, sportswriter, journalist and old compadre from TTG host Os Davis’s days of European basketball reportage.
Emmet is the author of the book I Like It Loud: A basketball tour through Europe, but he was invited on the show to talk Ireland’s national sports of hurling and Gaellic football. Emmet and Os do talk hurling and Gaellic football, certainly, and some basketball – and also American football, Canadian football, rugby, cricket, boxing…
Enjoy this ride down the stream of sports consciousness, Os’s unexpurgated interview with Emmet.
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