Best Comedy of 2023: Jim Gaffigan, Beth Stelling and More
What would suicide by bat look like? Only a comedian would think long and hard on the subject. In “From Bleak to Dark” (Max), Marc Maron imagines it as pitiful, anguished and riotously comic. This act-out, coming at the end of a special haunted by death, operates like the scene in Hunter S. Thompson’s book […]
Sir David Brailsford & Manchester United: What role will he have when Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes investment?
Sir David Brailsford (middle) with Sir Jim Ratcliffe (right) and Ineos chief executive Jean-Claude Blanc (left) One of the most intriguing elements of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s imminent acquisition of 25% of Manchester United is the key role Sir David Brailsford is set to play at Old Trafford. The Ineos director of sport is best known […]
Man Utd: Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s minority stake close to being agreed
Man Utd takeover latest: What next for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s potential investment? Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s deal to become a minority shareholder in Manchester United is expected to be agreed during this month’s international break, possibly as early as next week. It is expected Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group will pay around £1.25bn to buy 25%. United’s owners […]
Jim McGuinness: Derry will be ‘tough nut for ground zero’ Donegal in Ulster opener
Derry ‘a handy start’ for Donegal jokes McGuinness after Ulster SFC draw Donegal manager Jim McGuinness says he will be facing a manager “who has put the fear of god” into him more than any other when his side play Mickey Harte’s Derry in next year’s Ulster SFC. In his previous Donegal stint between 2011 […]
Manchester United: Sir Jim Ratcliffe considering minority stake offer
Sir Jim Ratcliffe visited Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium in March Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group is considering whether to offer to buy a minority stake in Manchester United in an effort to break the impasse over the ownership situation. The Glazer family, who currently own the club, announced in November they were considering selling […]