Sport

Eight sporting things I am looking forward to in 1998. In no particular order.

Eight sporting things I am looking forward to in 1998. In no particular order.

Brazil playing in the World Cup.

The most evenly contested Leinster Football Championship in years.

The Dublin hurlers.

Seeing Stephen McPhail make his debut for Leeds United.

St Vincents winning the Dublin senior football and hurling championships.

The climax of Michael Jordan's final basketball season.

Any afternoon at a baseball park.

Taking £100 off my sad and deluded friend Emmet Malone when Leeds finish above Chelsea in the Premiership.

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