Best evidence boxing isn't dead, at least in Ireland
Katie Taylor, who won Ireland’s ninth gold medal in its Olympic history, a feat that spurred such communal joy in her native land that ... well, here’s how Bob Ryan put it after her victory: “Will anyone in the Emerald Isle remember any of this? You kidding? They’ll talk about the way Katie knocked that Rooshian girl six ways to Sunday. She’s their princess. Grab a Guinness and start singing, “Katie,” “Katie’s Gonna Get You,” or even “The Fields of Athenry.” Katie Taylor has brought home the gold.”