When her fans discovered who the woman was, the death threats we have come to expect from social media warriors followed quickly. What is the Irish version of the NBA? In America, the NBA is not the most popular sport — that honour belongs, in terms of balance sheets, to the NFL. NBA champions the Golden State Warriors have twice decided not to make the traditional visit to the White House because of Donald Trump’s presence there. Can an Irish sport seize the initiative and distance itself from its competitors by embracing the peripheral agents like... the Beyoncé memes?

Source: Irish Examiner June 09, 2019 23:02 UTC