Flynn Connolly

Hello there, I'm Flynn, a 21 year old Journalism student in my third and final year at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. 

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Teesside Lions overcoming injuries in English Basketball League relegation battle

“It’s working well here. I think the programme is nice. I tried to bring some of my own stuff into the programme so we could get some more elite athletes and build a bigger programme,” said Bojev. “It’s a really nice environment to work in. James (Thomson - club founder, inset) has been really supportive all the way through, anything I’ve needed, I’ve had full support from him.”“I’ve never experienced anything like it,” said Bojev, who hopes to have something resembling a fully fit roster for Sa...

We rank the nominees for Best Picture at the Oscars - from best to worst

The graphic scenes mostly spawn from the base plot of the film which follows a former superstar with her name on the Hollywood Walk of fame, who is getting older and loses her job on the screen. She takes a drug which births a new version of herself. The only way this works, however, is if the two versions of herself accept a limited amount of time being alive at a time. Things go wrong when they don’t respect each other. Mikey Madison, who was probably best known before this for getting set on...

West Yorkshire Hawks see promotion hopes dented by Sheffield Sharks

Hawks, who had previously beaten the Sharks 72-53 away from home, lost grips of this Yorkshire derby early on and never recovered.“We haven’t been able to prepare like we normally prepare during the week. Some of our big players are the ones that have been ill and have been off the boil,” said Byrne.But Hawks found themselves down by 10 at the end of the first quarter. A few missed free throws from the Hawks and three-pointers by their opponents saw the Hawks fall into a 17-point hole at half-ti...

West Yorkshire Hawks step up English National League promotion fight against Sheffield Sharks seconds

The Hawks sit second in the division as they bid to take the top spot and sole promotion place from the fourth tier in only their second season.“We’ve practiced this week on how we’re going to exploit their weaknesses and maximise our strengths. We’re also looking to cover our weaknesses so I’m clipping my way through it and seeing if they’re very similar to when we played them last,” said Byrne.The training structure has differed for the head coach since coming to the Hawks from the professiona...

'We've made huge strides': West Yorkshire Hawks eyeing progress on and off basketball court

The sun has only just started rising for the Hawks as they compete in their second season in National League Basketball in September.Mills, who coached the squad in its first year to get them off the ground, took a step back in the summer and passed the reins to Danny Byrne who’s only lost one game so far this season.“We have aspirations of hopefully getting them to a National League standard either next season or the season after, and building out, hopefully, a pathway for girls’ basketball as...

James Thomson puts club over team as Teesside Lions grow the basketball community

The Lions men’ first team sit happily in Division 2 of the National Basketball League, but the involvement with the seniors is something that Thomson removed himself from a while ago.“I was doing a lot of the work in terms of the development of the game, but then other teams were benefiting from that development, so I felt that I was developing two or three teams at the same time, and I just felt that, for us to be better, we had to take a step back to go forwards.”“For most of the clubs around...