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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Arizona Cardinals sign former UFL DL Kyon Barrs ahead of training camp
Barrs was one of five defensive linemen who tried out for the Cardinals on Friday. The Arizona Cardinals made a move to add a defensive lineman to the roster before players report to training camp on Tuesday. Per the NFL transaction report on Saturday, they signed defensive lineman Kyon Barrs. Barrs had a tryout on Friday. Per Cards Wire's Howard Balzer, he was one of five defensive linemen to try out. Barrs was a rookie free agent last year, who played his final college season for USC after four years with Arizona. He had a rookie camp tryout with the Tennessee Titans but was not signed. He signed with the Seattle Seahawks, was cut before the season, signed with the practice squad and was released Sept. 3. During the 2025 UFL season, he played all 10 games and had 24 total tackles and a sack. He is 6-foot-2 and 290 pounds. The move, not yet announced by the Cardinals, does not need a corresponding move, as they had a vacancy left unfilled after cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting was placed on the non-football injury reserve. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
15-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Arizona Cardinals to bring in former UFL DL Kyon Barrs for tryout
Barrs had 17 tackles and a sack for the Arlington Renegades of the UFL in the spring. The Arizona Cardinals will report for training camp a week from Tuesday. They currently have a vacancy on their roster. They could end up adding another defensive lineman, this time from the UFL. According to Pro Football Network's James Larsen, the Cardinals will bring in defensive lineman Kyon Barrs, who played most recently for the Arlington Renegades in the UFL. He has tryouts scheduled with the Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals. Barrs was a rookie free agent last year, who played his final college season for USC after four years with Arizona. He signed with the Tennessee Titans, was cut, signed with the Seattle Seahawks, was cut before the season, signed with the practice squad and was released Sept. 3. During the 2025 UFL season, he played all 10 games and had 24 total tackles and a sack. He is 6-foot-2 and 290 pounds. We will see if the Cardinals decide to sign him to the roster ahead of training camp next week. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
Irish Examiner
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Relentless Sarsfields secure league title at expense of St Finbarr's
Cork Division 1 HL final: Sarsfields 0-27 St Finbarr's 2-15 Another league title. Another impressive win. Sarsfields had a point to prove, and St Finbarr's were on the receiving end of it. It's synonymous with Johnny Crowley's Sars at this point. In Carrigtwohill on Saturday for the RedFM Hurling League Division 1 final, it was another perfect example of what Sars can do. After 47 minutes, the Barrs were two in front. By conclusion, they were six behind. Ten of the last 12 scores were from Sars. Their first burst of five-in-a-row from the 49th to 54th minutes left it 0-22 to 2-13. Jack Cahalane got one back. Another burst of four was the answer from Sars. Subs Hogan and Barry O'Flynn accounted for three of those efforts. Having had enough of it, William Buckley tracked back to his own 45 to receive the puckout from Shane Hurley. He ran all the way to the opposing 45 and fired over. But Sars response was perfect. Pass, pass, score. Colm McCarthy to Bryan Murphy, then to Hogan for his third point. Sars couldn't be stopped. In added time, the Barrs went goal hunting. But to no avail. A six-point win. Another league title heading back to Riverstown. The Sarsfields team and some of their youngest supporters. Pic: Howard Crowdy After 35 minutes, the teams were deadlocked, 1-9 to 0-12. Thanks to the superb showings from Bryan Murphy and Ben Graham, that score read 0-17 to 1-11 in favour of Sars after 43 minutes. But Jack Cahalane and Buckley came to life. An incisive run from Cahalane allowed him to pop the pass to Kevin O'Flynn, who was brought down for a penalty. Cahalane rifled home, before he and Buckley added a score each. But Sars would have the final say. Graham's exceptional double save in the first half ensured there would be no Barrs lead at half-time. The chance arrived two minutes after O'Flynn had nudged the Barrs ahead with a goal, as Eoin Keane went long to Colm Keane, who offloaded to John Wigginton-Barrett. The Barrs' full-forward closed the space before unleashing a strike that was brilliantly saved, but the follow-up fell to Wigginton-Barrett again. He pulled as Graham saved again, and Colm Keane's third attempt was knocked around for a 65, which Ben Cunningham converted – leaving it 1-7 to 0-8. A McCarthy free and Cian Darcy effort restored parity for a third time between the teams after 26 minutes. That 1-7 to 0-10 score remained until the break. Pictured with the Red FM Division 1 Hurling league trophy were Craig, Sam and Jack Leahy, with Jamie Graine. Pic: Howard Crowdy After 15 minutes the Barrs had a two-point cushion – but Nodwell and McCarthy (two) had their say, nudging Sars in front for the first time after 19 minutes, 0-7 to 0-6. The Barrs' response was brilliant – Hurley playing the one-two with Jamie Burns before driving it in on top of the Sars square, where Kevin O'Flynn emerged to blast home after 21 minutes. St Finbarr's never pulled more than two clear, though, and paid the price for it in the second half. Scorers for Sarsfields: C McCarthy 0-8 (0-6 f), B Nodwell 0-4, D Hogan 0-3, D Long, B Murphy 0-2 each, B Graham (f), B O'Flynn, K Murphy, L Elliott, C Roche, C Darcy, J Sweeney, J Leahy 0-1 each. Scorers for St Finbarr's: J Cahalane 1-2 (1-0 pen), B Cunningham 0-4 (0-3 f, 0-1 65), K O'Flynn 1-1, W Buckley 0-3, C Cahalane 0-2, J Wigginton-Barrett, C Keane, J O'Kelly 0-1 each. SARSFIELDS: B Graham; C O'Sullivan, C Roche, K Walsh; B Murphy, L Elliott, C Leahy; K Murphy, J Leahy; D Long, Colm McCarthy, C Darcy; B Nodwell, J Sweeney, S O'Regan. Subs: Cathal McCarthy for Leahy, D Hogan for Sweeney (both 45), B O'Flynn for K Murphy (56). ST FINBARR'S: S Hurley; E Keane, J Burns (c), B O'Connell; C Doolan, B Hennessy, C Crowley; C Cahalane, C Walsh; B Cunningham, C Keane, J O'Kelly; S Cunningham, J Wigginton-Barrett, K O'Flynn. Subs: W Buckley for S Cunningham, J Cahalane for C Keane (both HT), C O'Connor for B Cunningham (43), A Buckley for Walsh (51). Referee: Wayne King (Banteer)
Irish Examiner
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Steven Sherlock kicks incredible 18 points in thrilling Barrs extra-time victory over Clon
St Finbarr's v Clonakilty Div 1 FL Final: St Finbarr's 1-20 (1-3-14) Clonakilty 2-15 (2-0-15) (AET) When the game was slipping away and St Finbarr's looked dead and buried, Steven Sherlock refused to blink. In a sensational display that bordered on the surreal, Sherlock kicked 0-18 – dragging the Barrs from six points down to extra-time glory in Friday night's epic McCarthy Insurance Group Division 1 Football League final at Ballygarvan. And when the moment called for someone else to deliver, John Wigginton Barrett answered – intercepting a loose pass, finishing a flowing move, and crashing home a stunning goal in the 78th minute to snatch victory from a relentless Clonakilty. Sherlock was the heartbeat, the metronome, the match-winner. His third-quarter burst – eight points in barely 10 minutes – completely flipped the game on its head. Dragging the Barrs back from a six-point deficit, Sherlock put them in front with five minutes of normal time to go. It looked like they had done enough, but Darragh Gough sent over a pressure free in the sixth minute of added time to level the game for the fifth time and force extra-time. In extra time, Ben Ridgeway pushed Clon in front. Sherlock hit back. The trading continued. Level still after 76 minutes, 0-20 to 2-14. Until John Wigginton Barrett did brilliantly to intercept a Daly back pass from a free with two minutes remaining. He offloaded to Maguire. He picked out Cian O'Sullivan in the corner. Wigginton Barrett continued his run. He was there to receive the pass from O'Sullivan. Through on goal, he made no mistake – rifling a shot into the top corner to send the Barrs two clear and their supporters into raptures. Clon could find no way back. Earlier, Gough's palmed goal in the 44th minute had stretched Clonakilty's lead to six and left the Barrs staring at defeat. But Sherlock's response was emphatic, turning the game on its head in a dazzling fourth-quarter spell. With five minutes to go in normal time, the Barrs led 0-17 to 2-10. They might have sealed it in regulation, too. After a 16-pass move sparked by a Maguire turnover, the midfielder teed up Thomas O'Keeffe, only for Maurice Shanley to make a sensational block on the line. Clon wouldn't lie down. Tom Clancy and David Lowney stood tall, Ridgeway won the vital free, and Gough duly converted to bring the game to extra time. The opening half had been a far quieter affair, more reflective of pre-rule change football – just five points in the first 15 minutes, and only one from play. In that first half, Clon goalkeeper Mark White kicked three 45s, while Maguire assisted Sherlock twice for points and won a free that his former Cork teammate converted. From 0-6 to 0-3 after 21 minutes, the west Cork side pushed back, to draw level with 26 minutes elapsed. Parity would remain at half-time. And again at the end of the game. But extra-time took on a life of its own. Scorers for St Finbarr's: S Sherlock 0-18 (1 tp, 2 tpf, 0-7 f), J Wigginton Barrett 1-0, B O'Connell 0-2. Scorers for Clonakilty: D Gough 1-3 (0-1 f), L Griffin 1-1, M White (3 45s), D Ó Sé 0-3 each, R Mannix 0-2, C Daly, T Clancy, B Ridgeway 0-1 each. ST FINBARR'S: D Newman; S Ryan, A O'Connor, J Kennefick; B O'Connell, J Burns, E Dennehy; F Crowley, E Comyns; C Doolan, J Wigginton Barrett, A Lyne; C Barrett, S Sherlock, I Maguire. Subs: L Hannigan for Comyns (10 inj), B Hennessy for Kennefick (41), C O'Sullivan for Barrett (50), T O'Keeffe for Lyne (52), Lyne for O'Connell (60+2), O'Connell for Hannigan (65). CLONAKILTY: M White; C Kenneally, D Darragh, D Lowney; M Shanley, T Clancy, J O'Mahony; D Ó Sé, B Ridgeway; R Mannix, D Gough, S McEvoy; L Griffin, C Ustianowski, C Daly. Sub: B White for Ustianowski (37) Referee: Ciarán Murphy (Glanworth)
Irish Examiner
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Numbers paint a picture of Brian Hayes as hurling's most rounded forward
The one-year anniversary approaches. His coming-of-age performance. His announcement. His authority and sheer awesomeness ever since. On the eve of last year's All-Ireland semi-finals weekend, Seánie McGrath wrote on these pages that the Cork-Limerick fixture would be decided, in large part, by the forward that goes beyond, the forward that goes 'ballistic and catches fire'. Brian Hayes was that bolter. Hayes was coming from so far back the field that the 1-4 he hit Limerick for moved him only to sixth on Cork's from-play scorers chart going into the decider. The 1-4 he took Limerick for also moved him from way back the field and into All-Star contention. Up to that semi-final, Hayes had been learning, growing, and attempting to acclimatise to life as a first-teamer in Pat Ryan's dressing room. On-field contributions would eventually click and come, or so was the hope of Ryan and the Barrs youngster who swapped Cork football for the Cork hurling dressing-room ahead of the 2023 season. Twelve months later and on the first anniversary of his breakout album, Hayes heads back to Croke Park as Cork's top scorer from play and a near certainty for his first All-Star gong. The contributions are now relentless. Late in the first half of the Munster rout of Tipp, Michael Duignan, on RTÉ co-commentary duty, broke out into spontaneous eulogising. 'In the air, on the ground, every way; he's just so good. A powerful man, but a beautiful hurler. Unmarkable, the way he's hurling,' Duignan said of the 6'4 corner-forward. Whether accurate or not, the argument is easily scripted that Hayes is hurling's most-rounded forward at present. The argument is his numbers. His numbers are awesome. Before we ever got to championship, he had signalled a second album worth the Spotify subscription. 5-8 on the road to League ribbons. Patrick Collins' first puckout of the 2025 championship was directed down on top of Hayes. He won it too. The offload to clubmate Ethan Twomey failed to yield an assisted point, accuracy betraying the latest Barrs newcomer. Along with Séamus Harnedy, Hayes is Collins' favourite puckout target. A minimum of five restarts per game are posted to the corner-forward's Eircode. In the second half of Munster final extra-time alone, and with Harnedy substituted, four restarts were aimed at him. Aerially so strong. Equally so on the ground. The first delivery of the 2025 championship into Hayes fell at his feet. His back faced to goal, the 24-year-old snapped up possession, turned and took on Darragh Lohan in an attempt to deliver a sixth goal of the year. The hurley pulled from his hand, Patrick Horgan converted the resulting free. That strength and green flag mindset roared again 10 minutes later. His massively improved skillset also rose to the surface here. Charged in past Lohan along the end-line. The angle so tight, Hayes improvised to bat the sliotar past Eibhear Quilligan. He left Ennis with 2-2, was responsible for another 0-1, and provided confirmation that League form had been successfully carried through. Tipperary at home a week later showcased his vision. A finisher and finder. His floated, inside-the-cover pass for Tim O'Mahony's fifth-minute goal was superbly clever. He had the secondary assist for another 1-1, caught a pair of puckouts and clipped a pair of points. Hayes is one-third of the Cork inside line. Unlike Limerick and Kilkenny, Cork keep three inside always. Sharing the stage with two other headline acts demands patience. It won't always be your turn at the mic. 'At the end of the day, we are doing a role for the team, and that is staying in as close to goal as possible. If you are coming out [looking for ball], you are blocking up the space. If we come out, we try to get ourselves to snap back in quickly,' Hayes said after the championship-extending win over Waterford. It was a game where that patience was severely tested. Maturity and temperament were required and located. Conor Prunty was wedded tighter than a rash. Hayes didn't have a first clean possession until the 31st minute. Come his fifth possession 15 minutes into the second half, the No.15 had struck 1-1, assisted Patrick Horgan's goal, and won the free for a white flag. 2-2 off him in five possessions. Next came leadership. Just past the hour-mark and Waterford were back within three. Momentum and possession were shifting towards the City End. Hayes rose and fetched a Collins restart. Stepping forward to do his piece, even if the quick handpass to Shane Barrett ended with a wide. The assist to Barrett in the Munster final stuck. Selfless and supreme vision. In that Munster final first half, he attempted to manufacture green with each of his four possessions. The first was saved by Quaid, the second was Barrett's successful ground stroke, the third was a handpass to Connolly that spilled loose under pressure, while the fourth was a ground pull of his own that flashed across the face of goal. His ground pull to Hoggie in second-half injury-time was an equalising assist. He assisted 1-2 in total. 'My hurling has come on loads since I came into the panel. I wouldn't have been anywhere near a hurler in comparison to what I am now in terms of just my hurling, my skill level,' said Hayes at the end of May. 'Brian has blossomed into a fantastic hurler for us,' said Pat Ryan of the 3-7 championship contributor this week. His numbers tell a story of far more than blossoming. His bolting days are behind him. He's top of the charts and on the road, as Seánie McGrath predicted earlier this year, to becoming Cork hurling's next 'cult figure'.
