Dave Hannigan

Dave Hannigan

Contributor

Dave Hannigan is a contributor to The Irish Times based in New York.

Violence at NFL stadiums: The sickness is a lot easier to diagnose than the cure

Increasing hooliganism by fans has become a blight upon the NFL. Every weekend seems to yield fresh footage of humanity at its very worst

Golf leaves itself vulnerable to manipulation with its shilling for gambling companies

Xander Schauffele’s cringy ad for DraftKings is a bad look for a sport where bettors are trying to influence rounds on the course

Dave Hannigan: Messi’s bodyguard catching the eye with his continuous shadow play

Vigilant bodyguard Yassine Cheuko has become a minor celebrity in is own right as he constanly shadows Lionel Messi, even when the great Argentinian is in action on the pitch for Inter Miami

Friday night lights, a most American tradition, has become synonymous with school shootings

There have been 11 shootings at high school American football games and the season is only beginning

Donald Trump lying about his prowess at golf is arguably the most relatable thing about him

In America it seems to be an article of faith that every superannuated jock must spin spurious yarns about imaginary brushes with sporting greatness

Saudi Arabia’s attempts at sportswashing back in the late 1970s sound depressingly familiar

Nearly half a century before Neymar’s gaudy G-Wagon laden tour rider, Jimmy Hill took his talents to Riyadh

Deeply flawed and exclusionary underage system now costing US soccer when it counts

Rival nations have caught up and the US’s World Cup failure is in part due to a faltering youth production line undermined by an inequitable pay-to-play model

Tom Brady’s buy-in to English football adds to growing sense game is now must-have fashionable item among super-rich

Famed American football star says he relishes the underdog role and has taken a stake in Championship side Birmingham City

Tori Bowie’s death during childbirth highlights racial disparities in US system

Among the factors putting African American women in more danger are institutional bias, structural racism, generational trauma, a lack of trust in the system, and ignorance, writes Dave Hannigan

Messi will move the needle for US soccer but he can never have the impact that Pelé had

Inter Miami will flog a lot of shirts but the game in the USA is as big as it will ever be

Dave Hannigan: Ritual abuse in locker room puts American college football beyond the pale

Following revelations of the toxic gridiron culture at Northwestern Wildcats, corporate Ireland has no business hosting the game every year

Guff-spewing former football coach now ‘a threat to US national security’

Senator Tommy Tuberville often angers people with his intolerant outbursts, now he’s alarming the White House by blocking military promotions because he objects to abortion policy

Dave Hannigan: A comic and tragic David Feherty shoots from the hip

This extraordinary book will have tears of laughter rolling down your face one minute, then tears of sympathy

Always a price to be paid: Baby Gronk, the most famous 10-year-old kid in America

We’ve been down this depressing road before, Earl Woods was the most infamous sports father of them all

Will the Saudis finally break into America’s national obsession, the NFL? You bet your bottom dollar

With soccer, baseball and basketball already heeding the siren call of Saudi money, it may not be long before American football clubs can be bought by any petrocracy