Tributes to Marv Albert overlook role in sexual assault caseAmerica at Large: voice of the NBA has been routinely described as an icon, a legendWed May 19 2021 - 17:00
Baffert’s serial doping and risible excuses a sad indictment of American racingEvidence suggests sport’s problems go much deeper than top trainer’s indiscretionsThu May 13 2021 - 06:00
Glazers’ control of Man United shaped by cult of the owner in the USThose who write the cheques call all of the shots and even get handed the trophiesWed May 05 2021 - 17:00
Dave Hannigan: Race to be next California governor the latest challenge for Caitlyn JennerHer intention to run as a Republican could face pushback from both sides of political divideThu Apr 29 2021 - 06:12
Boxing no longer has any excuse, it’s American football injuries on steroidsNew book ‘Damage - The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing’ is a cautionary taleThu Apr 22 2021 - 06:00
Don’t expect golf to follow MLB’s lead in latest US culture warBaseball governing body has caused division by moving All-Star game from GeorgiaWed Apr 07 2021 - 17:00
America at Large: The pitching padre who still holds a pair of dubious baseball recordsWhen the Detroit Tigers went on strike in 1912, a 20-year-old student stepped on to the moundThu Apr 01 2021 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: NCAA offer Spring Sexism masterclass in everything but equalityMagically, a workout facility was created overnight after public shamingThu Mar 25 2021 - 06:15
Dave Hannigan: Death of Marvin Hagler another piece of childhood stripped awayPassing of sporting icons becoming all too familiar as middle age ticks alongThu Mar 18 2021 - 06:15
Dave Hannigan: NHL’s attitude to concussion cuts no ice with families of victimsAmerica at Large: Huge hits keep coming as tragic case of Mark Pavelich shines light on issueThu Mar 11 2021 - 06:00
Irish contribution to Ali-Frazier bout that brought the planet shuddering to a haltAmerica at Large: Monday is 50th anniversary of first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier boutThu Mar 04 2021 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: Nauseating Rudy Giuliani plumbs new depths with Michelle Wie storyFormer mayor of New York again displayed his own vulgarity with ‘panties’ storyWed Feb 24 2021 - 17:00
The right way? The wrong way? The American way - USA kids play on in pandemicAmerica at Large: sport and schooling continues with different levels of restrictionsWed Feb 17 2021 - 17:00
Leon Spinks, the Wild Bull who did not know the meaning of quitMost lovable of rogues was grateful for the epic nights he had in a rollercoaster lifeWed Feb 10 2021 - 17:30
Dave Hannigan: When the IRA tried to burn down Old Trafford in 1921Attempt ahead of FA Cup semi came during a frenetic time for the IRA in ManchesterWed Feb 03 2021 - 17:00
Money talks as ESPN and UFC still cling to toxic Conor McGregor brandIn the build-up to Dustin Poirier defeat Irish fighter was painted as a father to root forWed Jan 27 2021 - 17:00
Hurling between the high rise flats: My first glimpse of the emigrant lifeAmerica at Large: Watching 1990 World Cup on one of South London’s toughest estatesThu Jan 21 2021 - 06:51
Tampa Bay and Tom Brady turning a blind eye to Antonio Brown’s shameful past32-year-old has been accused of sexual assault but has been a key part of Bucs’ playoff runThu Jan 14 2021 - 06:41
America at Large: Jeannie Morris blazed a trail for women in US sports journalismAn extraordinary life story included rattling through Connemara in 1973 in a campervanThu Jan 07 2021 - 06:00
America at Large: Loeffler’s political ambitions a bad Dream for her playersElizabeth Williams and her team-mates have made a huge stand against their ownerThu Dec 31 2020 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: Muhammad Ali’s eight days in prison before ChristmasIn 1968 he learned ‘the only real equality is in the jail . . . and in the graveyard’Thu Dec 24 2020 - 09:48
Charley Pride: The country music star with a baseball dreamFirst black superstar of the genre died last Saturday after a life chasing his dreamsWed Dec 16 2020 - 19:00
America at Large: Nike must wake up to human rightsThe use of Uyghur labour in Chinese factories continues to be a huge cause of concernThu Dec 10 2020 - 06:00
America at Large: David Villa and Neil McGuire complaints need attentionProgress for women in sport remains one step forward and two steps backWed Dec 02 2020 - 17:00
All bets are on as America opens the gambling sluice gates and the dollars flowBusiness once dominated by Vegas and the mafia is now respectable - but at what cost?Thu Nov 26 2020 - 06:37
Paul Hornung: The hard-drinking, hard-smoking playboy of the NFLFormer “Golden Boy” of the US died at the age of 84 after a battle with dementiaWed Nov 18 2020 - 17:00
Donald Trump needs to take a lesson from kids’ sport – how to lose with classDave Hannigan: Trump presidency has dismissed countless life lessons in four yearsWed Nov 11 2020 - 17:00
Celtic Park – where the New York Irish once sported and played ... drank and foughtAmerica at Large: The old ground in Long Island City was the scene of an infamous prohibition riotThu Nov 05 2020 - 06:00
US election: Trump using executive orders to reshape fabric of AmericaMedia caught up with circus act and failing to notice real changes being madeSat Oct 31 2020 - 01:00
America at Large: Golfers guilty of legitimising Trump’s toxic regimePresident despises African-American NBA stars because they are truly self-made menThu Oct 29 2020 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: Rapinoe and Bird power couple lead fight for women’s sport in USRapinoe questioning why women’s basketball doesn’t get same exposure as soccerWed Oct 21 2020 - 17:00
US election: The New York enclave that exposes media myths about TrumpismUS president’s support in Suffolk County is largely drawn from suburban middle-classTue Oct 20 2020 - 01:00
From war to the Yankees to Aughrim: Mike Burke’s remarkable lifeDave Hannigan: New York franchise poor form has brought Burke’s name back upWed Oct 14 2020 - 17:00
Dave Hannigan: the radio hosts of Trump Nation, a bizarro world where up is downHannity, Limbaugh and their peers exert significant influence in an increasingly polarised USAWed Oct 14 2020 - 01:00
America at Large: The evolution of LeBron James still hampered by blind spotsHaving found his voice late in his 20s, basketball’s best player has let it be heardThu Oct 08 2020 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: How Christy Ring aroused the curiosity of American mediaGreatest hurler of them all was feted by some of America’s top writers on his trips to USThu Oct 01 2020 - 06:44
America at Large: Trump family go all-in with UFC’s in-house racist CovingtonFighter's alt-right, ultra-nationalist, xenophobe schtick is just an actThu Sept 24 2020 - 07:08
America at Large: Crane a passionate early advocate for hurling in the USAJournalist believed Irish game had the chance to take root in late 19th century AmericaThu Sept 17 2020 - 06:26
America at Large: Easy to see why Trump loves Lou HoltzFormer Notre Dame football coach has become a darling of right-wing mediaThu Sept 10 2020 - 06:00
Nothing new in meddling American football club owners calling the shotsFormer New York Cosmos owner Steve Ross’s story a cautionary tale for Dundalk fansThu Sept 03 2020 - 07:00
America at Large: Shaquille O’Neal still slam-dunking life to the maxThe seven foot one, 25 stone former NBA star is universally popular and TV knows itThu Aug 27 2020 - 06:00
Woody Johnson: Trump’s New York Jets-owning UK ambassadorControversial figure has been trying to bring British Open to Trump’s TurnberryWed Aug 19 2020 - 17:00
Bundini Brown: The man who invented ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’New book recounts the life and times of Muhammad Ali’s famous cornermanWed Aug 12 2020 - 17:00
America at Large: When not taking one for the team is the wisest course of actionPro players are deciding to opt out of the forthcoming season as US battles coronavirusThu Aug 06 2020 - 06:00
GAA must take heed as baseball becomes a game for the few, with moneyDave Hannigan: Just eight per cent of major leaguers today are African-AmericanWed Jul 29 2020 - 17:00
Dave Hannigan: 20 years of highs and lows in the US with sport at the centreAs my eldest son left home I reflected on the last two decades and the experiences of lifeSat Jul 25 2020 - 08:00
America at Large: Deafening silence after anti-Semitic spewingLack of critical response from peers after high-profile sports stars’ social media postsThu Jul 16 2020 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish leprechaun needs its ass kickedLogo is worth millions to the Indiana college but is beginning to come under scrutinyThu Jul 09 2020 - 06:00
College football turns blind eye to Covid-19 by risking players’ healthDave Hannigan: Indentured servitude of the system fully exposed by bizarre attitudesThu Jul 02 2020 - 06:00
Foxhall Parker Keene: The man who mastered every sport, lived like a king and died pennilessOne of the most famous stars of the Gilded Age had a particular affiliation with IrelandThu Jun 25 2020 - 06:40
