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Kellen Winslow Jr could spend the rest of his life in prison. Photo: Cliff Welch/Icon SMI/Corbis via Getty Images
Kellen Winslow jnr and his sordid double life away from NFL

Jane Doe was 58-years-old, homeless, and spending most nights sleeping behind the train tracks in the California town of Encinitas. She liked to lie d(...)

Ajax players take part in a training session ahead of the Champions League semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur. Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/Getty Images
Mauricio Pochettino and Spurs reaching for infinity and beyond

Champions League semi-final first leg: Tottenham Hotspur v Ajax Kick-off: 8pm. Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. On TV: RTÉ2, BT Sport 2, Virgin Medi(...)

Leinster’s Joey Carbery: “You can learn from Johnny Sexton and you can always strive and want to beat him.” Photograph: Ryan Wilkisky/Inpho
Joey Carbery content in the shadow of Johnny Sexton for now

In the spring of 2016 the IRFU made an appointment that was interesting only to those who saw virtue in the traditionally prosaic world of strength an(...)

Demonstrators rally outside the NFL owners meeting in New York City. Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
NFL owners agree to let players protest in saga that won’t go away

After a tumultuous month of hearing from the US president and some football fans who are angry at players who do not stand for the national anthem, th(...)

Bill Belichick: the New England Patriots head coach has formed a very successful partnership with his iconic quarterback Tom Brady. Photograph: Jim Rogash/Getty Images
America at Large: Belichick and Cody both driven by a singular passion

On his second day as a New England Patriot, Brian Hoyer attended a team meeting where Bill Belichick opened the film session by showing lowlights from(...)

Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford and Stoke City’s Geoff Cameron battle for the ball during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.
Ken Early: you can watch nothing and yet miss nothing

Last July Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of trying to rig the US election by persuading the organisers of the presidential debates to schedule t(...)

In the league, St Tiernach’s Park in Clones is different. The house is open . . . the stewards are so chilled that they all but affect a Jamaican patois in their welcome. Photograph: Andrew Paton/Inpho/Presseye
Keith Duggan: Allianz League a merciful release for cooped-up fans

And here it comes, bless its tattered soul: the league, the league, the league. Across the Atlantic, they are under the delusion that the NFL is a the(...)

Quarterback Brock Osweiler of the Denver Broncos: made a winning start in relief of quarterback Peyton Manning as the Broncos beat the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in Chicago. Photograph: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Denver Broncos seal victory while Oakland Raiders miss out
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  • November 23, 2015, 19:11

Brock Osweiler made a winning start in relief of quarterback Peyton Manning as the Denver Broncos moved to an 8-2 win-loss record and resumed their pa(...)

The late Dessie Hughes: “Dessie was Dessie to everyone, from the well-heeled to the down at heel and all those in between.” Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Hard road proves too taxing for Hardy fan Vinny

It was late on Sunday, and not a sound was stirring in Mount Prospect Avenue, when Vinny Fitzpatrick cracked.The sneaky break-out kind of crept up on(...)