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Tom Brady continues to defy time as Buccaneers target Super Bowl spot
- Other Sports
- January 24, 2021, 06:00
They are expecting snow showers and bitterly cold playing conditions of minus two in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Sunday evening. Lambeau Field is one of t(...)

Do Trump-endorsing sports stars realise they’ve backed the wrong horse?
- Sport
- January 8, 2021, 06:00
From television reports the US president, watching it unfold from the safety of the White House, seemed as self-satisfied as Richard “Bigo” Barnett fr(...)

The Offload: No Eddie, rugby is not a safer sport
- Rugby
- December 14, 2020, 10:00
Cautionary tale Junior Seau was the epitome of an NFL linebacker. A 12-time Pro Bowler for the Chargers, the Dolphins and the Patriots, Seau is the c(...)

The Irish Times view on concussion in rugby
- Editorial
- December 11, 2020
This week’s news of a group law suit to be taken by over 70 former rugby players suffering from the life-changing effects of concussion had come to se(...)

Owen Doyle: Scrum a major issue World Rugby must address
- Rugby
- December 1, 2020, 01:01
The Aviva Stadium saw a poor, grim performance by Ireland, way, way below their international Tier One status. Very hard to watch. Georgia can be more(...)

Kim Ng’s long wait for top MLB job shows what women are up against
- Other Sports
- November 19, 2020, 06:00
“This challenge is one I don’t take lightly,” said Kim Ng, following last Friday’s announcement of her hiring as general manager for the Miami Marlins(...)

WNBA’s Natalie Achonwa: ‘I’m a role model before I’m a basketball player’
- Other Sports
- November 18, 2020, 14:58
Natalie Achonwa is not your average Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star. Playing with Indiana Fever and, at the time of our conversati(...)

The Offload: ‘Soft’ Ireland acquiring an unwanted reputation
- Rugby
- November 2, 2020, 06:00
Les misérables defeat at Stade de France will fester alongside a label that is beginning to stick. Ireland hardly need reminding that their last subst(...)

Jackie Tyrrell: We’ve got the championship back. But where’s the physicality?
- Hurling
- October 30, 2020, 06:00
As I watched the NFL on Sunday evening and as players from the Chiefs and Broncos bounced off each other in the snowy Denver stadium, the penny droppe(...)

Bubble bursts as LeBron James leads American sport’s fight for real change
- Other Sports
- October 10, 2020, 06:00
Game five of the NBA finals took place as most people on this side of the Atlantic slept. If the NBA finals series between the Los Angeles Lakers and (...)