Kris Kristofferson’s sporting passion and exploits just another aspect of his unique character
The former Golden Gloves boxer was still showing off the relics of old baseball and football scars in his eighties
Eight deaths in first month of high school football season all part of the demented game
Excessive machismo of preening adults in coaching roles often places kids in grave danger
Mauricio Pochettino lands in the USA full of hope, but World Cup glory looks a long way off
The Argentinian’s task is to figure out a winning formula for a squad that has continually added up to less than the sum of its parts
Dave Hannigan: Phenomenal Caitlin Clark changing the face of American women’s basketball
Such is Caitlin Clark's extraordinary impact both on and off the basketball court, comparisons with the transformational impact of the likes of sporting icons Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan are valid
Charlie Smyth and Jude McAtamney in curious sporting limbo as they await shot at NFL big time
New NFL season brings tantalising opportunity for two Ulster men, Charlie Smyth and Jude McAtamney
Dave Hannigan: Farewell to Scott Bloomquist, the king of the dirt track racers who embodied the outlaw spirit
With his swagger and flowing locks, Bloomquist, who died earlier this month, looked like a singer from a 1980s metal band, but was a big noise on the racing circuit
College football, the rancid corner of the American sports world
College Football Classic is coming to Dublin this week. It is astonishing Irish authorities are involved in welcoming this meat grinder
Boxing loses another piece of its soul as it hands more of itself over to Saudi Arabia
Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Turki Alalshikh has somehow been inducted into Nevada Boxing’s Hall of Fame
A new Trump plan: to get stock car drivers to revamp the US army
Whenever Trump trains his blunderbuss on any corner of sport it’s difficult to decipher whether he is deadly serious, trying to generate instant outrage, or just heading off on ramble of random insanity
Dave Hannigan: Olympic Games just another venue for Snoop Dogg to hawk his many wares
The once notorious rapper turned businessman Snoop Dogg is now highly popular with the major American TV networks who can’t get enough of his unique schtick at the Olympics
Johnny McEntee: The Project 2025 adviser and former college quarterback who worked his way into Trump’s inner-circle
Johnny McEntee is a member of Donald Trump's inner sanctum and is senior adviser to Project 2025, the ultra-right wing group preparing the radical policies of the next republican administration
Maybe ‘Rattle’ Barrett chopped off his nose and stuck it back on. It is hard to separate the man from the myths
Corkman Frederick Whitfield Barrett won gold and bronze in polo at the Olympics before training the winner in the Scottish Grand National, part of an epic life that encouraged others to append legends to his name
Dave Hannigan: Why does Lance Armstrong’s cheating not seem to matter to so many in cycling?
The greatest con artist in the history of cycling is back in the mainstream media fold, and many current cyclists seem happy to cosy up to him
Dave Hannigan: Conor McGregor eager to weigh in on the side of bare-knuckle fighting
Conor McGregor happy to invest in the rebirth of the bareknuckle genre as the thuggish tomfoolery of MMA seemingly deemed not violent enough in USA
Bill Belichick becomes a punchline as new relationship with 24-year-old woman comes to light
Legendary NFL coach is dating Jordon Hudson, almost 50 years younger, leading to tabloid fodder and roasts from Tom Brady