Dave Hannigan: McGregor hype machine going into overdriveComparing the Irish UFC fighter to someone like Muhammad Ali simply ludicrousWed Dec 02 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: ‘Marvellous’ Mal Whitfield a true pioneerWherever he went, he held training clinics and woke up a continent to athleticsWed Nov 25 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: US women’s soccer icon has already changed worldWorld Cup winner and record goalscorer Abby Wambach bows out next monthWed Nov 18 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: Washington still unwilling to ditch their Redskin baggageClub appealing a court decision to ban their trademark which offends Native AmericansWed Nov 11 2015 - 22:00
Muslims hit for six by NYPD monitoring of cricketFor a decade cricket became a sinister means of surveilling New York’s Muslim communityThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:55
America at Large: New York Mets fighting Yankees trendImprobable rise to World Series place a big achievement for Big Apple’s second teamThu Oct 29 2015 - 10:08
America at Large: Golovkin’s ‘Big Drama Show’ likely to run and runKazakh boxer has conquered America to become the world’s most exciting fighterWed Oct 21 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: Baseball’s odd canons at odds with the zeitgeistSport which strictly observes by the game’s arcane by-laws turned a blind eye to drugs issueWed Oct 14 2015 - 22:00
America At Large: Cardinal rules just there to be brokenCollege basketball accused of using all means in recruitment drive of young talentWed Oct 07 2015 - 22:30
America at Large: Finale failed to dim the memory of Frazier’s greatnessForty years on from the Thrilla in Manila, his place in boxing’s history is assuredThu Oct 01 2015 - 15:52
America at Large: Fantasy football behemoths running into troubleBillion-dollar industry exploiting loopholes in US’s notoriously restrictive gambling lawsWed Sept 23 2015 - 22:03
America at Large: Fenway Park steeped in Ireland’s own troubled pastDublin and Galway hurlers have lot of history to live up to in NovemberWed Sept 16 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: Gridiron truly America's national sportAmerican Football seems impervious to the type of blows that seriously damage rivalsWed Sept 09 2015 - 22:00
America At Large: Pressure weighing heavily on the youngMiddle ground needed between the extremes used to teach children on how to view sportWed Aug 26 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: Far more to coming out than the initial celebratory responseBlazing a trail brings its own, very different kind of burden. Sometimes, that weight will drag a body downWed Aug 19 2015 - 22:00
Dave Hannigan: Memories of my mother illuminate early sporting yearsFor my mam, there was no sulking in defeat and, even more adamantly, no boasting in victorySat Aug 15 2015 - 10:00
America at Large: Michael Phelps aiming to make a big splash in RioMost decorated Olympian of all time over his addiction problems and targeting more gold medalsWed Aug 12 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: Seedy underbelly of Ohio State band’s ‘culture’ exposedSecret songbook included songs mocking Holocaust victims and gays and ditties about rapeWed Aug 05 2015 - 22:00
UFC’s biggest star suffers from lack of quality opponentsRonda Rousey’s last three fights have lasted a mere 14, 16 and 66 secondsThu Jul 30 2015 - 09:02
America at Large: MLS salary structure not paying off for mostSan Jose squad earn less than new LA Galaxy star and ex-Liverpool legend Steven GerrardThu Jul 23 2015 - 01:34
Dave Hannigan: Noxious Trump polluting his own ambitions for golf courseNew York facility was built with taxpayers’ money but is set to make tycoon even richerWed Jul 15 2015 - 22:04
America at Large: The battle against ignorance to banish Confederate flagSport has become embroiled in renewed debate about future of Southern CrossWed Jul 01 2015 - 21:49
America at large: Under Armour celebrating Spieth’s Major achievementsSportswear company benefiting hugely from the Texan golfer’s spectacular riseWed Jun 24 2015 - 22:30
America at Large: Sexist blather epitomises all that’s wrong with ESPNStephen A Smith is presenter with expertise in offensive outbursts – and he has flourishedWed Jun 17 2015 - 22:39
America at large: Dave HanniganBostonians increasingly opposed to the city’s 2024 Olympics bidWed Jun 10 2015 - 22:30
America at Large: Superiority of US soccer all about equalityStephanie Roche was always likely to struggle in the top-class American soccer leagueWed Jun 03 2015 - 22:02
Allen Iverson’s fall a textbook case of how sports stars are easily parted with moneyExtravagant lifestyle of basketball legend has led to him being without the ‘money for a cheeseburger’Wed May 27 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: NFL on manoeuvres with military motifsFranchises turn a quick and cynical buck by using men and women in uniform as propsWed May 20 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: US college sport’s frightening problem with rapeSex assault victims can be made to feel like pariahs if they go to the policeThu May 14 2015 - 05:35
Disgraced Alex Rodriguez prepared to battle in court for his home run bonusNew York Yankees’ stance turning reviled baseball ‘star’ into a sympathetic figureThu May 07 2015 - 04:00
Floyd Mayweather jnr’s domestic violence record not getting scrutiny it so warrantsMany in the media believe two guilty verdicts for crimes against women is no big dealThu Apr 30 2015 - 05:45
Bruce Jenner comes out as transgender in ABC interview‘For all intents and purposes, I am a woman,’ Olympic gold medallist tells Diane SawyerSat Apr 25 2015 - 13:47
Pioneering basketball coach Gregg Popovich gets most out of SpursThe former intelligence officer for the US Air Force has become the finest coach of his generationThu Apr 23 2015 - 05:45
NFL recruiters paying ex-FBI agents to spy on troublesome talentsClubs have spent $3m trying to work out if Jameis Winston is worth the gambleThu Apr 16 2015 - 03:00
Andy Lee survives early knockdowns to draw with QuillinIreland’s WBO middleweight world champion forges comeback in New YorkSun Apr 12 2015 - 10:21
Spotlight falls on Andy Lee as Al Haymon returns boxing to the massesLee’s fight is being shown live on NBC and over three million viewers are expected to tune inThu Apr 09 2015 - 05:45
America at Large: Pass for NFL’s Gronkowski down to success on fieldWhen so many pros come across as dour, it’s refreshing how Gronkowski revels in his fameThu Apr 02 2015 - 05:45
America at Large: Making all right moves in bid to unearth new Bobby FischerFormer investor is spending big as he seeks to reverse decline of American chessThu Mar 26 2015 - 02:00
America at Large: Commercial appeal of sports stars from yesteryearPalmer, Nicklaus, Ali and Foreman evoke fond memories of a more genuine eraThu Mar 19 2015 - 05:30
Bad education a common feature of college basketballInstitutions pay scant regard to educating the athletes who make them millionsThu Mar 12 2015 - 05:15
Dark clouds over new Major League Soccer season as players threaten to strikeMLS exercise excessive control over where employees go and how much they earnThu Mar 05 2015 - 05:00
Dave Hannigan: Michael Jordan can’t shake competitive streak for quiet game of golfNBA legend is golf-mad and has thrown a very public strop over slow playThu Feb 26 2015 - 03:30
American football continues to struggle with brain injuriesThe NFL is facing a class-action lawsuit by an estimated 5,000 former NFL playersMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:15
New baseball season clouded by the return of brazen cheat Alex RodriguezFor good reason the New York Yankees ‘star’ has been dubbed baseball’s Lance ArmstrongThu Feb 19 2015 - 06:00
Bruce Jenner’s potential gender transition is a major moment for the USOlympic gold medalist’s decision should spark interest in transgender rightsThu Feb 12 2015 - 09:00
Serena Williams not attaining recognition she deservesFollowing her 19th Grand Slam victory, she is almost certainly the most under-appreciated legend in American sportThu Feb 05 2015 - 06:00
America At Large: sad Chicago Bears story shows how risk can outstrip rewardOver 20 players who won Super Bowl XX are now in various states of incapacitationThu Jan 29 2015 - 09:01
'Make some noise' - It's time for the Phoenix OpenTiger Woods will make his seasonal debut in the ‘debauchery’ of ScottsdaleSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
America at Large: Praising the Lord is as fundamental to US sport as pom pom girlsNBA rivals often pray together, while victories are clear signs of benevolence from aboveThu Jan 22 2015 - 12:04
Muhammad Ali the greatest outside ring as well as inOne night in LA the world heavyweight champion talked a man down from the edgeThu Jan 15 2015 - 12:00
