JoAnn Hagen’s pioneering career as a woman punching for pay to finally be recognisedJo-Ann Verhaegen will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this coming JuneThu Dec 15 2022 - 05:00
USA World Cup results mask unanswered questions at homeGreg Berhalter’s side continually fails to tap into enough of the population to wake a sleeping soccer giantWed Dec 07 2022 - 17:30
Conor McGregor’s fame these days reduced to spouting offensive guff on TwitterThree defeats in four fights since 2016 has made a mockery of his tiresome claims of invincibilityWed Nov 30 2022 - 17:00
Mike Tyson’s curious metamorphosis continues with foray into the cannabis businessBoxer’s curious metamorphosis has included the baffling excising of how he was convicted of rapeWed Nov 23 2022 - 19:00
Uber, coups and coffee shops - The fall from grace of Turkey’s World Cup hero Hakan Sukur is the World Cup’s fastest goal-scorer but has since suffered a dramatic fallout with Recep ErdoganWed Nov 16 2022 - 17:30
Dave Hannigan: The day of the anti-Semitic sons of bitches is upon usAntics of Kanye West and Kyrie Irving have highlighted the presence of a seedy underbelly of antisemitism in American lifeWed Nov 09 2022 - 17:00
American referees leaving the field as wave of violence engulfs children’s gamesEpidemic of assaults on referees and umpires across America every week symtomatic of a very sick societyWed Nov 02 2022 - 22:42
Dave Hannigan: UFC’s Dana White scraping the bottom of the barrel with ‘Power Slap’Professional slap-fighting enterprise is lowest common denominator fareWed Oct 26 2022 - 19:01
America at Large: And in a single swoosh a marketing legend was bornDan Wieden’s `Just do it’ slogan for Nike entered popular culture and the selling of sports was never the same againThu Oct 20 2022 - 12:59
How Floyd Mayweather, Bitcoin and a lot of talent led Conor Daly to his Nascar debutSon of former Irish F1 driver Derek Daly drives for Chevrolet in Charlotte this weekendWed Oct 05 2022 - 17:30
‘If you were to pay me, is there any way the media can find out?’: The downfall of Brett FavreAmerica at Large: Former Green Bay Packers quarterback subject of fund lobbying scandalWed Sept 28 2022 - 17:30
Premier League All-Star outrage proves much can be learned from dreaded AmericansTradition and history are great, change and innovation can be tooWed Sept 21 2022 - 18:00
America at Large: The mysterious case of the disappearing racist hecklerDuke’s lone African American starter in a volleyball match alerted her coach to someone racially abusing herThu Sept 15 2022 - 06:00
America’s most wanted: NFL turning a blind eye to players’ crimesFans don’t care if you’re accused of domestic violence, gun crime or even gang rape, as long as the team is winningThu Sept 08 2022 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: Ronaldo learns from Ali in continuing to rage against dying of the light Manchester United footballer’s quest for dominance blinds him from reality of timeWed Aug 31 2022 - 17:30
Dave Hannigan: Shelton’s fabulous Church of Baseball about so much more than sport Ron Shelton's book the Church of Baseball adds intriguing layers to the appeal of his enduring classic film Bull DurhamThu Aug 25 2022 - 05:00
Irish fans set for the full college football experience as notorious Nebraska Cornhuskers come to townNebraska Cornhuskers ready to bring their own distinctive brand of Americana to the Aviva StadiumThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
America at Large: NBA owner Mark Cuban a slam dunk for sick patient America Billionaire entrepreneur makes vital medicine more accessible for vulnerable patientsWed Aug 10 2022 - 17:30
America at Large: Bill Russell was arguably the greatest but definitely the most important sociallyHe was keenly involved in campaigns for voting and civil rights and ‘stood up for the dignity and rights of all men’Wed Aug 03 2022 - 07:30
Donald Trump stays true to form by putting Saudi Arabia’s Liv Golf money ahead of 9/11 JusticeEx-president rebukes request to reconsider decision to host Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament at his Bedminster clubWed Jul 27 2022 - 19:00
America at Large: Jim Thorpe fights for deserved honours in life and deathNative American with Irish roots earned fame in baseball, American football and at the OlympicsWed Jul 20 2022 - 17:30
Illustrious bloodlines ensure hype surrounding prodigy Arch Manning’s choiceAmerica at Large: He’s the grandson of storied New Orleans Saints’ quarterback, Archie and nephew of Eli and PeytonWed Jun 29 2022 - 06:00
The man who went after Nike’s exploitation of the poor and willingness to put profit before peopleCharles Kernaghan went after Nike’s exploitation of the poor and willingness to put profit before peopleThu Jun 23 2022 - 05:00
‘Muhammad has always been an ambassador to the world. He’s not a political animal’Dave Hannigan’s new book chronicles how Muhammad Ali spent the 15 most turbulent years of his life traversing the globe, seeking a higher purposeSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
IRA sympathiser turned pro-life Republican Peter King unlikely to inspire kids into baseballIRA sympathiser turned pro-life conservative Republican has lended his weight to a campaign to ‘Save the Game’Wed Jun 15 2022 - 19:00
America at Large: Special defence for special quarterback Deshaun Watson Lawyer for Cleveland Browns quarterback makes interesting comments on his client on American radioWed Jun 08 2022 - 17:00
Run! Hide! Fight! The school survival advice you need ... like in any normal countryAmerica at Large: Kapler and Kerr, coaches in the San Francisco area, as well as MLB teams fighting a losing battle in speaking out for gun controlWed Jun 01 2022 - 19:00
NBA playoffs marred by unsavoury incidents from courtside idiotsAmerica at Large: Players happy to take fines to give abuse back to constant hecklingWed May 25 2022 - 17:00
A single sentence captures the anguish and despair: 'I just wish I could speak to mom one more time'Sport is the escape room of the broken heart, writes Dave HanniganThu May 19 2022 - 06:00
‘Drop the guns’: Augusta backdrop a far cry from stately pines and luscious azaleasAmerica at large: local socioeconomic problems shroud the Masters in cloud of inequalityWed Apr 06 2022 - 17:30
How a larger-than-life Kerry exile helped Muhammad Ali fight in DublinLondon publican Butty Sugrue, once dubbed ‘Ireland’s strongest man’, was force of natureThu Mar 31 2022 - 05:00
American football exploits trump controversial past for Herschel WalkerCult of personality means Republican senate candidate’s ramblings matter littleWed Mar 23 2022 - 17:00
America at Large: the extraordinary afterlife of ‘The Fields of Athenry’You’ll here it wherever Irish teams compete these days and in all sorts of other venuesThu Mar 17 2022 - 06:00
Patrick O’Connor – the IRA informer hunted by Sam MaguireAmerica at Large: ‘Cruxy’ fled to America where he survived a near-fatal shootingWed Mar 09 2022 - 17:02
America at Large: Tommy Morrison’s wild ride to an early death makes for a rollicking readThe former heavyweight fighter’s chaotic life told brilliantly in new bookThu Mar 03 2022 - 06:00
Mickelson’s antics will hardly raise more than a tut-tut at the country clubYour average golfer in America believes Lefty’s only error was being too honestThu Feb 24 2022 - 06:00
Locked out baseball faces largest existential crisis yet - but who cares?America at Large: Latest work stoppage shows public disillusionment with the sportWed Feb 16 2022 - 18:00
NFL’s race problems can’t be glossed over with a greatest hits medleyBrave Brian Flores reveals what life is really like for a black coach in the leagueThu Feb 10 2022 - 06:00
The refugees from Hitler’s Germany interned by ChurchillDave Hannigan, author of Barbed Wire University, on a remarkable WWII storyWed Feb 09 2022 - 11:45
America at Large: At bat, give it hell – Meat Loaf’s love of baseball ran deepCoach Meat even trained a high school girls’ softball team in the early 90sThu Jan 27 2022 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: The world will hear a lot more about Trinity RodmanThe 19-year-old is lighting up US women’s soccer with shots, crosses and cameos of brillianceThu Jan 20 2022 - 06:00
Rare words of wisdom from Jake Paul leave UFC’s Dana White squirmingSwapping the octagon for a pay day in the ring is far more lucrative for MMA starsThu Jan 13 2022 - 06:00
Madison Cawthorn: The Paralympic liar who stoked the fire at the CapitolEven in post-Trump politics, the Republican cuts an especially mendacious characterThu Jan 06 2022 - 06:00
Concentration camp to poker hall of fame: The remarkable life of Henry OrensteinIntroduction of Transformers to the US also down to the late Polish toymakerWed Dec 29 2021 - 17:00
Dave Hannigan: Bombastic LaVar Ball cashing in on sons’ basketball talentsMost Trumpian of fathers says he always knew his kids would be hotshots on the courtWed Dec 22 2021 - 17:00
Jacksonville Jaguars were toothless under the embarrassing Urban MeyerFormer college coach, notorious rule-bender and born-again Christian has flopped in NFLWed Dec 15 2021 - 18:00
Muhammad Ali’s last stand and the sad, sorry tale of Trevor Berbick’s demiseThe Greatest’s last opponent saw his life unravel after a heavy beating by Mike TysonSat Dec 11 2021 - 06:00
Dave Hannigan: Wonder and awe bringing my son to his first NBA matchFinn’s first NBA experience was a special one alongside his grandadThu Dec 09 2021 - 06:30
US networks cashing in on soccer’s younger, middle-class fanbaseBroadcasters like NBC investing in future as young audiences absorb worldwide leaguesThu Nov 25 2021 - 06:00
America at Large: Epidemic of hazing in high school sport disturbing on so many levelsAn estimated 1.5m American teenagers are victims of initiation rites every yearWed Nov 17 2021 - 18:00
