Dave Hannigan: How NBA got cold feet over proposed tie-in with Atlanta’s famous strip club
A ‘cultural institution’, Magic City serves food, live music and nudity, but proved a step too far for the Atlanta Hawks
From football hero to grey-bearded influencer, how Roy Keane has shaped modern Ireland
No Irish athlete has endured so much public ownership or endeared themselves to our hearts as he has
I grew up playing against Roy Keane, he got me my first job and now I’ve written a book about him
For four tumultuous decades, many of Ireland’s hopes and dreams, and sometimes our despair, have been wrapped up in the Corkman’s exploits and outbursts
Dave Hannigan: Suicide of a young star the latest instalment in NFL’s increasingly bleak narrative
Rondale Moore of the Minnesota Vikings was found dead in his garage from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Dave Hannigan: Farewell Robert Duvall, unforgettable (to my family at least) as Buck Weston
He played huge roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse now, but we loved him best in a little-known soccer comedy with Will Ferrell
No midnight feeds and 100-hour weeks: The NFL’s guide to parenting is in a league of its own
Plenty of dunderheads are overly impressed by the grind aspect of American football coaching lifestyle
Demise of Washington Post’s revered sports section will barely register in the Instagram age
Jeff Bezos laid off 300 people from the Washington Post last week, among which was a vaunted sports section
Why was coach Bill Belichick snubbed from the NFL Hall of Fame?
Tom Brady: ‘If he’s not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there’s really no coach that should ever be a first-ballot Hall of Famer’
Figure skater’s against-the-odds Olympic qualification a fitting tribute to late parents
THE US figure skater’s mother and father were killed in an aircraft collision in January 2025
Disappearance of ex-NFL star Sam Beal shines light on the cost of broken dreams
Increased focus on 29-year-old gives an insight into a person who had been struggling for some time
Dispute between former NFL player Matt Kalil and his ex-wife takes on an alarming dimension
Representatives for Hailey Kalil announced she was merely ‘exercising her sexual sovereignty’
Nike lost Steph Curry after a disastrous pitch. Now the NBA star is wearing their shoes again
The basketball player is a free agent and has used this season to try on shoes of a different stripe
Salacious Sherrone Moore case shows authorities will ignore anything when results are right
University of Michigan ‘knew for more than a year’ about claims of inappropriate contact with women concerning their football coach
How the divine Jimmy Barry-Murphy has the people of Cork cheering for Cardiff City
Brian Barry-Murphy’s sterling work as manager with the League One side draws comparisons with his legendary father
Tom Hicks met his match when he bought Liverpool
American businessman found out the hard way that owning a football club that was the heart of a city was no walkover