Rain, doubt or pressure, none of it matters to the naggingly brilliant Jared Goff
Detroit Lions look like a complete team this season. And their quarterback has risen to become one of the best at his profession
American Football
Watch parties, clinics and Guinness: How the NFL is building a fan base in Ireland
‘The goal is not to be the travelling circus and turn up and then go away again ... It’s about putting roots down’
The Browns’ sad and seedy Deshaun Watson era nears its predictable endpoint
The QB’s injury confirmed what most of us already knew: the Browns’ decision to give him $230m was the worst in NFL history
Jerry Jones’s Cowboys house of horrors arrives just in time for Halloween
Dallas were humiliated at home against the Lions, and the blame should be laid at the feet of the team’s misfiring general manager/owner
New York Jets fire head coach after three losses from five opening games
Announcement comes after the Jets lost 23-17 to the Minnesote Vikings on Sunday
Brilliant but beaten: the historical, searing misfortune of Joe Burrow
The Bengals quarterback has 12 touchdowns and just two interceptions this season. Yet his team find themselves scraping the barrel
The Kansas City Chiefs are off to a perfect start. But are they any good?
The Super Bowl champions are off to an unbeaten start. But turning Patrick Mahomes into a checkdown artist seems reductive at best
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
Sam Darnold’s renaissance offers hope for the quarterback scrapheap
A pre-season knee injury for JJ McCarthy pressed Sam Darnold into action for the Minnesota Vikings
Jets trounce Patriots in Aaron Rodgers’ first home game since 2023 injury
Jets win 24-3 over Patriots for first 2-1 start since 2015
The Jaguars naming a stadium after Trevor Lawrence may have been a little premature
Jacksonville temporarily rebranded their home in honor of their quarterback, but it just highlighted how he has fallen short of expectations
The post-Belichick Patriots may not be the dumpster fire we expected
New England have lost an all-time great quarterback and coach over the last few seasons, but there are encouraging signs on the rebuild
Gardaí seize electronic devices following drone incursion at Aviva during college football game
The ‘significant’ seizure took place as part of an investigation into a drone incursion at the venue on August 24th
San Francisco 49ers Ricky Pearsall out of hospital after being shot in robbery attempt
Rookie wide receiver injured in shooting in San Francisco’s Union Square district
Florida politician lashes Ireland as ‘anti-Semitic country’ in row with governor over football game visit
State legislator Randy Fine castigated former Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for attending American college football game at the Aviva in Dublin
TV View: TG4 crew rise to marathon challenge as American Football carnival rolls into town
TV View: Mountain of talking had to be done on TG4 with American Football game only taking up 60 minutes of over four hours of live coverage
Aer Lingus flyover at Aviva college football game takes residents by surprise
Plane takes special promotional route across Dublin Bay to turn and track through southside suburbs to stadium
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
Out of the darkness? Quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ biographer on a tarnished star
Bestselling writer Ian O’Connor peels back the layers of the controversial New York Jets star in his new book
Dave Hannigan: The Chicago Bears are owned by billionaires. They want taxpayers to fund their new stadium
A club that turns an annual profit of around $200m is seeking funds and tax breaks from a cash-strapped city, where two-thirds of children drink contaminated tap water
‘I had no agent, no invites . . . it was do or die’ - Jude McAtamney, the latest Irishman heading for the NFL
Former Derry underage footballer Jude McAtamney has signed a contract as a kicker with the New York Giants
US college football match at Aviva ‘generates €180m for Irish economy’
Grant Thornton report shows that 39,702 visitors from the US attended the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at the Aviva stadium in August 2023
Dave Hannigan: US college football stars finally getting some share of lucrative pie
While the likes of feted ex-coach Nick Saban became multimillionaires, until 2021 college football players never received a cent for their efforts
Rory Beggan will have his hands full as he awaits NFL decision
Scotstown goalkeeper will be among the winners at Friday’s annual GAA club awards ceremony
Super Bowl: How 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy went from ‘Mr Irrelevant’ to main man
Purdy’s apparent ordinariness stands out even more because of where he plays, and who he is up against tomorrow
Patrick Mahomes is expected to scale new heights every year. When he is merely great it feels disappointing
Super Bowl 2024: If the Kansas City Chiefs can pull off an upset in Baltimore on Sunday, it will be another crowning moment for the quarterback
NFL play-offs: Buccaneers steamroll Eagles as Bills set up Chiefs clash
Buffalo will play Kansas City next, while Tampa Bay will face the Detroit Lions
Patrick Mahomes helms KC to playoff win over Miami in near-record low temperatures
Chiefs beat Dolphins 26-7 in frigid AFC wildcard playoff game played in minus-20 degrees, while Texans rout Browns
From No 1 to nowhere: was Trevor Lawrence to blame for the Jags’ playoff flop?
Jacksonville looked like they were cruising to a postseason berth until their campaign crumbled. Was their quarterback the problem?
The end is near for the truculent, ingenious Bill Belichick. Or is it?
Veteran New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has never been much for pomp, but an inconsequential end-of-season game against New York Jets would be a sad way for him to bow out
US sports talk loudmouths delight in blaming Taylor Swift for Travis Kelce’s dip in form
Patchy form of Kansas City Chiefs’ player grist to the mill for business of commercially astute indignation
Inside Travis Kelce’s rise from talented football player to superstar celebrity
In 2023, Kelce won his second Super Bowl, hosted SNL, rose to podcasting fame and starting dating the world’s most famous pop singer
Can anyone derail Lamar Jackson and the white-hot Baltimore Ravens?
By laying waste to the 49ers on Christmas night, the Ravens emerged as the NFL’s best team with Lamar Jackson reclaiming his standing as the league’s top player
How do you know the right time to bow out? Don’t ask New England Patriots manager Bill Belichick
Liverpool manager Bill Shankly regretted resigning too soon, but after a terrible season for the Patriots, Belichick must know he missed his moment to quit
Dave Hannigan: Brian O’Donovan’s passing casts a shadow over Boston
Whether in professional sport or in music, popular Cork man Brian O'Donovan made a huge contribution to life in Boston and his adopted homeland
‘I’m surprised it has taken so long for another Irish player’: Former NFL star Neil O’Donoghue on Daniel Whelan
The Dublin-born former placekicker with the Buffalo Bills, St Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be watching the Green Bay Packers’ new Irish star with pride
Friday night lights, a most American tradition, has become synonymous with school shootings
There have been 11 shootings at high school American football games and the season is only beginning
‘Hot Shot’ - Daniel Whelan’s journey from Enniskerry to the NFL
Wicklow native’s success with the Green Bay Packers no surprise to those who have coached him
American football: Dublin welcomes largest number of Americans to travel abroad for sporting event
Notre Dame and US Naval Academy fans filling capital expected to spend €147 million around Saturday’s match
American football: Sightseeing, shopping and music for visitors ahead of Saturday game
Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen expected to draw 40,000 overseas visitors despite recent concerns about Dublin city centre
Dave Hannigan: Ritual abuse in locker room puts American college football beyond the pale
Following revelations of the toxic gridiron culture at Northwestern Wildcats, corporate Ireland has no business hosting the game every year
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