My Sporting Passion: Jarlath Regan on his love for basketball and running

‘It was a grey time in Ireland, and basketball felt so exotic. It seemed so open-minded’

‘It had happened, I had my new heart. I was the happiest man alive that day’

Brendan Lannon had open-heart surgery as a baby, a stroke at 22 and a heart transplant at 30. Now aged 37, ‘life is great’

He Got Game: ‘I pray that you understand why I pushed you so hard’

You need dark forces behind you to make it as a basketball star – in this case an obsessive dad

Unplayable: How one writer got the inside story of the Tiger Woods scandal

Iconic sports books revisited: Robert Lusetich was working on book when things took a bizarre turn

Heaven Is A Playground: A snapshot of a time and culture within a sport

Rick Telander’s book is more a sociological wonder than a story about basketball

America at Large: Jeannie Morris blazed a trail for women in US sports journalism

An extraordinary life story included rattling through Connemara in 1973 in a campervan

Keith Duggan: Sports stars find their voices in a troubled year

It’s the athletes rather than the owners who have the conch now. When did that happen?

All bets are on as America opens the gambling sluice gates and the dollars flow

Business once dominated by Vegas and the mafia is now respectable - but at what cost?

Lakers dedicate NBA Finals victory to the late Kobe Bryant

LeBron James became first player to win NBA Finals MVP with three different teams

America at Large: The evolution of LeBron James still hampered by blind spots

Having found his voice late in his 20s, basketball’s best player has let it be heard

Gerry Thornley: Saracens have targeted Leinster for eight months

Weakened defending champions remain daunting Champions Cup quarter-final opponents

Joanne O’Riordan: If you didn’t feel any form of activism spark, you’re possibly dead inside

The recent shooting of Jacob Blake brought an incredible response from US athletes

The Offload: Canterbury get Ireland women’s launch all wrong

Dylan Hartley’s book gives a revealing insight into rugby’s professional ‘guinea pigs’

Michael Jordan plays a key role as NBA steps back from the brink

Hornets owner and Bulls legend said to have played key role in wake of league boycott

Pete Sampras: The forgotten great with the best serve in the business

If you had one point to save your life, you would probably want Sampras playing it

McIlroy v McGinley: The days of ‘shut up and dribble’ are gone

Selfishness is required to be the best in sport but BLM movement has changed things

Eoin Murchan on being the wrong player in the right place at the right time

Dublin defender has brought the best skills from a number of sports with him along the way

Tiger Woods: George Floyd’s death a ‘shocking tragedy’

Floyd Mayweather has offered to cover the funeral expenses as sports stars speak out

Farrell and O’Connell provide insight into changes in Ireland’s analysis

Monday reviews like ‘therapy for players’, Ireland coach tells webinar for Pieta House

Amy Schumer’s lockdown: ‘I watched Normal People, a beautiful show. So much sex’

‘If 10 is totally fine, I’m a 7. It’s nice to have a baby, because he doesn’t know what’s going on’

Matt Williams: Daunting task facing coaches to teach what once came naturally

Coronavirus will further limit kids’ opportunities to work on rugby’s key skills

Take a deep breath . . . the Zen of getting back into the cold water

Covid-19 restrictions on sea swimming have been lifted, but it’s not easy to just jump in

Sideline Cut: Vignette shows why Bird is the true shark in The Last Dance

That Jordan never got the pleasure of seeing Bird defeated is an itch he can never scratch

Rory McIlroy now realising the power his words carry as world’s number one

In distancing himself from Donald Trump, McIlroy makes himself an outlier on the PGA Tour

Scottie Pippen said to be ‘beyond livid’ at Michael Jordan for portrayal in The Last Dance

Report follows Horace Grant’s criticism of ESPN smash docuseries on Chicago Bulls

Jordi Murphy: ‘Not knowing when things are going to be back has been tough’

Ulster and Ireland backrow admits feeling anxious with all the uncertainty over return

Michael Jordan’s first Air Jordan trainers auctioned for €508,000

1985 Air Jordan 1s feature in Netflix show about Chicago Bulls legend ‘The Last Dance’

Novak ‘Djoker’ Djokovic falls right off the role model rack

Whole New Ball Game: He believes in science when it helps him win, but forget vaccines

Michael Jordan insists ‘Republicans buy sneakers too’ quote was a joke

‘I never thought of myself as an activist, I thought of myself as a basketball player’

Harold Varner has no fears about getting back on the PGA Tour bus

‘Someone’s got to start somewhere or we’re going to put ourselves in a hole we can’t get out of’

Michael Jordan set to have centre stage all to himself once again

10-part documentary on basketball star’s final season with Chicago Bulls starts on Sunday

Sideline Cut: The fascinating final chapter in Tiger’s tale left in limbo for now

Next week we should have all been transfixed with sport’s version of the Truman Show

Kobe Bryant obituary: A transcendent, if enigmatic, superstar

Bryant won five NBA championships with LA Lakers in an outstanding career

European Tour: talking Tiger, Rory McIlroy’s x-factor and the Ryder Cup

Chief executive Keith Pelley discusses the calendar and challenges facing the Tour

Jarlath Regan: On My Culture Radar

The podcast host on his Michael Jordan obsession and king of comedy Zach Galifianakis

Nike trainers sell for $437,500, setting world auction record

Pair of hand-made ‘Moon Shoes’ were designed for runners at 1972 Olympic trials

McIlroy feels the weight of the past on a slight return to Portrush

Sideline Cut: The Northern Irishman struggled to reconnect with his 16-year-old self

Can Kawhi Leonard’s Toronto Raptors dethrone the Golden State Warriors?

Steph Curry could flourish with Kevin Durant ruled out until Game 3 of NBA Finals

Different Strokes: Koepka warming to the Major task

Caddie Ricky Elliott will bring local knowledge to Koepka's pursuit of the Claret Jug

Brooks Koepka: ‘DJ’ chants ‘actually kind of helped’

Open Championship at Royal Portrush holds special resonance with his Irish caddie

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