US sports stars play their Donald Trump cardDave Hannigan’s America at Large: John Daly the latest to row in behind presidential candidateWed Mar 23 2016 - 16:51
Peyton Manning’s storybook ending to the NFL not all it seemsTawdry allegations and crass commercialisation made this a strange farewellWed Mar 09 2016 - 16:50
America at Large: MLS still the home of overpaid has-beensPirlo shows why real progress is difficult to quantify for US soccer leagueWed Mar 02 2016 - 21:00
America At Large: Sports Pope/Dope – a mix of Dunphy, Clarkson and PartridgeMike Francesa, New York’s most popular sports talk show host, is bowing outWed Feb 24 2016 - 22:00
America at Large: Rio coronation expected for gymnast Simone BilesThe coming Olympics will showcase the talent of perhaps the best gymnast ever seenWed Feb 17 2016 - 22:14
America At Large: Spectre of concussion raised in sport of thrills and spillsSuicide of BMX icon Dave Mirra has called into question attitude towards safety in sportWed Feb 10 2016 - 22:00
Dave Hannigan: America shows true colours in case against NewtonTreatment of NFL’s most exhilarating quarterback is a window into race relations in USThu Feb 04 2016 - 01:26
Dave Hannigan: Bernie Sanders puts sport in proper perspectiveUS presidential candidate’s democratic socialism has its roots in sport of his childhoodWed Jan 27 2016 - 22:00
Dave Hannigan: Epitaph of streetfighter who left Ali needing 10 stitchesTroubled Florida contender Jeff Sims couldn’t keep dodging the bulletsWed Jan 20 2016 - 22:29
America at Large: Sceptics line up as ‘Moneyball’ mould-breaker tackles NFLPaul DePodesta expected to be nothing less than saviour at struggling Cleveland BrownsWed Jan 13 2016 - 22:04
America at Large: Peyton Manning drug story being ignoredDenver Broncos quarterback accused of using Human Growth HormoneWed Jan 06 2016 - 22:02
America at Large: Concussion, the NFL and players’ livesHard-hitting film exposes traumatic links between American football and brain injuryWed Dec 30 2015 - 22:00
America at Large: King and crown prince in Christmas showdownLeBron James is a player for ages but Stephen Curry could be ready to usurp himWed Dec 23 2015 - 22:01
America at Large: Tom Brady drops ball with support for toxic TrumpNFL icon in minority as star athletes including Charles Barkley lambast RepublicanThu Dec 17 2015 - 08:48
America at Large: Baseball's fleeting shame at drug cheat Barry BondsRehabilitation of former San Francisco Giant and others shows criticism dies quickWed Dec 09 2015 - 22:30
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
