College Football feeds off rivalries at the business end of the season and the fear is that when more teams disperse, traditional games like Notre Dame and Navy or Notre Dame and USC will become relics of the past.

The younger outfit has been chugging along for over 60 years and operates in a very different ecosystem to the Cork hurling club which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this week.

Up until very recently, Ireland and UK gamblers in New York availed of VPN workarounds that helped the user trick overseas companies into thinking they were placing a bet from their jurisdiction.

When the width of a post saved the current squad in injury time against Portugal on Tuesday, the shock of a near exit created something akin to paralysis among Carli Lloyd and her fellow observers.

Chinatown’s Firehouse Cinema is an ideal landing spot for Luke McManus and his 86-minute journey from the Phoenix Park eastwards to the final shot of Kellie Harrington and her Olympic gold medal’s open bus tour past adoring fans and off beyond the Five Lamps.

It was a chance reunion at a Bronx playground 25 years ago that set the Slattery family on their way to Croke Park last Sunday.

The Athletic will fill the gap at the New York Times.

Parents of American players are where the problems start and fester. Everyone is the enemy — including the coach. 

As you might imagine, the repurposing of sporting cathedrals for loud summer music causes a mix of anger and angst for the neighbours forced to deal with us every time there’s a big event.

The stage will be theirs back home and theirs alone and they'll travel across the world wearing the favourites tag with pride and the usual endless avarice.