He’d won over the judges but Danny O’Connor’s face and entire demeanour seemed more like a swollen tribute to some sort of courageous defeat.

When Harlem is hot, there aren’t many other places in the world where history seems to drip down so readily from the fire escapes and battered neon signs.

Word of warning: this is a column about the media and the people charged with keeping them at bay.

Saturday morning in Houston, Texas and it’s already too hot for rugby or anything really.

They have a phrase in American sport: “the Face of the Franchise”.

I guess part of me was just afraid.

Players could legally work for up to one year in the country within the field or whatever related activity can be created under the realm of the GAA.

The US Navy’s baseball team, the Rota Blue Devils, will make history in July along with the Liverpool Trojans when they play at the first ever Peter O’Malley Invitational Tournament in Dublin.

It was a good weekend for two of the greatest, most divisive athletes in the world.

Next February, the first cold-weather outdoor Super Bowl will take place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.