On Friday, when the fireworks pop and the hotdogs sizzle for the annual celebration of Independence Day in the United States, New York Yankees fans will have another impossibly sentimental reason to hark back on past Fourth of Julys.

That thrilling, slightly jarring draw between the US and Portugal on Sunday night was the most watched soccer game of all time in America.

My first visit to Semple Stadium was a depressing one that has probably shaped me into the cynic that I am.

I never thought I’d replace Cork Coffee Roasters after moving to New York.

That’s what you call a statement of intent; New York City FC signing striker David Villa on Monday was an impactful moment.

Landon Donovan needed a bit of head space at the end of 2012 and came back refreshed in March of the following year.

I chanced upon an early morning softball game in a park near where I live on Sunday.

John Ri Manhattan College, a modestly-sized third level institution in the Bronx with a modestly-ranked athletics department, resonates quite deeply with the GAA in New York.

The signs are up around Times Square again: the NFL Draft is upon us and, tomorrow night, New York City will be invaded by football players whose suits are as sharp as their eyes are dull.

These United States of America have been dealing with a doozie of a week when it comes to the long, ongoing tension between the races.