Just short of 100 points were scored in an incredible Texas shoot-out between the Denver Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday which left Peyton Manning’s Broncos in control of one of the three unbeaten records in the NFL thanks to a 51-48 win.

Jutting up against the misery of Cork’s defeat on Saturday was a glimmer of hope for Rebel exiles watching from afar in pubs at unforgivable hours, some serving drink much too early and some not serving at all.

During the last days of May 1995, two monumental New York Yankee debuts occurred within a week of each other.

You couldn’t blame me for pining for Pana on Monday night.

Getting to one day play in Croke Park was the plan all along for Sean Galvin.

Golf clubs get a bad rap and sometimes deservedly so.

The NFL has an uncanny way of sharpening the focus of vested interests.

It’s no surprise that the dominance of Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 would overshadow every other story that emerged out of those iconic pre-World War II Games.

It’s only getting seedier in the Alex Rodriguez saga that has baseball tearing itself to pieces.

One of the many interesting little anecdotes that emerged out of the James ’Whitey’ Bulger conviction on Monday was the fact that his lawyers had fought successfully for the Boston gangster to keep possession of a 1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup ring.