Former Tipperary hurler Vinny Moloney fired the first pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers - with a hurley.

The violence on display in NFL games has always been a key part of the sport's attaction. 

Recalling the language of a midlands football field in the 1980s and 1990s

Yes, identity matters. Yes, representing where you’re from matters. Yes, winning matters. But none of this matters like the game itself.

The league's presence extends far beyond mere sport; it's an exercise in entertainment.

Paul Rouse has been surfing on the west coast of France, another magnificently enjoyable failure 

The 1924 Games were a triumph for the government of the new Irish Free State.

The county's brilliant supporters will flood Jones Road in colour once again this weekend. 

It doesn’t even have an agreed name, but the hurl(ey) is one of the great emblematic symbols of life in Ireland. It runs through myth and history, across popular culture and politics. This is a story of many fragments – here are a few.

An overheard conversation between some clearly knowledgeable supporters couldn’t have been further away from the clichéd arrogance of which English fans are accused by stereotype.