A landmark week for the ‘fastest field game in the world’ — and for one of the slowest, writes Larry Ryan

In early January I received a hand-drawn map of the Drinagh bowling road in West Cork.

It took me a while but I caught up last week with Michael MacCambridge’s America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation.

Walt Disney said it was taking a stake in a streaming video technology company to sell more content directly to consumers, as it reported quarterly profit and revenue that beat analysts’ estimates fuelled by movie studio hits.

Imagine a national sports body at odds with its constituent parts about money.

Looking ahead to life after his 15 remaining months in the White House, President Barack Obama said he does not have the temperament to be a Supreme Court justice, but has fantasised about owning a basketball team.

Ahead of their World Cup opener with Ireland, Canadian journalist Patrick Johnston talks modest expectations.

A US woman who was struck in the head by a broken baseball bat is in a serious condition in hospital.

USA: A prestigious award from the Brooklyn Museum honours women who have made outstanding contributions in their fields — and this year’s surprise honouree is... Miss Piggy.

In spite of his previous attempts to quell the public obsession with his ailing golf career, Tiger Woods is truly the only spark that ignites the interest of the general US public.

Jackie Tyrrell was described as a "crazy Irishman" because of his insistence on catching a baseball during his five-day spell training with Major League Baseball team, The Miami Marlins.

I was delighted to see Pádraig Harrington pick up a title during the week, as the golfer still comfortably tops my list of interviewees index-linked according to accomplishment and manners, writes Michael Moynihan.

Star hurlers could make it in the big money world of baseball — that’s the opinion of one of the US sport’s top former players.

Aaron Kernan admits he feels a responsibility to Gaelic players to perform well when he joins up with Sunderland FC tomorrow. 

Manchester City's deal to keep Frank Lampard until the end of the season has been condemned by supporters of New York City FC, their sister club in Major League Soccer who must now wait until mid-season to see their marquee signing.

Let’s start with a question. What, in your opinion, is the most important fixture on the sports calendar this week?

A Yankees fan has filed a $10m (€7.36m) lawsuit against two ESPN announcers contending they mocked him when he was caught on television sleeping in his seat during a game at Yankee Stadium.

This baseball fan is suing ESPN and Major League Baseball after falling asleep at a game.

Kitman Labs’ Injury Profiler has the backing of Leinster Rugby and premier league soccer clubs in the UK, and is now being trialled by some major league soccer clubs in the US, writes Trish Dromey.

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

Billy Beane, like Arsene Wenger, knows what it’s like to be at the sharp end of fans’ short-termism. But Mr Moneyball remains a fan and a disciple of the Arsenal manager

No wonder baseball is held so close to American hearts.

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

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid player in baseball, has been banned for 211 games, starting on Thursday and covering the remainder of this season and all of next, for violations of Major League Baseball’s joint drug prevention and treatment programme and its basic agreement.

NBA player Jason Collins caused a stir in the US this week by becoming the sport’s first active player to come out as gay, writes John Riordan

Perhaps Moneyball and Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s are to blame, but pro sport’s fascination with statistics is underlined by the franchises taking notes at a special stat conference in Boston

A piece of advice if you ever get the chance to visit Miami: avoid the F-Word at all costs.

THE HEADLINES ebb and flow but this last week in American sport gushed in an entertaining torrent of confusion. It didn’t matter if the moment was glorious, seedy, violent or downright miraculous, skill and common sense ranked low and we, the humble onlookers, were all the better for it.

BILLY BEANE, the man behind the Moneyball phenomenon, has dismissed the notion that the principles which brought him success in baseball cannot be adapted to other sports.

Liverpool owner John W Henry admits he knew “virtually nothing” about the club or English football before his Fenway Sports Group (FSG) completed their takeover at Anfield a year ago.

Liverpool principal owner John Henry’s recuperation from a minor yachting accident will have been boosted by the club’s victory in today’s Merseyside derby.

Liverpool owner John Henry has been discharged from hospital after suffering an injury on his yacht, it is understood.

“ROLL TIDE,” one of my fellow hill walkers Shane said out of nowhere as we came down off the Temescal Trail, north of Santa Monica.

LIVERPOOL can look forward to a virtually debt-free future after New England Sports Ventures (NESV) yesterday completed the £300 million (€343.6m) takeover of the club to bring a frenetic week to a conclusion.

Liverpool can look forward to a virtually debt-free future after New England Sports Ventures today completed the £300m (€343m) takeover of the club to conclude a frenetic week.