It may have taken more than 30 years after his last championship for the wisdom of John Wooden to cross over from his own sport and permeate the language and thinking in Irish coaching circles, but since it did, he has been pretty much a constant and towering presence there.

Ireland faded to tied 11th as the United States of America ended their 20-year wait for victory in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championships by hoisting the Espirito Santo Trophy aloft at Carton House.

Bubba Watson was feeling low about his health and even worse about his golf. It reached a point that he wondered if he would ever win again, and he says he talked with his wife on a dozen occasions about retiring.

Margaret Jennings talks to an expert about how we can get enough shut-eye every night and hold back the years.

A bomb threat led hundreds of students to seek refuge at Manchester United's pre-season base at UCLA, just hours after Jose Mourinho's men finished training.

Romelu Lukaku has hit the ground running at Manchester United, training with his new team-mates in Los Angeles within an hour of completing his big-money from Everton.

Manchester United target Romelu Lukaku has remained in Los Angeles as a deal for him to move from Everton is thrashed out.

Myles Garrett was the first overall pick by the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Draft, while three quarterbacks were chosen in the opening 12 selections of a first round.

WHAT a strange football year it’s been! One of twists and of turns! One of defiant unity and bitter division! One of utter dejection, and pure unbridled elation! 

A former University of California graduate student killed his estranged wife in Minnesota before carrying two semi-automatic pistols and a grudge back to Los Angeles, where he gunned down a young professor he once called a mentor before killing himself.

The man who carried out a murder-suicide at the University of California left a "kill list" at his home that led authorities to find a woman's dead body.

The internet is incompatible with security, both national and personal, because it was never a priority from its inception according to a new book, says JP O’Malley.

USA: It was a honeymoon that Dr Angelica Zen is unlikely to ever forget, and not just because of the romantic Bali location.

Eva Carneiro isn’t the first club employee to fall foul of Jose Mourinho.

Having even one night of disrupted shut-eye could age us, research shows. A sleep expert tells Margaret Jennings why those 40 winks are important to your health.

Hip-hop music mogul Diddy has been released on bail after being arrested over an alleged assault on a US university campus.

Today, May 6, is International No Diet Day.

It was both crass and amusing - not a unique combination by any stretch when it comes to Las Vegas and all that makes the infamous Strip tick.

US health officials are recommending an end to the nation’s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

Adventurer unbowed despite blindness and paralysis, says Suzanne Harrington

I’M sitting at a small table in a restaurant in Castleisland with the most influential man in Kerry football over the last ten years for company.

FRAZZLED parents have traditionally blamed the difficult behaviour of their teenagers — moodiness, door-slamming impulsive behaviour — on rampaging hormones.

The St Patrick’s Day parade in New York drew fewer television viewers in the US than the parade in Dublin had on RTÉ.

To historian Brenda Stevenson, a scholar on American slavery, 12 Years a Slave is a masterful cinematic work that achieves more than any other film on slavery, so worthy that she plans to screen it in classes at her university, UCLA.

One Vernal Equinox later and we can be fresher, tidier, slimmer and happier, says Kya deLongchamps.

Ever wondered what became of all those bright young minds who collected the Young Scientist title over the years? Well wonder no more.

LATEST research says that butter is better for you than margarine. After 40 years, we discover that butter, a natural product made from cream, is better for us than margarine, which contains ten ingredients.

The WHO found those with a high intake of sugar-sweetened drinks were 50% to 60% more likely to be obese.

Amanda Bynes has allegedly been formally diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Amanda Bynes could leave her mental health facility within 60 days.

Kristen Stewart has enrolled at university in Los Angeles.

Last week Donal Óg Cusack wrote a piece for the GAA’s website on the nature of the relationships between those responsible for what we see on the field of play and those whose job it is to record such events and anything which they may perceive to be of note either side of the week’s most important 70 minutes.

Tyler Hamilton in his best-selling book The Secret Race informed us about the detail Lance Armstrong and his team put into preparation.

SKIN specialists are convinced of the link between diet and the look and feel of our skin, from acne to wrinkles to sagging.

An investigation has been ordered into Paris Jackson's custody situation.

You’ve heard of hangover cures – but what if you could pop a pill to stop being drunk in the first place?

Local boy John Merrick sealed his first PGA Tour win as he edged out Charlie Beljan in a play-off for the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

Britney Spears' self-styled manager took the stand in his defamation case against her parents, claiming he acted to protect her from paparazzi and others during a critical period in her life.

Although he understands why, the one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.

Cher helped save the life of her friend after she suffered a "terrible seizure" at the star's home.